Air Force Heritage Museum and Air 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 StarThe park also displays the antenna from an AN/FPS 508 search radar from the Pinetree Line.
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Sharp Boulevard, Winnipeg St. James–Brooklands–Weston
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R3J 2J3 Winnipeg, St. James–Brooklands–Weston
Manitoba, Canada
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