February 19, 2021
Royal Designation – In late 2014, the Western Canada Aviation Museum received the highest honour which any museum could hope for when a Royal designation was granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The name of the museum was promptly changed to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. This honour recognizes the hard work of hundreds of museum volunteers and staff, as well as the incredible support of private companies, benefactors, donors and governments along the way.
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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