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Karen, James and I went over to the big dark metal hangar
and found KDN still sitting in the far back corner. This was
Karen’s and my first sight of KDN.
A quick walk around and I was very excited. Even with a
layer of dust and poor paint, I could see it was a diamond in
the rough. When I got in and sat down in the pilot seat and
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took the controls, I thought someone had disconnected In honour of Manitoba’s 148 birthday, the
them! Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
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hosted a free open house on May 12 from 10
AM to 4 PM at the Brandon Municipal Airport
Visitors were invited to travel back to the 1940s
while touring a WWII vintage hangar serving as a
display area for aircraft, vehicles and hundreds of
artifacts from that era. Manitoban RCAF that
lost their lives during WWII are honoured on the
museum’s RCAF WWII Memorial wall.
May 1st began our new summer hours, 10 am to
4 pm, seven days a week until the end of
September.
The stick, rudder and elevator had no tension, and just
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is
flopped around. It wasn’t until I looked out to the wing to
see the ailerons following my every move that I realized Canada’s only air museum solely dedicated to
the preservation of those who trained and
just how light and precise the Chipmunk controls were. I
fought for the British Commonwealth during
found out later that they feel just as nice while flying, as
they do on the ground. Wow. I am sitting in a Chipmunk WWII.
and it’s ours!! Dreams do come true. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is
proud to be one of the seven Manitoba Signature
Museums, a Manitoba Star Attraction and a
National Historic Site. Visit the CATP Museum
located at Brandon Municipal Airport, on HW
#10, 1.6 km north of the City of Brandon.
For more information about the CATPM, please
contact:
Stephen Hayter, Executive Director
Following a terrible fall, my cousin was in a coma.
Ph: 727-2444
Days later, he finally came around.
Fax:725-2334
His wife asked him. “How do you feel?”
Email: airmuseum@inetlink.ca
Slowly he looked around at the hoses, tubes, wires and
monitors attached to him and weakly responded, “Over
Accessorized”
