Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video I visit an abandoned 1972 Boeing 737-275 airplane sitting on a field in rural Alberta.
This plane first entered service at Edmonton's City Centre Airport in 1979 with Pacific Western Airlines. This airline merged with Canadian Pacific Airlines and Nordair to form Canadian International Airlines in 1987. This airline was then acquired by Air Canada in 2001.
After being in operation in Canada for 26 years, this 737 was retired from Air Canada in 2005. The plane was then displayed for years at the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton. The museum sits beside the site of Edmonton's City Centre Airport, which was officially closed in 2013. The area was set to be redeveloped into a residential area. In July of that year, the museum was informed that it's new property line would not accommodate the 737, and the plane either had to be moved or scrapped.
The decision was made to get the plane running again and fly it to the Villeneuve airport, about 35 km to the northwest. After months of preparation, the 737 finally departed for the last time on November 29, 2013. The plane flew to the Villeneuve airport, where it was taxied to a field adjacent to the runway.
In 2013 there was a plan to build a new Alberta Flying Heritage Museum at Villeneuve, but this never materialized. This plan was partly hampered by a theft of parts from the plane in 2014.
The plane still sits in a field beside the Villeneuve airport, a really cool piece of Canada's aviation history.
Keep in mind that this plane sits on private property and it is owned by the Alberta Aviation Museum.
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In this video I visit an abandoned 1972 Boeing 737-275 airplane sitting on a field in rural Alberta.
This plane first entered service at Edmonton's City Centre Airport in 1979 with Pacific Western Airlines. This airline merged with Canadian Pacific Airlines and Nordair to form Canadian International Airlines in 1987. This airline was then acquired by Air Canada in 2001.
After being in operation in Canada for 26 years, this 737 was retired from Air Canada in 2005. The plane was then displayed for years at the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton. The museum sits beside the site of Edmonton's City Centre Airport, which was officially closed in 2013. The area was set to be redeveloped into a residential area. In July of that year, the museum was informed that it's new property line would not accommodate the 737, and the plane either had to be moved or scrapped.
The decision was made to get the plane running again and fly it to the Villeneuve airport, about 35 km to the northwest. After months of preparation, the 737 finally departed for the last time on November 29, 2013. The plane flew to the Villeneuve airport, where it was taxied to a field adjacent to the runway.
In 2013 there was a plan to build a new Alberta Flying Heritage Museum at Villeneuve, but this never materialized. This plan was partly hampered by a theft of parts from the plane in 2014.
The plane still sits in a field beside the Villeneuve airport, a really cool piece of Canada's aviation history.
Keep in mind that this plane sits on private property and it is owned by the Alberta Aviation Museum.
I hope you found this one interesting and informative, if you'd like to watch more of my videos please consider subscribing to my channel - I upload something new at least once a week.
Thanks for watching!
