Air Power

Proof that the museum's collection is international. This is the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15b, dating back to the 1950s, the beginning of the line of East Bloc fighter jets more commonly known as MiGs.

Across from it, and moving forward in fighter evolution, the Avro Canada CF-10 Mk 5D, a line of fighters meant to be all weather for the vastness of the country.

Here we are at the furthest spot from the main entrance of the museum. This is the Bomarc, a remote guided missile that was a relic of the Cold War, meant to intercept Soviet counterparts. The RCAF included them at two bases in Canada, but the devices soon proved not up to the task as the technology evolved, and ended up retired from service.

Looking back at where we've come from, and what's ahead. 

Fighters

 We begin today with the Bombardier Challenger 604, a business jet. This particular one is a prototype, used for development of the line. Now its home is here at the Museum.

A look ahead at some fighter jets. The small plane in the path ahead is a toy- toddlers can use these to roll around on in the vastness of the museum's space.

Here is the Canadair T-33N Silver Star 3, a fighter jet used in military training schools.

This is the F-86 Sabre 6, a standard of the RCAF back in the 1950s.

Airliner

 Yesterday we had a look at the Electra, a passenger plane. This is the Boeing 247, which would continue to point the way to the future in passenger air.

Across from it is the Douglas DC-3. Some of these planes are still seeing use today.

Beneath its wing is a new plane, an experimental plane made by engineering students at the University of Sherbrooke. This is the Epervier X-01.

A look back at where we've been to close out the day. We carry on with more tomorrow.

Stories

Starting off today, here we have the Lockheed Electra, an early small passenger plane. This particular one has a storied history, having had been flown around the world by pilot Ann Pellegreno, retracing the route of Amelia Earhart thirty years after her ill-fated flight.

I moved off into an area that features profiles on the air industry, individuals, and moments of history. Such as 9/11. On that day multiple flights from overseas landed in Canada- many of them in the small town of Gander in Newfoundland.

Items of a British man who died in the Towers that day are displayed here.

Here we have a plane fragment and a piece of steel that was part of the World Trade Center.

Patrick Woodford was an air traffic controller in Gander on 9/11.

Melissa Haney is a pilot for Air Inuit in the far north.

Flight into the far north is an essential aspect of life, especially in cases of medical emergency.

Dave Vandorp is another of those who have spent time living in the far north as part of the job in keeping that part of the country connected by air.

Transport

 The De Havilland Beaver is an iconic bushplane, with some of them still in service today.

More bushplanes can be found beside it.

This is the Reliant.

Here we have a throwback in the form of a biplane, albeit one more advanced than its earlier counterparts: the Stearman Speedmail.

Closing out today, here's what we'll look at tomorrow.