by Travis Whyte | Jun 23, 2022 | Aircraft
The Sylvaire Bushmaster II in our museum was built in 1988 and was used primarily as a recreational plane. Our aircraft was generously donated by a man from Alberta after he retired from flying. Our plane has the nickname “Cloud Dancer”. ...
by Travis Whyte | Jun 23, 2022 | Aircraft
The Auster A.O.P. Mk. VI was a British military light observation plane produced by Auster Aircraft Limited from 1946 to 1953. Canada received a total of 34 Auster 6’s in 1948 for training military observers in Rivers, Manitoba. The Auster plane in our museum is one...
by Travis Whyte | Jun 21, 2022 | Aircraft
Snow plane or aluminum can on a steel tubing frame, mounted on skis and powered by an airplane engine complete with a propellor. This snow plane was built by Mr. Flath, and his brother Robert Flath, at their farm in Rosthern. The 190 horsepower Lycoming aircraft...
by Travis Whyte | Mar 14, 2022 | Aircraft
Pietenpol Air Camper C-GNDX The Air Camper was designed out of spruce and plywood, in hopes the plane would be affordable and easy to construct for home builders. Building an Air Camper required basic woodworking skills and tools, knowledge of welding, and the...
by Travis Whyte | Mar 11, 2022 | Aircraft, Artifacts, Restoration Projects
Lovings Love WR 1 C-GSHJ c/n EEE2 C071AB The Lovings Love or WR-1 is a single seat, gull-winged midget racing aircraft with conventional landing gear. The name given to the aircraft by its designer Neil Loving first flew in 1950. The fuselage uses wood truss...
by Travis Whyte | Nov 14, 2021 | Aircraft, Featured, Restoration Projects, Uncategorized
RESTORATION PROJECT UNDERWAY We have recently acquired this donated Norseman in its very skeleton and disassembled state. We have wings, wheels, seats, fabric, cable, in fact we have all the major components, parts and pieces to begin the restoration and rebuilding of...