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One very interesting aircraft, the Bristol Freighter belonging to the Royal Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, parked outside as the museum is shifting to a newer location. CF-WAE was built in 1955 for the RCAF. It carried F86 Sabre Fighter Jets and Helicopters from bases in France and Germany to overhaul facilities in the U.K. It was purchased in 1967 by Wardair to carry freight around northern Canada, mainly to the DEW Line of Radar Stations. It was then sold to Norcanair in Saskatchewan where it operated until 1983. Norcanair then flew it to Winnipeg and donated it to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.