Monday, February 6, 2012

Week 5 - Museum of Aviation (possibly Part 1)

Museums continue to be the theme again for this week's micro adventure, with a visit to the Canada Museum of Aviation and Space (Space being a relatively recent addition to the name and the museum I think). This week I had company! Yay - much more fun that being by myself. (Thanks Diana and Chris!)

The early days of flight...

World War II...

Diana's Dad was an engineer/mechanic working on Lancasters like this one... 

wheeeee........

Helicopters...

...the yellow exhibit?

Fighter jets...



Experimental...


There is also a reserve hangar with many more aircraft - open only for tours at scheduled times (not when we were there), so a possibility of a second visit this year exists - to see the rest. For the new Space exhibit, the theme was Living in Space...


 
Complete with "interactive" display...

...which talked about the experiences of Canadian astronauts on the ISS. A small exhibit but definitely worthwhile!

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