February 19, 2021
Royal Designation – In late 2014, the Western Canada Aviation Museum received the highest honour which any museum could hope for when a Royal designation was granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The name of the museum was promptly changed to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. This honour recognizes the hard work of hundreds of museum volunteers and staff, as well as the incredible support of private companies, benefactors, donors and governments along the way.
Please enjoy this article reproduced from a past issue of the Museum’s former Altitude publication with updates. In the 21st century, when the global positioning system takes all of the guesswork out of navigation, there was a time when pilots relied on …
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Tannis M. Richardson, a lifelong Winnipegger, philanthropist, and dedicated community leader, has passed away at the age of 99. Born in Winnipeg in 1926, she later served as a Voluntary Aid Nurse during the Second World War—an early reflection of …
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