Calgary's Hangar Flight Museum celebrating 50 years and fresh renos
CTV News25-06-2025
The Hangar Flight Museum is celebrating some new upgrades with a grand reopening—and marking half a century of operations.
The Hangar Flight Museum is celebrating some new upgrades with a grand reopening—and marking half a century of operations.
Some of the renovations—totalling just over $1 million—include larger walkways, a new loading dock with a ramp and a mezzanine extension in the historic main hangar.
The upgrades come after nearly two years of planning.
As we hit summer break, the museum is hoping the changes attract people of all ages to check out the historic facility.
'We've got 36 aircraft—historic aircraft, military and civilian—we have open plane days this summer where we open up various aircraft on weekends over the summer (and) we have many more events and we welcome everyone to come to the hangar,' said Brian Desjardins, Hangar Flight Museum executive director.
The facility was built in 1941 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and has been the Hangar Flight Museum since 1975.
The Hangar Flight Museum is celebrating some new upgrades with a grand reopening—and marking half a century of operations.
Some of the renovations—totalling just over $1 million—include larger walkways, a new loading dock with a ramp and a mezzanine extension in the historic main hangar.
The upgrades come after nearly two years of planning.
As we hit summer break, the museum is hoping the changes attract people of all ages to check out the historic facility.
'We've got 36 aircraft—historic aircraft, military and civilian—we have open plane days this summer where we open up various aircraft on weekends over the summer (and) we have many more events and we welcome everyone to come to the hangar,' said Brian Desjardins, Hangar Flight Museum executive director.
The facility was built in 1941 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and has been the Hangar Flight Museum since 1975.
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