Jet Aircraft Museum

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Jet Aircraft Museum
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Jet Aircraft Museum
Established12 September 2009
Location London International Airport, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°01′52″N81°09′20″W / 43.03099°N 81.15552°W / 43.03099; -81.15552
Type Aviation Museum
PresidentScott Ellinor
Website www.jetaircraftmuseum.ca/

The Jet Aircraft Museum is a charitable foundation aviation museum specializing in Canadian Forces jet aircraft. The museum is located at the London International Airport, the museum also does not receive any funding from the government, and strictly relies on donations and some private grants. [1] [2]

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The museum officially opened on 12 September 2009.


Mission

The museum states its mission as:

The Jet Aircraft Museum (JAM) will acquire, preserve, maintain, display and fly jet aircraft of the Canadian Forces from the DeHavilland Vampire to present day and future aircraft. [3]

The museum has indicated its intention "JAM will strive to maintain four or more of each type as flying aircraft with a flight of four reflecting authentic Canadian Forces paint schemes." [3] The museum has listed the CF-100 Canuck, Canadair Sabre, F2H-3 Banshee, CF-101 Voodoo, CF-104 Starfighter, CF-5 Freedom Fighter and CT-114 Tutor as being targets for intended acquisition. [4]

Aircraft

The aircraft owned by the museum are: [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jet Aircraft Museum (2010). "Who We Are". Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Boughner, Bob, Chatham Daily News (May 2009). "Jet Aircraft Museum takes off in London" . Retrieved 2009-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Jet Aircraft Museum (2010). "Mission". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Jet Aircraft Museum (2011). "Jets Wanted". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Our Collection". Jet Aircraft Museum. 2019. Retrieved 1 Aug 2024.
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