The CATP Museum attended the Manitoba Air Show on August 3rd and 4th. We had, for the first time, all 5 of our flight-worthy aircraft on static display. The five include the first public showing, outside of the museum, of the Fleet Finch. The display was a great success, we interacted with hundreds of people curious about our museum and aircraft. We have heard attendance on day 1 was about 8000, so including both days, there were probably over 12,000 people at the show (these are estimates no the official count!). It was an excellent opportunity to show off our aircraft and tell people about the museum. Having the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s (CWHM) Lancaster at the show was a wonderful sight, especially seeing it near our trainers from the same era, so many men trained in planes like ours, then went on to fight in Lancasters overseas. The CWHM Lanc is one of only 2 that are airworthy, the other is in England. All of our planes are back home in our hangar again, so come on out to see them for yourself.
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 