OurAirports: Comments on Downsview Airport

[CYZD] "Online Petition" by prattsoplenty

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:13:06 -0400

Comment by @prattsoplenty on Downsview Airport, Canada:

Online petition to protect this historical site. http://www.petitiononlinecanada.com/petition/longterm-reprieve-and-protection-of-historical-site-at-65-carl-hall-road/355

[CYZD] "re: Downsview Park shuts down Toronto`s Canadian Air & Space" by prattsoplenty

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:47:35 -0400

Comment by @prattsoplenty on Downsview Airport, Canada:

Reply to @ptomblin: For more information about this and how you can help, please visit: http://www.casmuseum.org/e-news.php

[CYZD] "re: Downsview Park shuts down Toronto`s Canadian Air & Space" by ptomblin

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:55:39 -0400

Comment by @ptomblin on Downsview Airport, Canada:

Reply to @prattsoplenty: I'm very sad about this. I went to the museum last year, and was amazed to find it was in the same building where I'd been in the Air Cadets in the mid 1970s (188 Squadron). It's a great little museum - obviously underfunded, but a real labour of love.

[CYZD] "Downsview Park shuts down Toronto`s Canadian Air & Space Mus" by prattsoplenty

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:05:16 -0400

Comment by @prattsoplenty on Downsview Airport, Canada:

Toronto -- September 24, 2011 -- Toronto's Canadian Air & Space Museum has received notice from its landlord Parc Downsview Park that the Park will be locking the doors today and closing the Museum to regular business.

The Park, a branch of the federal government, has control over the Museum's access after changing the locks following Tuesday's original eviction notice. This threatens to bring a sudden and disappointing close to the Canadian Air & Space Museum's 13-year operation of providing the public an opportunity to experience Canadian history.

continued here: http://casmuseum.org/news_rel_sept24.php

[CYZD] "re: Not open to public" by Anonymous Flier

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:09:38 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Downsview Airport, Canada:

Reply to @david: IT ISN'T USUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUT WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION YOU CAN LAND THERE!

[CYZD] "Demolition of war-time hangars" by bcrosby

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:15:53 -0500

Comment by @bcrosby on Downsview Airport, Canada:

This site has been designated a Heritage site back in the 90's however, the DND still wants to demolish the hangars and other structures on the airport. More at the Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/heritage-advocates-seek-new-mission-for-historic-second-world-war-hangars

[CYZD] "Not open to public" by david

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:45:58 -0400

Comment by @david on Downsview Airport, Canada:

This airport is in an ideal location, right in the middle of metro Toronto near the end of a subway line, but unfortunately it's not normally open to the public. It's a former military field, long used by Bombardier for flight testing. The closest public airports are Buttonville (YKZ) to the northeast, City Centre (YTZ) to the south (right by downtown), and the very busy and expensive Pearson (YYZ) to the west. Oshawa (YOO) and Brampton (CNC3) can also be useful for the extreme ends of Toronto.