Exhibition
Early Travel and Transport
Ongoing
Explore how the evolution of recreational flying and commercial air services in Canada connected its vast and diverse regions.
In the 1920s and 1930s, recreational pilots took to the sky in small airplanes, while commercial operators flew slightly larger aircraft for light transport, mail delivery, and air taxi services. Their spirit of adventure, innovation, and determination laid the foundation for the sophisticated air transport network we enjoy today.
Exhibition highlights
- See the Lockheed Electra – the same type of aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart on her around-the-world flight. This aircraft flew the same route as Earhart on the 30th anniversary of her ill-fated flight
- See the Stearman 4EM Senior Speedmail, once considered the fastest aircraft in Canadian skies
- View the De Havilland D.H. 83C Fox Moth, a bridge between the era of bush flying and commercial flight, designed with special functionality as an air ambulance
Collection highlights
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