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Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Let your Imagination Take Flight
>> The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (PHS) — Located at Brandon International
Airport (a former training school under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, lauded by Churchill
as Canada's greatest contribution to the Allied victory in WWII), the Museum boasts an impressive
collection of aircraft, artifacts and memorabilia, and will soon include a 300-metre granite
memorial wall bearing the names of 19,000 fallen. www.airmuseum.ca.
Western Canada Aviation Museum
And Soar To
New Heights
>>Western Canada Aviation Museum
— You're always cleared for takeoff
at Winnipeg's foremost tribute to the
history of powered flight in western
Canada, with an entire hangar's worth
of one-of-a-kind aircraft ranging from
bush planes and flying boxcars to a
replica of the Avrocar flying saucer. Visit
SKYWAYS, a hands-on discovery centre
for kids, and watch for guided tours and
special events throughout the season.
www.wcam.mb.ca.
