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The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter George as the new incoming President and Chief Executive Officer. Peter brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in branding, strategy, and stakeholder engagement. …

He was a teenage infantryman who became a bomber pilot, a peacetime pioneer who flew farther than any Canadian before him, and by the time he was 30, he had done more to map the North than most men did …

While the term gremlin may have existed earlier, the myth truly “took off” with pilots and ground crew of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the early days of World War II. These troublemaking, impish creatures became the scapegoat for mechanical issues …

Early Canadian bush pilots faced challenges at every turn and confronted them head-on, armed only with an indomitable will and a can-do attitude. Thanks to bush flying, trips that once took weeks could now be completed in hours. Those dealing …

Growing up in War Lake First Nation northeast of Thompson, Manitoba, Desiree Charlton learned early on the vital importance of aviation for remote northern communities.  Her community was accessible only by train for most of the year. In winter, an …

It’s spooky season! Are you ready for a ghost story? Even in our new museum, staff have reported spooky occurrences from time to time. Loud banging after hours, mysterious voices when no one else is in the building, and lights …

Learn how Cris Aquino ended up on an exclusive team selected to detail the first presidential jet.

In 1974, Canadian peacekeeping troops were posted to the Golan Heights—an area between Syria and Israel—to aid United Nations troops. Tensions were high in the Middle East. A year prior, during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Syria and Egypt …