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Monthly Workshops
We are moving our workshops online! All
workshops start at 7 PM and are held through This small wooden flying boat is one of 60 that were
an online presentation platform. If you register
designed and produced by Canadian Vickers Ltd. of
for a workshop we will send you the registration Montreal between 1924 and 1930. It was the first aircraft
codes the day before the workshop.
manufactured in Canada and was used for aerial
These workshops provide information about photography and production of the first aerial maps of
anatomy, causes, symptoms, and management Canada’s north, as well as for forest inventory and fire
of the associated conditions, and are designed to patrols. Many of the topographical maps in use today are
provide a question and answer session at the based on photographs taken from Vedettes.
end.
The Vedette was able to rise off the water quickly which was
All workshops are free, and we often offer an important characteristic.
promotional discounts for those in attendance.
Several were based in Manitoba and flew off the Red River
To find out more about any of these workshops, in Winnipeg or from locations like Victoria Beach and Lac du
or to register, click on the button provided. Bonnet. Vedettes also patrolled the coast of Nova Scotia and
were used at the seaplane training base at Jericho Beach in
BC. They were eventually replaced by the more versatile (all-
season) aircraft such as the Fairchild, Bellanca and
Norseman. The remaining Vedettes were destroyed or made
into boats until no complete aircraft were left.
The RCAF purchased 44 of the 60 Vedettes and retired the
last one in 1941.
CF-MAG
CF-MAG was built in 1929 and was placed in storage until it
was purchased by the Government of Manitoba in 1934,
along with five ex-RCAF Vedettes (for $1 each) to be used
for foreset fire patrols. In 1937, the engine of CF-MAG failed
while on a flight to Cormorant Lake. The pilot touched down
in a swamp, then walked to an area where he could be
rescued. A week later, an attempt was made to retrieve the
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada is Re- downed aircraft, but the swamp was too small to permit
takeoff. After all the usable parts were salvaged, the hull
Opened June 3, 2020.
was soaked with fuel and the Vedette set on fire.
Hours are Wednesday to Sunday 10 AM to 4 PM.
We look forward to seeing you all again and
thank you for your support during this difficult
time.
