Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park facts for kids
British Commonwealth Air Training memorial at the Air Park
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Location | 17 Wing |
| Type | Air museum |
| Public transit access | 24 Ness Express 83 Unicity - Strauss Drive - Murray Industrial Park |
The Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park, in Winnipeg, Manitoba displays aircraft and artifacts pertaining to the history of the Canadian Air Force. The park contains memorials to Canadian air search and rescue, and to the people who trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The museum was established in 1975. Memorials in the park were dedicated in 1999.
The air park has the largest permanent display of Canadian military aircraft in Canada. The attached museum has artifacts such as aviation art, Victoria Crosses (including the posthumous award to Andrew Mynarski), and one of the remaining Battle of Britain lace tapestries.
Aircraft on static display include:
- CF 116 Freedom Fighter fighter
- CT 134 A Musketeer trainer
- CX 144 Challenger prototype air transport
- CH 136 Kiowa Helicopter
- CP-121 Tracker anti submarine warfare
- CF-104 Starfighter interceptor/fighter
- CF-101 Voodoo interceptor
- Harvard Mk. 4 Trainer
- CF 100 Canuck
- F86 Sabre Mk. VI
- CT-133 Silver Star
The park also displays the antenna from an AN/FPS 508 search radar from the Pinetree Line.
