Canadian Museum Of Flight‎

The Langley Airport is the home of the Canadian Museum of Flight. The west coast of Canada has been a flourishing area for aviation since the very early days of powered flight.

William Boeing even owned a biplane that delivered airmail back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver in 1919. The Vancouver International Airport (YVR) opened on Sea Island in 1931.

The Canadian Museum of Flight has had its home in Langley since 1996. The Airport celebrated its seventieth anniversary in 2008 – the same year that the museum celebrated its thirtieth year.

The Museum’s mission as stated on their website is as follows:

“To Bring British Columbia’s Aviation Past into the Future”

They have been collecting a vast collection of aircraft and artifacts that help represent the region’s long history of aviation. The collection of aircraft is as follows:

* Avro CF-100
* Beechcraft Expeditor
* Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly
* Bristol Bolingbroke IV
* Canadair CT-114 Tutor
* Canadian Quickie
* de Havilland Tiger Moth
* de Havilland Vampire
* Douglas DC-3
* Fleet Finch
* Handley Page Hampden
* Harvard II
* Lockheed Starfighter
* Lockheed T-33
* Mignet Pou-du-Ciel
* Northrop Target Drone
* P-51 Mustang Replica
* SE5A Replica
* Sikorsky S-55 (UH-19)
* Sopwith Camel Replica
* Struchen Helicopter
* Waco AQC-6
* Waco INF
* Westland Lysander

There are also a large number of engines and other artifacts. If you’re an aviation enthusiast then you’ll want to make sure to visit the Canadian Museum of Flight.