hi thanks for joining us today today we're at the airport in langley british columbia and
we're going to check out the canadian museum of flight let's go and explore
incorporated in the 1970s the canadian museum of flight is dedicated to the collection
preservation and maintenance of aircraft and other artifacts of significance to aviation history
this is the canada air ct-114 tutor it first flew in january 1960. the tudor was used by
the canadian armed forces from 1963 until the year 2000. it's best known in north america as
the aircraft used by the snowbird formation aerobatics team who have performed from the
northwest territories all the way to mexico the snowbird team has a total of 15 tutors 11 of which
travel with the team during the airshow season the ct-114 tutor that's at the canadian museum
of flight was used by the snowbird team in the mid-1970s it's been refinished in the colors of
snowbird captain miles selby who was tragically killed while flying a tudor in december 2004
this is the de havilland dh100 vampire mk3 the vampire began as an experimental aircraft which
first flew in september 1943 it utilized the javelin's extensive experience with
molded plywood for aircraft construction this aircraft was the last time that composite
wood and metal construction was used in high performance military aircraft it was the second
british designed and built jet fighter to go into service with the royal air force and was the first
of its type for the royal canadian air force this is the beachcraft expediter known as the beach 18
it's a military version of the model 18 light commercial transport that first flew in 1937 over
five thousand the military models were delivered during world war ii here's a lockheed cf-104d
mk2 starfighter referred to as the missile with a man in it the cf-104 was built in canada under
license by canada air it was envisioned as a high-speed high-altitude point defense interceptor
against relatively poor maneuvering manned bomber threats that existed in the early 1950s
the first aircraft produced by canada air flew in 1961 with a total of 200 cf-104s being produced
for the royal canadian air force lockheed also built 22 two-seater aircraft known as the cf-104d
which were also used by the royal canadian air force this is the hanley page hampton
the canadian museum of flight is the only place that you can see a handley page hampton on display
this aircraft is a stressed skin mid-wing monoplane which first flew in 1936.
it had the most advanced wings available for its time giving it a remarkably low landing speed of
73 miles an hour with a top speed of 265 miles an hour the hampden went into service in 1938 with
the royal air force and over 1400 of this aircraft were built this specific aircraft is one of 160
that were built in canada unfortunately it only had about a hundred hours of flying time before
it crashed near patricia bay on november 15 1942 the pilot made the error of turning at low speed
and altitude causing the aircraft to crash into the bay and quickly sink 600 feet to the bottom
luckily a nearby boat saw the incident and rescued the four-man crew plucking them out of the water
within minutes after many years the aircraft was badly corroded and very fragile this made for a
difficult salvage operation that was carried out by remote controlled submarine and aided by video
camera extensive reconstruction work was completed and today you can see the only remaining handley
page hampden at the canadian museum of flight this avro cf-100 canuck mk3b was known as the
clunk it was the first 100 percent canadian designed and built all-weather interceptor
which first flew in january 1950 many innovations in radar and quick change
weapons were developed for the cf-100 and later incorporated into the infamous avro arrow
the sikorsky s55 is an all-metal construction helicopter
the fuselage is made up of aluminum and magnesium and it has three aluminum blades
sikorsky manufactured over 1200 of the s55s in a 10-year period from 1949 to 1959
sopwith aviation created a prototype single seat biplane fighter named the pop in february 1916.
it entered service in the autumn of 1916 and the royal naval air service and royal
flying corps placed orders with pups arriving on the western front in october
the pups lightweight and generous wing area gave it a good rate of climb
the pup proved to be superior over early [ __ ] and albatross biplanes but was eventually
outclassed by newer german fighters and was replaced on the western front by the end of 1917.
built in 1930 this wacko inf is the oldest of its kind that's still flying in western canada
and one of only a few inf's left in the world this inf was originally used for
corporate flights by a seattle-based washing machine salesman it then passed through
16 owners over the next 20 years before arriving at the museum of flight in 1979
this is a waco eqc6 manufactured in ohio in 1937. it was purchased by the department
of national defense in ottawa and operated by the department of transport until 1949.
it was then moved to british columbia and operated by bc airlines and then
subsequently by a logging company its final owner was dr jack pickup of alert
bay who acquired the airplane in 1953 and used it as a flying doctor float plane
this is a lockheed t-33 silver star which was widely used as a two-seat
advanced trainer the prototype flew for the first time in 1948 then in 1951
canada air was given a contract to manufacture the t-33 t-33s were used as trainers in the
royal canadian air force during the 1950s and 1960s this particular plane was used in
manitoba for royal canadian air force and nato pilot training until it was retired in 1967
it was then donated to the museum of flight by northwest industries in 1977.
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