The Musée de la Défense aérienne is an aviation museum in La Baie, Quebec. The museum holds a collection of nine military aircraft. 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]
Established | 1997 |
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Location | La Baie, Quebec |
Coordinates | 48°20′25″N 70°59′28″W / 48.3402°N 70.9910°W |
Website | http://www.museebagotville.ca/fr/index.php |
History
editThe 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 rotating exhibit in its building.
Collection
editAirplanes
editPlane | Serial |
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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
editPlane | Serial |
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois | 118106 |
Piasecki H-21 | 9642 |
See also
editReferences
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Musée de la Défense aérienne.
- ^ "Accueil - Musée de la Défense Aérienne". www.museebagotville.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-02-07.