Open Cockpit Day

Clear your schedules for September 10, 2022 as advanced tickets are now on sale for one of the city’s most high-flying adventure events.  The Alberta Aviation Museum presents its ever-popular Open Cockpit Day this Fall. It’s the one day of the year where people and families of all ages can experience unique and rare historical aircraft up-close and personal in the pilot’s seat!

Join in on the celebration at the museum’s authentic WWII air hangar and receive a full, unique aviation experience.  Take in amiskwaciy Academy’s ê-pimihâyahk (we are all flying together) exhibit and learn about sustainability and the biology of flight at the YEG Honeycomb Resident Beehives. Check out and interact with an exciting line-up of fire trucks, service transports, and military vehicles.  Engage in family programming and exhilarating flight-simulators.  Special guests include members of the Edmonton Flying club, 504 Blatchford Field Air Cadets, Vets Canada and more!

Of course, no Open Cockpit is complete without the first-hand experience of sitting in the captain’s seat of a historical aircraft.  This special celebration will see the museum open almost a dozen of its aircraft to the public.  Whether it is to capture the perfect photo for your newsfeeds, or to channel your inner fighter-pilot, there is an aircraft opportunity for everyone!

Catch a Glimpse of Some of our Participating Aircraft:

• Noorduyn Norseman IV
• Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
• Fleet Model 80 Canuck
• Beechcraft Expeditor 3NM (Model 18)
• Canadair CT-133 Silver Star Mk. 3AT
• Bell 47G
• Piper PA-18 Super Cub
• de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth

Food services, photo booths, and family scavenger hunts with prizes will also be available throughout the day.