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 peopleContinue reading “2024 Manitoba Air Show”
Category Archives: Aircraft
RCAF Band Music Video ~ featuring the CATP Museum
This past winter, the RCAF band came to our museum to shoot parts of their special 100th RCAF Anniversary video. The video, released June 3, is below, includes some great shots in the hangar and some out on the airport taxiway, including a dramatic flyby of a Hercules over the band and the museum’s Harvard!Continue reading “RCAF Band Music Video ~ featuring the CATP Museum”
From Script to Sky: Crafting a TV Show and Soaring in a 1942 Tiger Moth
Admin note: Last fall, ACC student, Nicole Wruth created a short video production as part of her course work to air on Bell Fibe TV. Part of her production was a flight in our Tiger Moth. I asked her to write a guest blog post about her adventure! A big thanks to Nicole for doingContinue reading “From Script to Sky: Crafting a TV Show and Soaring in a 1942 Tiger Moth”
2023 at the CATPM
The video below reviews some of the main events at the museum in 2023.
A New Donation: Bolingbroke
Recently the museum came in possession of sections of a BCATP Bolingbroke airplane. Here is the story from museum volunteer and incoming Flying Committee chair, Jeff Bell: The Bolingbroke came to us via way of an email from an RCAF helicopter pilot/instructor operating out of Portage/Southport, MB. While on a training mission, the pilot spottedContinue reading “A New Donation: Bolingbroke”
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 