Reynold's museum Wetaskiwin AB

[Michel Lemieux]

Reynold's museum Wetaskiwin AB

https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/

More pics of other ''stuff'' in the full pic album: https://ibb.co/album/y0dMyH

Sadly could not see the storage section....they have over 50+ interesting airframes on the premises but they only give tours during the summer.

Interesting.......first private RATO assisted DC-3 I ever saw! Was more than needed to get out of the short improvised forest airstrips.

Enjoy!

Last edited by Michel Lemieux on Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:28 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Stoney]

I heard their hurricane was flyable, but they wont fly it.

[JohnB]

There is an identically painted Puss Moth based out of Felts Field, Spokane.
It's a former Canadian aircraft and has been in the U.S. since the 50s-60s.

It's new owner is English and he's been basing it here for several years, ultimately, he plans to take it back to the UK.

[Michel Lemieux]

I heard their hurricane was flyable, but they wont fly it.

I was told the same at the museum. They ran the engine twice.

The collector who's given a lot of his collection to the museum only paid it 50$!

[Michel Lemieux]

BTW....anyone knows what the small slots are for on the green Stinson?

They are all over the plane wings, tail, control surfaces.... rudder, elevators?

Condensation drains?

[Mark Proulx]

The DC-3 was operated by the provincial government of Alberta for many years. I believe it was eventually replaced by a dash 8.

Mark Proulx

[kalamazookid]

Awesome looking museum! Thanks for the photos. It sounds like they have a lot of other interesting aircraft in storage. I think I remember a TBM from this museum being in an old Air Classics or Warbirds International.

My Dad and I used to talk about taking a road trip or two to hit a lot of the major aviation museums in Canada and we haven't done it yet. Your recent posts are starting to get my wheels turning on how to make it happen.

[Mark Proulx]

FWIW, there are a number of aviation museums to see in Alberta:

1) Alberta Aviation Museum (Edmonton)
2) Reynolds Museum (Wetaskiwin)
3) The Hangar Flight Museum (Calgary)
4) The Military Museums (Calgary)
5) The Bomber Command Museum (Nanton)

HTH

Mark Proulx

[DH82EH]

BTW....anyone knows what the small slots are for on the green Stinson?

They are all over the plane wings, tail, control surfaces.... rudder, elevators?

Condensation drains?

Yes Michel.
Those are drains. That style is known as a seaplane drain.
Reynolds typically restores their aircraft to an airworthy standard but they don't fly them.

[DH82EH]

Another Alberta museum to check out is the Naval museum in Calgary.
They have several aircraft worth checking out.

Andy

https://www.navalmuseumab.ca/canadian-naval-aviation

[Mark Proulx]

The Naval Museum in Calgary is part of the Military Museums Annex I mentioned above. It also includes galleries for the Air Force and Cold war era.

Mark Proulx

[Michel Lemieux]

Mark.

I visited all the museums you mentioned and will post pics eventually.

The only Seafire in Canada.

[Mark Proulx]

If you really want to explore Alberta's aviation history, there are plenty of BCATP airfields that still exist here. Vulcan and Claresholm feature prominently in that regard. Vulcan, in particular, has many of those wartime hangars still standing, through many now in a sad state of disrepair. Claresholm also has hangars standing, to a lesser amount, with a Harvard mounted on a pylon in the town. The memorial in honor of the local contribution to the war effort. Readers might be surprised to know that many of those BCATP triangular shaped airfields, so easily recognizable from the air, still dot the landscape in Western Canada.

Mark Proulx

[mazdaP5]

That Voodoo is just lovely.

[JohnB]

If you really want to explore Alberta's aviation history, there are plenty of BCATP airfields that still exist here. Vulcan and Claresholm feature prominently in that regard. Readers might be surprised to know that many of those BCATP triangular shaped airfields, so easily recognizable from the air, still dot the landscape in Western Canada.

Mark Proulx

Isn't there a museum that is deducated, or heavily features, the BCATP?
Luckiky, there are some training g aircraft that are well represented in collections, but some that aren't. I would love to see more Cessna Cranes and Fairchild Cornell....and of course Yales.