Yesterday the Alberta Aviation Museum accepted a 1945 Beech 18 on loan to the collection…it appears we may have become the 3rd largest collection in Canada! Funny how this stuff sneaks up on you.
Aircraft currently in collection as of June 29th, 2007
On display floor
1) Fleet Canuck (1962)
2) Curtis Special (1918) full scale replica
3) Vickers Viking (1924) full scalereplica
4) AVRO Avian (1929) full scale replica on loan
5) Cirrus Moth (1928) on loan from Renoylds Alberta Museum
6) Fokker Universal (1929) as recovered from crash site
7) Fairchild 71c (1930)
8) WACO UIC Cabin Bi plane (1931)
9) Nordynn Norseman (1939)
10) Douglas DC-3 (1943) on loan, Joe McBryant Buffalo Airways
11) Beech 18 (1955)
12) Barkley Grow (1937) on loan
13) Vampire 2 seat (1957) on loan, Joe McBryant Buffalo Airways
14) Hurricane %Scale replica
15) Lysander %Scale replica
16) Birdman Hang Glider (1979)
17) Toucan Ultralight (1984)
18) Piccard 20) AVRO Anson II (1942)
21) Dehavilland Mosquito (1949) restored as FB
22) Canadair Sabre on loan 700 Wing Airforce Association
Outside display
23) Bomarc Missle
24) Nordynn Norseman
25) CF 101 Voodoo on pedestal
26) CF 101 Voodoo ground display
27) CF 100 Canuck
28) Lockheed T-33 (Nene engine) ground display
29) Lockheed T-33 (Nene engine) ground display
30) Beech 18 (1945) on loan, Salzman Aviation
31) Boeing 737
Under restoration or pending restoration
32) Cranwell (1929)
33) Bell 47 (1957)
34) Stinson SR9 (1938)
35) North American B-25
36) Lockheed Vega Ventura (1943) Ventura Memorial Flight Asso
37) ERCO Ercoupe (1947), pending first flight!
38) Grob Glider (?) pending project, ex Royal Canadian Air Cadet, Lar Germany
Thanks to all those that have supported us and continue to.
Tom H
By: dogsbody - 1st July 2007 at 05:44
Then it’s off to Edmonton in September, when I’m on vacation. I try to get down to the museum at least once a year.
By: Steve T - 30th June 2007 at 04:40
Hi Tom–
Great strides have been made there since last I visited (’95)…glad to see it. The Barkley Grow looks superb (have only ever seen three of those, all of them during my ’95 trip to Alberta, and I gather that was pretty much all the survivors).
Noticed a hiccup on the website though: went to have a look at the Vega Ventura photo off the aircraft listing…that’s no Ventura, that’s the Mitchell!
S.
By: Tom H - 30th June 2007 at 04:34
Thanks Mark
Our collections policy and collection are based around Edmonton, every aircraft has an Edmonton connection. The volunteers and staff have worked very hard to make the place what it is.
The diversity is unique…
Oldest represented
– 1918 Curtis Special, the only known replica of the aircraft, only one was
built for Catherine Stinson and it flew the first airmail in Western Canada to
Edmonton. Our restoration team put many years of research into finding all
the details of the aircraft and many more years recreating virtually every
part. A real tribute and wonderful legacy to those that created her.
Newest represented
– 1979 Boeing 737-275, came into service at Edmonton City Centre Airport in
1979 with Pacific Western Airlines, retired to our facility back on City Centre
Airport in 2005. Yes she flew in, more importantly she is kept fully
operational by a dedicated team of ex-PWA personel and goes through
systems checks and run ups once a month every month. Sorry condition of
donation is she never fly again. We thank Air Canada for her donation every
chance we get. She gets worked hard though…
– Police tactical training by 2 police forces
– Education programming for Northern Alberta Students
– Technical training with the Northern Alberta Institue of Technology
– Movie and television productions
The 737 was my last major project as a volunteer and took 18 months of negotiation to get…then I got talked into becoming Executive Director.
We are very proud of our collection and are working hard to grow it even more
Evening TJ
No this Barkley was recovered as a wreck from the Peace River area, but was restored in Calgary by the Calgary Aerospace Museum team.
Of the two you refer to I believe one is still in the Calgary Aerospace Museums hands and the other is the prototype and is in storage at the Renoylds Alberta Museum in Wetaskwin Alberta.
Both of these Museum are also exceptional.
Tom H
By: T J Johansen - 30th June 2007 at 04:29
An old book I have mentions two Barkley-Grow a/c sitting outside at the airport in Calgary. Is this one of those?
T J
By: mark_pilkington - 30th June 2007 at 01:35
Tom,
congratulations on the B18, and an excellent collection, and also on the use of replicas in the form of the avian.
Also great to see your branching out into some heavy metal, the B737 is now the most successful commercial jet airliner and certainly worthy of preservation.
Regards
Mark Pilkington
By: Tom H - 29th June 2007 at 23:54
J Boyle
The Bell 47 is a G5A or at least most of it as I am told.
As a not for profit and funded from operations it generally means we start with what no one else wants…in this case the fellow in charge of the Bell 47 restoration tells me it is a combination of about 5 different wrecks and is done as the G5A as most of the recovered parts are from that model.
Thanks Tom H
By: Tom H - 29th June 2007 at 22:54
If you check our website www.albertaaviationmuseum.com you will find she is complete and restored…we are very proud of her as she is one of the original McConachie planes that flew from our airport.
Tom H
By: J Boyle - 29th June 2007 at 22:36
Tom
Nice collection…if I might ask a couple of questions…
How complete is the Barkley Grow? (It’s one of my favorites…)
What model of Bell 47 is it?
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