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A 22-Year Road to Replication
Decades later, our museum’s retrieval team
recovered the remains of this and two other
Vedettes to guide the development of a replica.
Museum volunteers pieced together information
from the three wreckages. Plans had to be re-
drawn before construction could begin (the
The CAF Education Department is providing links and
Vedette plant had since burned down so no
resources for parents, students and teachers to assist with
original plans remained). Over 100 volunteers home and online learning during this challenging time with
contributed to the build effort. Since CF-MAG
COVID-19. We know you need immediate help, so we are
contributed the bulk of information to the build,
putting together lists of great tools.
those are the letters which are painted on the
hull. On May 24, 2002, a dedication was This list of resources and hands-on lessons will grow over
organized at the museum for the opening of the the next days and weeks.
Vickers Vedette exhibit.
Please feel free to share resources and lessons with us to
post to help our communities continue with student
learning.
Our focus is to provide activities and resources that will help
students learn by doing. Remember..."He who does the
work does the learning."
Productive struggle is a good thing to promote the mindsets
that helped the Allied Forces secure our freedom and
liberty. Many of the lessons & activities we have chosen
This aircraft is the only example of this type in require simple engineering design processes including
the world. Although it is airworthy, according to problem solving, creativity, critical thinking, designing,
the standards of the late 1920s, it has not been testing, and redesigning.
certified as we do not plan to fly it.
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