Wednesday, August 10, 1988

NAME CHANGE OFFICIAL

Museum dedicated to preserving
B.C.’s aviation history

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C.

The aviation museum at the
Pat Bay airport has a new name
— but the dedication to preserv-
ing aviation history remains.

By GLENN WERKMAN |
Review Staff Writer

a The official name change to
the British Columbia Aviation
Museum, formerly the Cana-
dian Military Aviation
Museum, means organizers can
concentrate more on the provin-
cial history of aviation and less
on wartime souvenirs.

“Our long-range plan is to-do
a comprehensive history. of

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British Columbia’s~ aviation
history,’’ says president Pat
Phillips.” |

The museum also plans an in-
depth study-.of the history of the
Pat Bay Airport as a military in-

IS BACK

stallation during the Second SOUP OR SALAD
vg World War. THE DAILY SANDWICH
About 10,000 people . went
through the gates of the COFFEEORTEA ..........
museum’s site for a new restora- - la sescen tka : ——— AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
tion hangar off Canora Road at ANCIENT AIRCRAFT - displayed during the open house of the British Columbia Avia- ASK FORIT!
| B the Pat Bay airport on Aug. 1, tion Museum Aug. 1 is a Gibson Twin Plane, built in 1910 by William Wallace Gibson.

Phillips says. Visitors examined this and many other aircraft in full or partial restoration. The open

‘Phillips: says.

And $15 airplane rides of-
fered by Juan Air were taken
advantage of by about 90 peo-
ple.

‘We tried to show. people
what’s. involved with restoring
an airplane,’’. Phillips. says.

- “Hopefully they'll be able to
come again and ‘see the pro-
gress.

“When the aircraft is finished
there’s not.a lot. to see, as far as
I’m concerned,” he says.

Next on the list of the many
aircraft in the museum’s inven-
tory. is. a Norseman CF-JDG.
Wings for the plane are arriving
soon. ..

A ~Gibson
reproduction

Twin ‘Plane
completed

“-recently’ ‘and displayed at the:
Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria .
— was returned in time for the 2

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; orice the museum-opens to. the Original sales. ‘brochures for. CLARENCE! ee eters | -<—-( MUST HAVE. \ OF LAWYERS BRANDISHING °
NEW BUILDING | public in the new building. ‘‘It’s . the -Eastman-.were. sent. to the © WHAT HAPPENED? er "BEEN Quite. BUSINESS CARDS! (eo

~The Gibson and other aircraft. s
will soon : have: a warm,. dry’.
~~ place to spend the.winter. Work ©

on. the. 100-by-125-foot clear.

“span restoration ‘hangar is ex-*.
pected. to: begin: soon: and be :
.° finished by October. ;

‘The. museum execulive ‘is
- waiting’: for. final”
“before: construction will begin,

“Some ‘of © the aircraft.
-museum plans to display in the
‘restoration hangar. are a Kit-
tyhawk 1034, leased by the
_-museuni. “It is | completely

restored and is now in storage.

A Bolingbroke 9104 is under long-term acid-free — storage
active. restoration. and a: rare ~ facilities. wo offer you: will, not see often. ‘Sizes up to
.s : a val ce’ a

Eastman B-2 Sea Rover was

- there and get their hands dirty,
Phillips says. ;

“We get people. walking in
heré who used: to. work on these

- 2,400-square-foot

approvals —

» packed. . with,
the:

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WHE EN TRAVELLING?

house was held on the site of a new restoration

leased land off Canora Road at the Pat Bay Airport.

propped up at the open house -
and is an upcoming project.

The museum is searing for a
fuselage to fit a Tiger Moth
4277. The wings are currently
being rebuilt. A Canso 11007 is
also a recent recovery project
and the museum is seeking ideas
for its restoration.

Several planes remain ‘in the
bush, . awaiting. recovery by
museum personnel.

Help from the community is
welcomed. ‘‘We see“it as a cen-
tre for retired ‘people to. get. in

+ |

aircraft right at this airport.’

-No admission will be charged

obviously: going to be a tourist:
“attraction, but: that’s “not ~why.
“we're in it, ’* the president says.

~The: museum is currently in.a
leased
building. Phase One ofthe new

: facilities will: be about. AS, 000:
"square feet.

The extra room is ‘welepmic:

The: current facilities are. jam-.
aircraft-related: .
work |
“curator David. “Maude does is

goods. Much. of.» the
never seen by the public.
’ The: entire

catalogued on computer, File

photos are stored. in special »

inventory. is

unglamorous  stuff,’’ Phillips
says. ‘‘The airplanes are the
visible result of what this thing
is all about, but they’re a small
part of it.

“‘The human interest side of
it, that’s what it’s all coming

‘down to.”’

As: a result of : finding . the
Eastman Flying. Boat, Phillips
met Eastman’s son, who lives
on Salt
museum also’ received
photographs ‘from: a woman
who posed. with an Eastman

during her honeymoon at Har-. :
“rison: Hot Springs many. years

ago.

“It starts as an innanimate
object.and. you end up: chasing

val in the Duncan Legion.

¢ Phillips: plans to. hold: two 2}
« open: houses “each. year and >
hopes: to have. a: travelling. "@X=

hibit one day.

“‘The biggest problem with an
aviation museum is you need
-1,500-square-foot display cases.

hangar to be built later this year on

Everything is big.’’

Spring -Island.. The 7 a ees

“museum from ‘the Smithsonian a

~ Institute i in Washington, D.C. ‘
2A search ” for the * propeller: rf
ended 4 in its discovery — on the -

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