Comox Air Force Museum - Heritage Air Park (Comox)

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The Heritage Air Park is an important part of the Comox Air Force Museum, and displays 11 different military aircraft, all but one of which were associated with CFB Comox.

The aircraft on display are: CF-100 Canuck, CF-101B Voodoo, CF-104 Starfighter, CP-107 Argus, CP-121 Tracker, CT-133 Silver Star, CT-114 Tutor, CC-129 Dakota, H-21 Piasecki, DH-100 Vampire (stored indoors because of its wood construction), and MiG-21 Fishbed. Scheduled to arrive in late 2008 is a CH-113A Voyageur helicopter.

But where are the aircraft??? As I looked at this spot on April 21, 2008, all the a/c are missing from their pads. I know they're still there...is somebody fooling around with the image?!

www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/AirPark/airpark.html
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Coordinates:   49°42'28"N   124°54'29"W

Comments

  • They Moved the museum a few blocks.
  • Well no, the Airpark and the Museum itself are separate parts of the same facility. The aircraft are here at the airpark. You can see them in person....but not in this google image!
  • Well, the mystery of the missing display aircraft is solved! As I scroll around the current images of CFB Comox, I can spot at least 7 of the a/c parked at various locations around the base--the CF-104, CF-101B and MiG-21 are together near the north end of Runway 18, the Argus is on the tarmac at the very north end of the base, the H-21 is on the grass near the northernmost hangar, the C-47 and CF-100 are on the tarmac north of the main hangar. Others may be inside hangars (there is an ongoing restoration program, with one a/c being restored and repainted every year or so--latest to be repainted was the CF-101B). I suppose that on the day the photos were taken, the airpark itself was being refurbished (repairs to concrete and tarmac etc), so the a/c had to be moved. Anyways, the aircraft have since been moved back to the Heritage Airpark. Hopefully the photos can be updated shortly!
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