British Columbia Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in North Saanich beside Victoria International Airport, home of the Hawaii Mars water bomber, with aircraft, a gift shop and a library. Open daily.
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About
The museum's collection includes a wide range of aircraft and artifacts. Among them is a CF-104 Starfighter, the sleek Cold War jet flown by Canadian pilots, and the museum is now home to the Hawaii Mars, the giant flying boat that spent decades fighting forest fires in British Columbia from its base on Vancouver Island. Seeing the Mars up close gives visitors a real sense of its enormous scale.
Exhibits and displays explain the history behind the aircraft and the people who built, flew and restored them, and the museum's library offers more for those who want to dig deeper into aviation history.
The museum is open every day from 10 am to 4 pm. Adult admission is $20. A gift shop carries aviation books, models and gifts.
It is an easy stop for travellers arriving or leaving by air or by ferry, and a rewarding outing for anyone with an interest in planes, history or engineering.
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