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.
If you picture a Second World War pilot’s working gear, you might imagine leather jackets or olive drab flight clothing. The journey over time — from homemade clothing solutions for the cold cockpits of bush planes, to the bright orange …
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They served in the air and are remembered with Manitoba’s lakes. Behind every name is a story—some widely known, and others in danger of being slowly forgotten over time. Across Canada, place names reveal layers of history, culture, and memory. …
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