Engines: The Power to Fly!
Ongoing
Some of the world’s most iconic aircraft engines have been designed and built in Canada.
Engines: Power to Fly! features more than a dozen aircraft engines from around the world in a dazzling display of aviation technology. Along with engines designed and built in Canada such as the Pratt & Whitney PT-6 and the Gibson aeroengine, there are engines from several international manufacturers including Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Curtiss and Renault. Each engine also comes technical specifications, a brief history, and a look at some of the planes it powered.
Whether your interest is in aviation, technology, or large engineering marvels, you won’t want to miss this look at aeronautical innovation and ingenuity.
Exhibition highlights
- A Pratt & Whitney PW120 turboprop engine, used for decades in small planes worldwide
- The first-ever gas-powered engine made in Canada by W.W. Gibson in 1910
- A Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII, installed in many Allied aircraft of the First World War
- A rare Beardmore 160 hp water-cooled engine from the First World War
- A Napier Lion II — the most powerful engine of its day
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