Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

The myriad rivers of the north and the vast frozen plains of the south challenged early explorers and settlers of Manitoba. Bush planes?which first appeared in Manitoba skies in 1920?provided a gateway to the vast northern resources of our province and today form the backbone of the modern industry. The challenge of adapting the fair-weather […]Summer, 2015, Altitude Lac du Bonnet can be said to have entered the air age in the summer of 1922, a mere 13 years after the first powered flight in Manitoba. It did not take long for the community to emerge as an important aviation centre ? first as a base for regional air surveys […]After World War II, Winnipeg’s Bristol Aerospace expanded into new markets and started developing rockets for scientific research. We?ve dug deep into our archives to share these interesting photos, facts and figures on the Black Brant Sounding Rocket. You can read more about the Black Brant Sounding Rocket at this link.