alberta air museum's B737-200 takes flight

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The Alberta Air Museums B737-200 C-GIPW departed Edmonton City Centre Airport VFR to its new home at Villeneuve Airport yesterday.

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A Boeing 737 formerly at the Alberta Aviation Museum has successfully completed its flight to its new home at Villeneuve Airport northwest of Edmonton.

The plane took off just after 2 p.m. Friday afternoon from City Centre Airport and flew at an elevation of 10,000 feet for the ten-minute flight.

The flight successfully concluded an intense last-minute push to get the plane airworthy and out of the City Centre Airport before it closes for good on Saturday.

Before Friday’s flight, the 737 had to pass a safety inspection and receive flight authorization from Transport Canada.

Canadian North donated parts and volunteers worked around the clock to get the jet ready.

Credit: CBC news

VID'S:

http://globalnews.ca/video/999777/raw-v ... villeneuve

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ ... -1.2445868

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Related story:

http://flyeia.com/news/new-alberta-flyi ... age-museum

Edmonton, AB Alberta Aviation Museum President Marvin Kowalchuk announced the Alberta Flying Heritage Museum (AFHM) last night, that thanks to the generous support and assistance of Edmonton Airports, is locating at Villeneuve Airport in the Greater Edmonton region.

The Alberta Flying Heritage Museum will be an all new museum, separate and distinct from the current Alberta Aviation Museum. The (2) Museums will complement each other in collections and operations rather than compete.

The Alberta Flying Heritage Museum will focus on the broad history of Central and Northern Alberta, while the current Alberta Aviation Museum will very specifically focus on the history of Edmonton and Blatchford Field.

The Alberta Flying Heritage Museum will be an active living museum with flying aircraft from Alberta’s history and create a home for active flying events and guest aircraft visits that were part of the Alberta Aviation Museum up to this point.

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A second Global News link with an extra video:

737 takes off from City Centre Airport, lands safely at new home

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Credit: globalnews