Category Archives: museum

The last tree standing

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Katherine

At the entrance to the BC Forest Discovery Centre, which was once called the BC Forest Museum, and started off in 1965 as the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.

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Royal Roads – the museum

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Katherine

The museum underneath Hatley Castle at Royal Roads

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Not your normal view – Grumman CS2F / CP-121 Tracker

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Katherine

RCAF Grumman CS2F / CP-121 Tracker at the Comox Air Force Museum

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Not your normal view – CP-107 Argus

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Katherine

As early as 1952 the RCAF issued requirements for a new long-range patrol Aircraft to replace the wartime Lancaster. By 1958, less than three years from contract start, the first Argus was airborne and on 1 May 1958, CFB Greenwood … Continue reading →

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Not your normal view – Comox Valley Airport

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Katherine

The Comox Valley Airport viewed from above the CP-121 Tracker at the Comox Air Force Museum

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F/L Arnold Roseland Spitfire

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Katherine

Packing up TE 294, the F/L Arnold Roseland Spitfire In 1999, members of the Comox Air Force Museum on Vancouver Island, began a decade long project to construct a Supermarine Spitfire IX from the ashes of a former South African … Continue reading →

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Not your normal view – airplanes

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Katherine

The Comox Air Force Museum offers a window on history, and if you take the time, a window into history…

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Grumman CS2F / CP-121 Tracker

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Katherine

Grumman produced 1,185 Trackers, and another 99 aircraft carrying the CS2F designation were manufactured in Canada under license by de Havilland Canada. The Canadian built Trackers entered service starting in 1956, and were built to the earlier “A” model airframe … Continue reading →

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Bloedel Stewart & Welch No. 1

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Katherine

Bloedel, Stewart & Welch was formed in 1911 by US lumberman Julius Bloedel and railway contractors John Stewart and Patrick Welch. BS&W’s first logging operation was at Myrtle Point, near Powell River, for which the Shay was purchased new from … Continue reading →

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Time lapse – CF-104 Starfighter

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Katherine

The Comox Air Force Museum’s Canadair (Lockheed) CF-104 Starfighter   Crew: 1 Length: 16.7 m Wingspan: 6.63 m Height: 4.08 m Empty weight: 6,300 kg Max. takeoff weight: 13,171 kg Powerplant: 1 × Orenda J79-OEL-7 afterburning turbojet Dry thrust: 10,000 … Continue reading →

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