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MUSEUM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE DEDICATED UNTOLD HOURS TO PRESERVING OUR AVIATION HERITAGE AND DEVELOPING THIS WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION

Hastings Family Temporary Gallery

NOW ON DISPLAY

The Royal Canadian Air Force Centennial: Milestones and Trailblazers

MARCH 21, 2024 – JUNE 30, 2024


Learn more about the 100 years of trailblazing and heroic achievements of Royal Canadian Air Force members. Check out this commemorative exhibit in the Hastings Family Temporary Gallery at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada beginning March 21, 2024.

This exhibit is included with admission.

Ace Academy: Flight Experience

MARCH 23, 2024 – AUGUST 17, 2024

A young stands in a paneled exhibit in an aviation museum, arms at his sides like aircraft wings.


Ace Academy is a digital interactive exhibition space where players enter an immersive environment and activate the intuitive experience by simply moving their bodies. Authentic aircraft imagery takes centre stage as players fly a realistic rendering of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s Sopwith Ship Camel biplane. Moving their arms up and down, and tilting their bodies, players manoeuvre an airplane on-screen – dodging enemy aircraft and aligning themselves to fire.

This exhibit is wheelchair accessible and included with admission.

NOTE: This interactive exhibit can be found in the Northern Connections gallery at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada (not in the Hastings Family Temporary Gallery).