RAMWC Junkers JU-52 CF-ARM.
Charron Lake is 35-square-kilometres, and has a depth of 60 metres. Even with advancing technology, and a good idea of the plane’s location, it took searchers 30 years to find it, and another two years to raise it from the lake floor. Flying into the Future
Te museum secured $1.2 million from the federal gov-
ernment under the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund that was announced by Winnipeg MP Doug Eyolfson on behalf of Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly in October 2016. “Tis federal funding will help us build a new, world-class
facility to celebrate the ‘Legends of Canadian Aviation’ — a remarkable story of adventure and innovation and an im- portant contribution to Canada’s culture and heritage,” said Helen Halliday, President and CEO of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. Two North American architect teams have been enlisted to design the museum’s new look. Reich + Petch and Ar- chitecture 49 will work on the project. Reich + Petch have designed architecture and spaces for Toronto’s Royal Ontario
Museum, the Canadian Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Institution National Museums in Washington, D.C. Architecture 49 includes in its portfolio the Canadian Museum of Human Rights and Remai Art Gallery of Sas- katchewan. Te museum will work with private donors and all levels of
government to secure the necessary funding before breaking ground. Donor information can be found at
www.royalavia-
tionmuseum.com.
Where to find the museum Te Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is cur-
rently located on the south-eastern edge of the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, in a hangar that originally was the operating headquarters of Trans-Canada Air Lines, now Air Canada. Te museum is open seven days a week with admission at $10.00 for adults, $7.50 for students and seniors, and $5.00 for children, with a family rate of $25.00. Guided tours of se- lected parts of the collection are available Tuesdays, Tursdays and Sundays. Inquiries can be made at (204) 786-5503.
One of the more unusual items in its collection is a replica of the Canadian-made Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, which is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
18 • Winter 2016
A Vickers Vedette replica. The Hub
Photo by Bill Zuk.
Photo by Bill Zuk. Photo courtesy of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.
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