Alberta Aviation Museum (Edmonton, Alberta)

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11410 Kingsway Avenue
Edmonton, AB, Canada T5G 0X4
(780) 451-1175
www.albertaaviationmuseum.com/

The Alberta Aviation Museum Hangar is the last remaining example of a 'double-double' BCATP hangar. These hangars, built for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan across Canada, were made of pre-cut wooden timbers of BC Fir. They could be built as single units, double units, and the 'double-double' which is 4 units.

Built in 1940-41 after 3 double hangars for RCAF Edmonton, it was originally the maintenance hangar for #16 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) and #2 Air Observers School (AOS). After the USA entered the Second World War it was used to service USAAF aircraft heading to Alaska until the new USAAF base opened in Edmonton. Postwar it used by 418 (City of Edmonton) Reserve Squadron, Pacific Western Airlines and for DEW Line construction before becoming a car dealership in the early 1960s.

Known in Edmonton as "The Hangar on Kingsway", it has been designated 'M' Hangar, Hangar #6 and later Building #14 by the Edmonton City Airport. It is now a designated Municipal and Provincial Historic Site.

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