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2024 will mark the centennial of the RCAF and the
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To commemorate these momentous occasions, our restoration team is working to restore our Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk. 6.

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GLIMPSE OF OUR COLLECTION

The museum possesses one of the most significant bush plane collections globally. It is also home to an extensive collection of aircraft ranging from bush flying, military, passenger, experimental aircraft, and thousands of aviation artefacts.

MUSEUM
CONSTRUCTION

Our Journey to Transformation.

Shovels broke ground May 1, 2020, and just over a year later, the museum is 99% complete!

Along the way, we have tracked the incredible transformation from an empty space to what is becoming a stunning new structure, taking two pictures each week and creating this time-lapse.

Thank you to our construction partners PCL and architects Reich+Petch and A49, for helping our vision become a reality.

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We're trying something new! For the next three Fr

We're trying something new!

For the next three Fridays (October 11, 18, and 25) we're staying open until 8:00 pm.

Come see what the museum is like after dark, check out our new Snoopy and the Red Baron travelling exhibition, or get a jump start on your holiday shopping at the Landing Zone Boutique.

#exploremb #aviationmuseum #snoopy #snoopyfans #snoopygrams ©PNTS

NOW OPEN! Don't miss Snoopy and the Red Baron, a

NOW OPEN!

Don't miss Snoopy and the Red Baron, a travelling exhibition about Snoopy's beloved 'Flying Ace' persona.

📸 Stop at our photo station where you can dress up like a WWI flying ace and take a picture next to Snoopy on his famous doghouse!

We've also got Snoopy-themed workshops for kids lined up during the exhibition's run:

October 12 | Learn to draw Snoopy and friends (ages 8+)
October 19 | Happiness is... (ages 4+)
November 2 | Draw your own comic (ages 8 - 12)
Novembr 23 | Draw your own comic (ages 13+)
December 7 | Holiday ornaments (ages 3+)
December 14 | Snoopy crafts (ages 3+)

This exhibition runs October 7, 2024 - January 4, 2025 and is included with admission. Visit the Upcoming Events link in our bio for workshop details and timing.

#snoopy #peanuts #snoopyfans #snoopylove #snoopygrams © PNTS

Who caught Jeremy Hansen's presentation last Sunda

Who caught Jeremy Hansen's presentation last Sunday? 🙋

He gave a powerful and inspiring talk about his career path and role as an Artemis II crewmember. Isn't it exciting to think that next year around this time, if all goes according to plan, he'll become the first Canadian to go to the moon?!

Thank you @astrojeremy for visiting and making it a memorable day for so many of our visitors.

Up next at the museum:

🎖️ October 5 (tomorrow) is Military Appreciation Day. 🎖️ Service personnel from 17 Wing will be on-site with all kinds of fun activities and demonstrations.

👀 October 19 | Paranormal night at the museum hosted by the Winnipeg Paranormal Group. 👀 On more than one occasion, staff working late at the museum have heard sounds—and even voices—that can't be explained. Join the Winnipeg Paranormal Group as they investigate and hear a few spooky museum stories from our volunteers! (ticket link in bio)

👻 October 27 | Halloween with Hobbs 👻 Join us for trick-or-treating, crafts, games, a costume contest, and more! Kids in costume get in for FREE with a paid adult admission. (Suitable for all ages) Thank you to our sponsor @foodfarewpg!

🐶 PLUS, our Snoopy and the Red Baron exhibition opens Monday, October 7!

Details on all these events can be found at the link in our bio.

Join us this Saturday for Military Appreciation Da

Join us this Saturday for Military Appreciation Day from 10 am to 3 pm!

Have you ever wondered what kind of training our RCAF service members undergo? Want to take a peek inside a military police cruiser or F-18 fighter jet cockpit? This is your chance!

Displays and activities include:

🆘 Search-and-Rescue (SAR) tech rappel off the museum roof
👩‍✈️ Flight simulator
✈️ F-18 fighter jet cockpit and static aircraft displays
🚒 Fire truck and fire safety house
🏃 Inflatable obstacle course
🏒 Winnipeg Jets ball hockey rink with Mick E. Moose, and much more!

This event is presented in partnership with 17 Wing and CFB Winnipeg.

🔗 See all the details and a schedule of activities at the link in our bio.

