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We've Moved!
RESTORATION PROJECT: A 1950’S
We are very excited to have finally completed CESSNA 180 FLOATPLANE
our move into a new warehouse and office -
what we will be calling home until the new
Museum is complete in 2021. The warehouse
on Church Avenue allows us to work on
aircraft restoration, collections conservation,
and new exhibits. It also houses our
administrative offices.
The Border office has now officially closed - NOVEMBER 2019: With 2 wrecked fuselages and other
our new address is: used/damaged parts to build a replica Cessna 180 model
1431 Church Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2X 1G5 plane, the project begins! Tom Coates and Dorrin
Business Hours: 8:00am - 4pm Wallace were instrumental in obtaining
Phone: 204-786-5503 repurposed/damaged parts. As well, an experienced
This is our new mailing address - please (retired) Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), Bud
update your records! Mowery having a long work history in Northern
Saskatchewan of all types of aircraft volunteered to work
Visitors who need to meet with staff are on this project. Dismantled portions of the 2 wrecks
encouraged to book an appointment ahead of
salvaging parts of the fuselage to use toward building
time.
one.
Note that the warehouse is not open to the January 2020: After many volunteer hours the replica
public.
build slowly starts to resemble an aircraft, but still has a
long way to go. At this stage it has taken parts of five
Construction Update different fuselages to get to this stage. Progress is slow
Structural Steel Installation going as the parts volunteers work with, for the most
part, if not all need some kind of repair prior being fitted
PCL is now installing the structural steel, or the
to the aircraft.
'bones,' of the new Museum building. At this
stage in construction, you can expect to see a February 2020: Good progress made! Doors have been
lot of progress in a short amount of time. If fitted, side windows installed as well the former paint
you have the chance to drive by the airport, scheme stripped with the nose cowling.
you'll be stunned by how large the structure MARCH TO MAY 2020: With the Covid-19 pandemic
has already become. Structural steel being
upon us in March, the museum was temporarily closed.
installed on-site, August 2020.
This as well suspended the work on this project.
However, our AME (Bud) being bored at home after a
while returned to the restoration workshop off and on,
and worked alone to help the project move forward.
JUNE TO PRESENT 2020: Stay tuned! We’re have made
progress but it’s slow motion. With Covid-19 social
distancing guidelines, it may well be sometime before
multiple volunteers can work together on this project.
