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Musée de la Défense aérienne

Coordinates: 48°20′25″N 70°59′28″W / 48.3402°N 70.9910°W / 48.3402; -70.9910
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Musée de la Défense aérienne
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Established1997
LocationLa Baie, Quebec
Coordinates48°20′25″N 70°59′28″W / 48.3402°N 70.9910°W / 48.3402; -70.9910
Websitehttp://www.museebagotville.ca/fr/index.php

The Musée de la Défense aérienne is a Canadian museum dedicated to the history of military aviation and the Royal Canadian Air Force located in CFB Bagotville.

The museum holds a collection of nine military aircraft. Its collections include planes such as a Canadair CF-5, a Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck, a CT-133 Silver Star, a CF-101 Voodoo, a F-86 Sabre, a MiG 23, a CF-18 Hornet and helicopters such as a Vertol H-21 and a UH-1 Iroquois.

It is one of four aviation museums in Quebec, along with Vintage Wings of Canada in Gatineau, the Montreal Aviation Museum in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and the Quebec Aerospace Museum in Saint-Hubert.[1]

History

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The Musée de la Défense aérienne was founded in 1997. It is located on the grounds of CFB Bagotville. Visitors can tour RCAF 3 Wing as part of their visit. Along with the permanent collection of planes (which is located outside), the museum also has a main and a rotating exhibit in its building. Visitors can also try their hand at flying with two flight simulators.

Collection

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Airplanes

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Plane Serial
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck 18472 (painted as 18437)
Canadair CF-5 116733
Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
Canadair Sabre 19454
McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo 101027
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet 188720
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 0390324857

Helicopters

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Plane Serial
Bell UH-1 Iroquois 118106
Piasecki H-21 9642

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Accueil - Musée de la Défense Aérienne". www.museebagotville.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-07.