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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:29 pm 
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Daisy Mae is getting her Wings back

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The Alberta Aviation Museum’s North American B-25 Bomber is out of restoration and will be spending the next 7-10 days outside getting her wings reinstalled.

All part of the preparations for a complete change of the Museum floor layout
July 27/28 which is going to require virtually every aircraft in the collection be moved to adjacent space on the airport and then moved back in with a different layout.

Much like re arranging the furniture in your living room, but weighing up to 10,000KG + per aircraft moved. Making things more fragile than your china cabinet some of the aircraft like, the Dehavilland Mosquito, the Barkley Grow and the Curtis Special, are one of very few remaining in the world or the only example existing.

This is all part of the “New Look” of the Alberta Aviation Museum which will be unveiling at the “Starfighter” Roll Out ceremony August 17th, 2013.

This is all part of the Alberta Aviation Museum working to change/adapt as the Blatchford Redevelopment Project approaches and keeping the operations and presentations exciting and relevant for all visitors.

The move July 27/28 does create an exciting opportunity for photographers!
The Museum will remain open through the change of the Museum floor layout and that means a rare chance to see most if not all the Museum aircraft on outdoor display through the change.

It is also a rare chance to see the scale of work it takes to make a floor layout change at an Aviation Museum and watch it happen. Regular admissions will apply through the July 27/28 weekend.

Thomas Hinderks
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Alberta Aviation Museum Association

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:37 pm 
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Dare I ask, is she going to be a flyer?


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:38 pm 
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Excellent news, Thomas! :supz:

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:57 pm 
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Rob W wrote:
Dare I ask, is she going to be a flyer?


No, we simply cannot afford to go that far.

That said

She is redone outside and has spent the last 18months having the interior refit right down to the ammo boxes.

Could she go airworthy...if ya got the money for:
Hydraulics
Engines
Electric
Replace the original instruments with certified ones

etc. etc.

This is a very simple case where $$$ wins I'm afraid.

That said she is an excellent representation of RCAF 418 (City of Edmonton) Squadron that operated the type out of the hangar, that is now our museum, through the 1950s

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