Candian Museum of Flight

I recently visited museum just outside Vancouver.

It’s a small collection, but very well presented and with a number airworthy. The highlight’s their Hampden rebuild. As a big fan of the Victor it was good to finally see one of her grandmothers in one piece (almost).

The museum signpost from the road;

A flea with funny undercarriage and fuselage. Was this a special Canadian version?

The airworthy biplanes safely inside;

Odd markings on the tiger’s chock.

One of their Harvards on the pan, with another in the background;

Funny plastic thing;

Local history bits and pieces;

1985 world expo Lysander;

Official paper on why they cut the Arrows up so fast. Were the TSR2s and Nimrod 4s cut up for the same reasons?

I always thought these were JP type things, but I was surprised at how much sleeker they are;

On to the highlight.

I managed to collar a volunteer who very kindly let me have a closer look. I couldn’t get inside, but he let me stick my head in every opening. Thanks very much.

Snow damaged wing being repaired;

They’ve used a lot of plywood to repair the corrosion damage from her time underwater;