Exhibition

Commercial Flight

Ongoing

Explore the rise of commercial flight after the Second World War – and the Canadian innovations that changed how we experience it today.

Exhibition highlights

See a Douglas DC-3, the first profitable passenger airplane which also flew wartime missions
Learn more about the Canadair Challenger—the world’s first wide-bodied corporate jet—and how the museum’s Canadair helped test aviation innovations for more than 20 years

Included with museum admission

Several people gather near the exhibition panel in front of the large DC-3 aircraft.

Large white commercial aircraft on display at the museum.

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Collection highlights

Large Canadair CL-600 Challenger aircraft in flight

Canadair CL-600 Challenger

Silver DC-3 aircraft in flight over a city skyline

Douglas DC-3

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