March 22, 2021
By Alan Small, Winnipeg Free Press
The Royal Aviation Museum of Wester Canada will take “straighten up and fly right,” to a whole new level when it reopens early in 2022.
The museum, which was founded in 1974, unveiled a new logo Monday and a new philosophy that will become part of the exhibits at its home around the corner from the James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.
While the term gremlin may have existed earlier, the myth truly “took off” with pilots and ground crew of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the early days of World War II. These troublemaking, impish creatures became the scapegoat for mechanical issues …
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Early Canadian bush pilots faced challenges at every turn and confronted them head-on, armed only with an indomitable will and a can-do attitude. Thanks to bush flying, trips that once took weeks could now be completed in hours. Those dealing …
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