Musée de la Défense aérienne
The Musée de la Défense aérienne is a Canadian museum dedicated to the history of military aviation and the Royal Canadian Air Force located in CFB Bagotville.
The museum holds a collection of nine military aircraft. Its collections include planes such as a Canadair CF-5, a Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck, a CT-133 Silver Star, a CF-101 Voodoo, a F-86 Sabre, a MiG 23, a CF-18 Hornet and helicopters such as a Vertol H-21 and a UH-1 Iroquois.
It is one of four aviation museums in Quebec, along with Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, the Montreal Aviation Museum in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and the Quebec Aerospace Museum in Saint-Hubert.[1]
History
The Musée de la Défense aérienne was founded in 1997. It is located on the grounds of CFB Bagotville. Visitors can tour RCAF 3 Wing as part of their visit. Along with the permanent collection of planes (which is located outside), the museum also has a main and a rotating exhibit in its building. Visitors can also try their hand at flying with two flight simulators.
Collection
Airplanes
Plane | Serial |
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Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck | 18472 (painted as 18437) |
Canadair CF-5 | 116733 |
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star | |
Canadair Sabre | 19454 |
McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo | 101027 |
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet | 188720 |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | 0390324857 |
Helicopters
Plane | Serial |
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois | 118106 |
Piasecki H-21 | 9642 |
See also
References
- ^ "Accueil - Musée de la Défense Aérienne". www.museebagotville.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-07.
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- Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park
- Canadian Starfighter Museum
- Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
- Manitoba Military Aviation Museum
- Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
- Canadian Air and Space Conservancy
- Canada Aviation and Space Museum
- Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
- Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
- Great War Flying Museum
- Jet Aircraft Museum
- Memorial Military Museum
- National Air Force Museum of Canada
- Quebec Aerospace Museum
- Montreal Aviation Museum
- Musée de la Défense aérienne
- Vintage Wings of Canada