If you find yourself in St. James, make a point to

If you find yourself in St. James, make a point to visit this newly installed monument honouring eight residential school students who died in a plane crash on their way home to Bunibonibee Cree Nation in 1972.

Today, we remember Rosalie Balfour, Rita Mary Canada, Ethel Grieves, Wilkie Muskego, Margaret Robinson, Deborah Sinclair, Roy Sinclair, Iona Weenusk, and all the other residential school children who never made it home.

This monument is located at the corner of Linwood Street and Silver Avenue.

#NDTR #truthandreconciliation

On June 24, 1972, a plane carrying eight residenti

On June 24, 1972, a plane carrying eight residential school students, bound for Bunibonibee Cree Nation (formerly Oxford House), crashed in a vacant lot located between 426 and 430 Linwood Street shortly after takeoff.

Students Margaret Robinson, Mary Rita Canada, Ethel Grieves, Rosalie Balfour, Wilkie Muskego, Iona Weenusk, and siblings Roy and Deborah Sinclair, along with pilot Scott Coughlin, all died in the crash.

In 2022, we began working with Bunibonibee Cree Nation, the City of Winnipeg's Indigenous Relations division, and Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, to ensure this story is never forgotten. Yesterday, our shared vision became a reality when a monument honouring these nine individuals was unveiled during a ceremony near the crash site.

We thank everyone who helped make this happen including Sheila North and Tommy Weenusk from Bunibonibee Cree Nation, Mayor Scott Gillingham and the City Winnipeg, and Dr. Sinclair.

The monument has been permanently installed along the Yellow Ribbon Greenway Trail near Linwood Street and Silver Avenue.

Pictured: RAMWC President & CEO Terry Slobodian, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee, Chief Richard Hart of Bunibonibee Cree Nation, Mayor Scott Gillingham, and RAMWC board chair Rennie Zegalski unveil monument.

Sneak peek of preparations for the opening of our

Sneak peek of preparations for the opening of our Snoopy and the Red Baron travelling exhibition, opening October 7!

© PNTS

#peanuts #snoopy #snoopyfans #snoopylove #snoopygrams

This month's Canadian Aviation Historical Society

This month's Canadian Aviation Historical Society meeting is all about the F-86 Sabre!

Discover the fascinating history of our Canadair Sabre, #1815, and the challenges faced during its restoration.

RAMWC head of restoration, Marsh Pettitt, will present on the restoration of our F-86, the last Sabre ever produced. Lt. Col (ret) Robert Nash will speak about the history of the aircraft, from production in 1958 until it was taken from service by the PAF in 1980, and about its transfer to the museum in 1996.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 pm at the 17 Wing Chapel and by Zoom.

CAHS meetings are FREE, but registration is required.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3GWWBfT

#aviationhistory #aircraftrestoration #militaryhistory #canadair #canadairsabre

~ SOLD OUT! ~ 👨‍🚀 Just announced! Join u

~ SOLD OUT! ~

👨‍🚀 Just announced!

Join us on Sunday, September 29, to hear Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak about his path to becoming the first Canadian astronaut selected for a mission to the Moon.

During his presentation, Jeremy will talk about his career path, his role as a crew member of Artemis II, and Canada’s role in Moon exploration.

This event is included with standard admission. ADVANCE TICKETS ARE REQUIRED.

View event details and reserve your seat at the link in our bio.

🌚 🌚 🌚

#jeremyhansen #astronaut #canadianspaceagency #moonmission

It was a big day today, a day more than 40 years i

It was a big day today, a day more than 40 years in the making.

This morning, the final pieces of our newly restored Junkers F13, CF-ALX, were unloaded and moved into the museum. Pictured here are Keith Olson (left) and Gord Emberley (right), two of our museum's founders, with the F13's fuselage.

Keith and Gord recovered CF-ALX, known as the "City of Prince George" from McConnell Lake in northern British Columbia in 1981 where it crashed in 1933.

You could almost see the memories of their salvage mission come flooding back as they watched the aircraft get lifted off the truck and moved into the museum.

We're so thankful for their steadfast commitment to preserving aviation history. It's a day we won't soon forget!

#aviationhistory #aviationheritage #vintageaircraft #aviationmuseum #junkers #aircraftwrecks

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