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North Atlantic Aviation Museum

At Gander, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum presents the wartime ferry routes, transatlantic airline operations and changing roles of the airport. Aircraft outside the museum recall coastal patrol, wartime transport and Cold War interception. Aircraft and collections: Transatlantic ferry flights, coastal patrol aircraft and Gander aviation. The museum and Town of Gander explicitly identify a Hudson bomber, Canso flying boat, Beech 18 and CF-101 outside, as well as a DC-3 cockpit among the smaller exhibits. The entries below are selected source-attributed airframes and artifacts, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Collection holdings, restoration projects, replicas, partial airframes and public displays are distinguished where the institution provides sufficient evidence. Please check visitor arrangements directly with the museum.

Aviation Museum6 documented aircraft/exhibitsOpen Public
Museum-specific photograph from the official website of North Atlantic Aviation Museum
Museum-specific image sourced from the official visitor page (page image).Photographer not stated by source · Source: North Atlantic Aviation Museum official visitor website; photographer/rights holder not stated · Owner-authorized use; provenance retained
Museum story

The museum

At Gander, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum presents the wartime ferry routes, transatlantic airline operations and changing roles of the airport. Aircraft outside the museum recall coastal patrol, wartime transport and Cold War interception.

At Gander, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum presents the wartime ferry routes, transatlantic airline operations and changing roles of the airport. Aircraft outside the museum recall coastal patrol, wartime transport and Cold War interception.

Aircraft and collections: Transatlantic ferry flights, coastal patrol aircraft and Gander aviation. The museum and Town of Gander explicitly identify a Hudson bomber, Canso flying boat, Beech 18 and CF-101 outside, as well as a DC-3 cockpit among the smaller exhibits.

The entries below are selected source-attributed airframes and artifacts, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Collection holdings, restoration projects, replicas, partial airframes and public displays are distinguished where the institution provides sufficient evidence. Please check visitor arrangements directly with the museum.

Collection character

What defines the collection

Transatlantic ferry flights, coastal patrol aircraft and Gander aviation

Collection focus: Civil aviation · Indoor galleries · Outdoor collection
Civil aviationIndoor galleriesOutdoor collection
Visitor experience

What to expect

The museum and Town of Gander explicitly identify a Hudson bomber, Canso flying boat, Beech 18 and CF-101 outside, as well as a DC-3 cockpit among the smaller exhibits.

Collection guide

What the museum holds

6 documented aircraft and exhibit records

The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.

6Documented records
6Recorded on display
0Air Archive links
3Research sources
Collection highlights6 cataloged entries
  • Beechcraft Model 18-S ExpeditorOn Display
  • Consolidated PBY-5A Canso flying boatOn Display
  • de Havilland DH.82 Tiger MothOn Display
  • Douglas DC-3 cockpit sectionOn Display
  • Lockheed Hudson Mk III bomberOn Display
  • McDonnell CF-101 VoodooOn Display
Open full museum-listed inventory (6 entries)
AircraftStatusIdentity
Beechcraft Model 18-S ExpeditorOn Display—
Consolidated PBY-5A Canso flying boatOn Display—
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger MothOn Display—
Douglas DC-3 cockpit sectionOn Display—
Lockheed Hudson Mk III bomberOn Display—
McDonnell CF-101 VoodooOn Display—
Museum collection records are source-backed; catalog inclusion does not by itself guarantee that an airframe is currently visible to visitors.
Research trail

Sources

Open 3 sources