If you’re a fan of Cold War history and find yourself in Nova Scotia, you should check out the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum out by the Halifax airport.
Here’s their F-86 Sabre (with daughter), a plane that went into production right after World War II, and entered the Canadian Armed Forces in the 1950s as tensions with the Soviet Union were really heating up:
It also has in its collection a CF-101 Voodoo, the plane that Canada decided purchased from McDonnell in 1961, two years after Diefenbaker canceled the supersonic Avro Arrow (it was a controversial decision, as many believed that the Candadian-made Arrow would have made the country a major global military player in the fight against Communism):
The museum is no-frills–there are no tour guides, the posted descriptions of the exhibits are designed and printer using Word and an inkjet printer, and the computer displays don’t always work–but whoever operates it puts a lot of care into keeping the ample number of planes, helicopters, and other flying machines in great shape. It’s also cheap: the museum asks for a $5 donation for each adult.
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