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2019/03/17 Calgary's Hangar Flight Museum
π 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:




interesting ripoff of the Wright Flyers
interesting ripoff of the Wright Flyers


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



hard to believe that jet engine fits in the Havilland Vampire
hard to believe that jet engine fits in the Havilland Vampire


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 :)

Havilland Vampire is definitely an interesting early jet
Havilland Vampire is definitely an interesting early jet








Also, nearby was the aviation section of the Military Museum:



Canada used CF104/starfighters are nuclear bombers
Canada used CF104/starfighters are nuclear bombers














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2019/03/17 Calgary's Military Museums
π 2019-03-17 01:01 in Museums
Calgary's Military Museums were much bigger than planned, spent 3.5H there, and that was without reading a lot of things. Definitely a pretty thorough collection worth a visit, you can spend the whole day if you read everything:
















Nearby was the Hangar Flight Museum

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