The Alberta Flying Heritage Museum was a proposed
aviation museum for the
Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport in
Villeneuve,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada in order to move the Alberta Aviation Museum collection out of the City of Edmonton as a result of the closure of Edmonton City Centre Airport.
Development
The museum was officially announced by
Alberta Aviation Museum
The Alberta Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The museum is located on-site at the former Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport on the southwest corner of the field (11410 Kingsway Avenue).
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on 16 November 2013,
As part of the museum, the Alberta Aviation Museum's Boeing 737-200, ident C-GIPW, in Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) livery (Fleet #745) was restored to operational capability with the assistance of
Canadian North
Bradley Air Services, operating as Canadian North, is a wholly Inuit-owned airline headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. It operates scheduled passenger services to communities in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the Nunavik region ...
and, on 29 November 2013, was flown to Villeneuve on a Schedule A Special Flight Permit issued by Transport Canada.
New Alberta Flying Heritage Museum
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Changes in leadership at the Alberta Aviation Museum resulted in the Flying Heritage Museum no longer being pursued. Efforts were undertaken to improve the existing Alberta Aviation Museum on Kingsway. With a renewed lease from the City of Edmonton, the inside transformation of Hangar 14 began with exhibits being brought to life.
The Boeing 737-200 in Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) livery remains at Villeneuve and is a ground attraction at the Edmonton Airshow. Please contact the Alberta Aviation Museum for use for filming or police or fire training operations.
As of October 5, 2018, no further development had been announced. The website's domain registration is also expired and the website is no longer available.
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Aerospace museums in Alberta