Canadian Air & Space Museum seeks new home at YYZ

[Thomas_Mac]

Seems like a good home for the Arrow!
http://www.indiegogo.com/casmuseum

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article ... at-pearson


Some photos from my visit before the eviction from Downsview

[Wildchild]

Are they still trying to tear down the original DeHavland factory?

[Thomas_Mac]

As far as I know, it wasnt going to be demolished, just turned into a hockey rink

[Stearman75972]

I am looking forward again to seeing the Avro Arrow they built in there new place. An amazing place to see up close and to know the history of a plane that never showed it true colours. Please keep us posted as to when they will be open again for viewing of there collection.

[catch 22]

As far as I know, it wasn’t going to be demolished, just turned into a hockey rink

No, that's the whole point. The owners want to demolish the old buildings (for some reason they are not a historical or/and architectural landmark) and build a completely new hockey arena with several rinks. The museum's campaign to save the building was showing exact details about this project.
I was there on the day they closed and the guard (just a poor employee of the bad guys) didn't let me read the eviction note on the door, because it was a "private property"! The asphalt in front of the museum! Below are some photos from better days: the long building to the right of the entrance was part of the DH plant, but not part of the museum. In 2010 there were still plans (I've seen some design drawings too) for a new addition to the old buildings with workshop and I think with a new hangar for the "Arrow".





I used to bring my son there - what an opportunity for the young fellow! When he was 5 he knew more about airplanes and aviation, than when I was 15!
In 2008 I met Philip Gray in the museum - a former "Lancaster" pilot from No.186 squadron RAF, journalist and writer after the war. He signed his book "Ghost of Targets past" for me. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Later I spoke to a veteran-volunteer, selling tickets at the entrance. He was a former guard in one of the German-POW camps in Alberta (No.132 in Medicine Hat I guess). He also told me stories one never forgets.
Now this is all gone.
I hope for the best and wish to myself to visit the new museum in this, not in my next life cycle (if there is any at all ).
Check e.g. this article.

[Thomas_Mac]

My mistake, I thought they wanted the gut the building and use it. We may have been to the museum the same day as I recall I went in late September 2011 and apparently was the last day they were open.

[andyman64]

gotta love it when foreign douche bags move into a country buy up heritage property and want to tear down historical buildings!

[catch 22]

My mistake, I thought they wanted the gut the building and use it. We may have been to the museum the same day as I recall I went in late September 2011 and apparently was the last day they were open.

Thomas, in fact I was there on the very last day for the museum's people to move out. The day the keys were changed. I wanted to know was the Arrow already moved and where. As far as I understood the museum got some more time later to collect and move all the artefacts.
I haven't been there since last year. I don't want to go there anymore...