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Outside Winnipeg: Keewatin Air provided tarmac space for the Bristol
The aircraft were transported to storage sites in three
directions — north to St. Andrew’s, Stonewall, and Gimli;
west to Brandon and Portage la Prairie; and east to Lac
du Bonnet.
St. Andrew’s Airport: The Benson gyrocopter and the
Black Brant replica are in the museum compound at St.
Andrew’s. Ross Robinson, a long-time museum supporter,
offered space for the North American Harvard in his
hangar at St. Andrew’s. Brian Hawes, former owner of a
helicopter charter firm, offered his heated hangar at St.
Andrew’s, which was large enough for the Canadair CL-84
(the Dynavert), the under-restoration Razorback, and the
largest items in the scale model collection.
Stonewall: Devin and Kristin Long in Stonewall took the
De Havilland Fox Moth and the large scale model of a
Hercules boxcar into their unheated hangar.
Gimli: The Schwitzer glider is in storage at the Air Cadets
Hangar.
Brandon: The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
(CATPM) became the keeper of the De Havilland Tiger
Moth and the Auster. Since both aircraft were used in the
Second World War training program, they make an
excellent complement to the CATPM’s aircraft collection
and mandate.
Portage la Prairie: The fuselage, wings, and related parts
of the Bellanca Aircruiser are in storage at Southport
Aerospace Centre.
Lac du Bonnet: The Waco YKC-S and related parts are in
storage in a heated facility arranged by one of the
museum’s founders, Gordon Emberley.
Near the airport in Winnipeg:
Firms around the Winnipeg airport generously offered
interior heated hangar space to protect the fragile fabric- period. We also applaud the tireless work of the
covered aircraft, as well as outside parking space for
airplanes able to withstand the elements.
Calm Air International provided hangar space for the
frame of the Charron Lake Ghost, the Fokker Super
Universal (CF-AUJ), and tarmac parking for the Canadair
CF-100 (Canuck), Canadair T-33 (Silver Star), McDonnell
(Voodoo), and the Canadair CL-41 (Tutor).
Freighter, the Junkers JU-52M (CF-ARM), the
Musketeer, the De Havilland Beaver, the Canadair
F-86 (Sabre), and the North American Yale. The Kolb
Ultralight is packed up and safely stored inside the
Bristol Freighter. Keewatin also provided inside
hangar space for the Fairchild 24.
Air Canada provided interior hangar space for the
Vickers Vedette, the Stinson Reliant, the Fairchild
71, and the Fairchild Super 71. The Vickers Viscount
is parked on the tarmac outside the Air Canada
hangar and is a storage container in its own right —
many of the small scale models in the museum’s
collection were carefully packed into boxes and
then stowed on the seats inside the Viscount where
they will be safe.
For the most part, the museum covered the cost of
moving the aircraft to their locations outside of
Winnipeg, something that ensured that the aircraft
would be loaded, moved, and unloaded with
appropriate care. The Commonwealth Training Plan
Museum went a step further, with its director,
Stephen Hayter, organizing a team of volunteers
and the necessary transport to move two airplanes
to Brandon.
Finally, employees at the museum’s temporary
offices at 29-313 Border Street are sharing space
with scores of storage boxes. Some of these boxes
hold unique and delicate objects that the museum
team wants to protect, while other boxes contain
archival resources that will be used to develop the
exhibits and programming for the new museum.
The board of directors and employee team are
grateful for the support of the aviation, aerospace,
and transportation community during this transition
volunteers who ensured that the museum was
ready to exit Hangar T-2 on October 31, 2018. Many
of them increased their hours and days at the
museum, and this could not have been done
without them. Strong leadership is always required
to see through such a large, logistical process, and
the board along with Helen Halliday, president and
CEO, thank Lorne and Joel Nelson for leading this
Herculean effort.