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2019-03-17 01:01
in Flying, Museums, Nflying
During a very short trip in Calgary, I went to check out the Hangar Flight Museum on the way back to the airport to fly home. It wasn't a huge museum, but it was my first aviation museum in canada, so that was reason enough to go :)
A very nice volunteer gave me a tour. The whole museum can be done in 1H or so, but I spent a bit longer:
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![interesting ripoff of the Wright Flyers interesting ripoff of the Wright Flyers](/blogimg/03/thumb1024_103_20190317_Calgary_Hangar_Flight_Museum.jpg)
interesting ripoff of the Wright Flyers
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![The Avro Arrow was supposed to be a Mach2+ fighter, but was sadly scrapped, dealing a big blow to Canadian aviation designs The Avro Arrow was supposed to be a Mach2+ fighter, but was sadly scrapped, dealing a big blow to Canadian aviation designs](/blogimg/09/thumb1024_109_20190317_Calgary_Hangar_Flight_Museum.jpg)
The Avro Arrow was supposed to be a Mach2+ fighter, but was sadly scrapped, dealing a big blow to Canadian aviation designs
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![hard to believe that jet engine fits in the Havilland Vampire hard to believe that jet engine fits in the Havilland Vampire](/blogimg/17/thumb1024_117_20190317_Calgary_Hangar_Flight_Museum.jpg)
hard to believe that jet engine fits in the Havilland Vampire
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![interesting twin boom design, jet exhaust was pointing down, so you couldn't do a static runup without melting the runway :) interesting twin boom design, jet exhaust was pointing down, so you couldn't do a static runup without melting the runway :)](/blogimg/19/thumb1024_119_20190317_Calgary_Hangar_Flight_Museum.jpg)
interesting twin boom design, jet exhaust was pointing down, so you couldn't do a static runup without melting the runway :)
![Havilland Vampire is definitely an interesting early jet Havilland Vampire is definitely an interesting early jet](/blogimg/26/thumb1024_126_20190317_Calgary_Hangar_Flight_Museum.jpg)
Havilland Vampire is definitely an interesting early jet
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Also, nearby was the aviation section of the Military Museum:
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![Canada used CF104/starfighters are nuclear bombers Canada used CF104/starfighters are nuclear bombers](/blogimg/52/thumb1024_152_20190317_The_Military_Museums.jpg)
Canada used CF104/starfighters are nuclear bombers
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