Museum - About Us
Welcome to Avro Museum. Our goal is to preserve the A.V. Roe Canada story and build a 60% scale piloted replica of the Avro Arrow so that Canadians might see it fly once again.
In 1997, a group of volunteers came together with the intent of building a piloted replica of the Avro Arrow. In due course, an Alberta society was formed and registered as Arrow 2000 Project. The organization was also registered as a charitable, non-profit organization with Revenue Canada.
Initial research for the replica aircraft project took some 8 years and resulted in the group receiving a multitude of Avro Canada historical technical documents and media references. In honour of this growing collection, the name of the organization was changed to A. V. Roe Canada Aviation Museum Association (Avro Museum).
Museum volunteers have preserved the Avro story with an extensive Avro timeline that is contained within this website, at the same time as they continue to raise the funds necessary for the Arrow II replica aircraft project. Construction of a 60% scale, piloted replica of Canada’s Avro Arrow began in October 2007 at Springbank Airport, west of Calgary, in donated facilities and volunteer work is ongoing. The specifications of the finished aircraft are also shown within this website.
In order to be able to complete construction of the Arrow II and to have a facility for storing and maintaining the completed aircraft, the Museum needed to acquire a hangar. A strong supporter of the project arranged to purchase the hangar that we now occupy and through previous fund raising efforts the Museum has paid off half of the purchase price. The Museum’s financial challenge in the future is to obtain sufficient funding to pay off the second half of the hangar purchase. It is hoped this uniquely Canadian project will inspire your support.
In 2019 the Museum purchased a used Learjet to obtain engines for the Arrow II. Those engines were removed and stored, while the rest of the remaining air frame is parted out and sold to recoup costs.
Group visits to the Avro Museum at Springbank Airport may be arranged by contacting us through e-mail – info@avromuseum.com – and we will endeavor to accommodate interested groups during most days or evenings. It is suggested that these visits do not take place during our regular open house events on the second Sunday of every month so that we can pay particular attention to the group’s interests. Contact Us
(Be sure to tell your friends!)
In 1997, a group of volunteers came together with the intent of building a piloted replica of the Avro Arrow. In due course, an Alberta society was formed and registered as Arrow 2000 Project. The organization was also registered as a charitable, non-profit organization with Revenue Canada.
Initial research for the replica aircraft project took some 8 years and resulted in the group receiving a multitude of Avro Canada historical technical documents and media references. In honour of this growing collection, the name of the organization was changed to A. V. Roe Canada Aviation Museum Association (Avro Museum).
Museum volunteers have preserved the Avro story with an extensive Avro timeline that is contained within this website, at the same time as they continue to raise the funds necessary for the Arrow II replica aircraft project. Construction of a 60% scale, piloted replica of Canada’s Avro Arrow began in October 2007 at Springbank Airport, west of Calgary, in donated facilities and volunteer work is ongoing. The specifications of the finished aircraft are also shown within this website.
In order to be able to complete construction of the Arrow II and to have a facility for storing and maintaining the completed aircraft, the Museum needed to acquire a hangar. A strong supporter of the project arranged to purchase the hangar that we now occupy and through previous fund raising efforts the Museum has paid off half of the purchase price. The Museum’s financial challenge in the future is to obtain sufficient funding to pay off the second half of the hangar purchase. It is hoped this uniquely Canadian project will inspire your support.
In 2019 the Museum purchased a used Learjet to obtain engines for the Arrow II. Those engines were removed and stored, while the rest of the remaining air frame is parted out and sold to recoup costs.
Group visits to the Avro Museum at Springbank Airport may be arranged by contacting us through e-mail – info@avromuseum.com – and we will endeavor to accommodate interested groups during most days or evenings. It is suggested that these visits do not take place during our regular open house events on the second Sunday of every month so that we can pay particular attention to the group’s interests. Contact Us
(Be sure to tell your friends!)
