Celebrating 100 Years of Powered Flight in Canada

The Reynolds-Alberta Museum is opening the summer feature display “Celebrating 100 Years of Powered Flight in Canada” this May long weekend.

The museum is using many of the aircraft in its collection to tell the stories associated with advances in aviation over the past 100 years, beginning with the 1909 Silver Dart (replica).  

Featuring Canada’s second largest collection of vintage aircraft (90), the museum, with its on site partner Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF), presents more than 30 historically significant aircraft, along with the stories of some fascinating people who contributed to aviation in Canada.

There will be new exhibits of rare, unusual and one of a kind aircraft, including the 1946 Grey Gull helicopter.

Human interest stories include CAHF members Wop May, Chris Hatfield and the museum’s primary benefactor, Stan Reynolds.

Visitors will learn about Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association, see demonstrations explaining radial, rotary and jet engines, and try out the controls in a 1940 Stinson aircraft.

Visitors can get a free souvenir photo taken beside a 1928 WACO 10 GXE bi-plane in the “Flying Ace Photo Parlour”, and make customized aviation goggles to take home. The truly adventurous can purchase a ride in an open cockpit bi-plane!

Due to popular demand the Avro Arrow will remain on public display until September 23, 2009!