Reviews of North Atlantic Aviation Museum (Zoo)

Johnpaul Joseph

Right by the side of TCH. Can get up close to old aircrafts.

Mehrab Dastoor

Excellent staff and wonderful Gander Aviation experience

Alfred Allen

Loved it, a true spot in history

William K. Jennings

Not big but man, the history.

RUSSELL HENNINGER SR

Nice small museum with a small admission charge. Aviation enthusiasts with love this place as it gives the history of aviation that began here in Gander, Newfoundland. Staff members are friendly and courteous and very informative.

15&Change

Enjoyed the display aircraft

Robert Wolfe

Historical significant

Derrick Law

Nice historical displays inside, 4 amazing aircraft outside.

Rita Cherkewski

Good museum to visit. The exhibit about 911 was very heartwarming.

Josee Martin

Small town museum, lots about the gander airport.

Craig Baird

Pretty cool outdoor exhibit, inside didn't seem worth the admission fees

Daniel Harris

Its a small museum with not too many "things." But it is a fantastic retrospective to Gander's relevance to the rise of aviation in general and commercial aviation. Especially liked the 9/11 corner...listening to recordings of ATC conversations with bewildered pilots being instructed to land in GANDER was fascinating.

Colin Bodor

Informative place, good exhibits and friendly staff.

Marianne Durette

Very interesting museum relating the story of Gander and it's very important aviation influence

Mathieu Boisvert

Excellent museum about Gander and civil aviation. There is some small activities for the kids.

Mike Duggan

Lots of history, good exibits.

Jonathan Waterman

Awesome museum, check it out!

Andrea Labonte

Wasn’t what I was expecting but still learned a lot about the important role Gander played in the war.

Baj Azz

Wonderful

Aaron Rae

Great exhibits that tell an interesting story about Gander and the airports varied roles. Smaller than I thought it would be.

Ally Fulmer

Surprisingly enjoyed this little museum as we had about an hour to spend in Gander. Really glad we went, we learned interesting history and very unique items were in the museum

Chris Geggie

Really good aviation history exhibits. Full planes on display outside.

Ali Baigy

It is worth the stop to see the planes and read their story

Aiden Schultz

It was closed when I went to see the place. My mistake for not checking the hours posted online. They have a couple of planes outside and apparently one inside the building. Next time I will visit mid week to see whats inside ????

Bruce Stearman

A must see for aviation or WW2 buffs. I didn't know the town didn't even exist until they built the airport and then the whole town had to be moved in the 1950's.

Nancy Kerr

Well curated small museum

Vince Ou

Cool stop on the side of the TCH. Unfortunately, closed on the day I visited due to public holiday. Still, airplanes on display outside were nice to look at. One of few remaining Catalinas on display!

Nadine Robinson

It's okay but I was surprised there was nothing about the silent witness memorial crash, only a plaque by the washroom. Make sure you go up the highway just a bit further and see the silent witness memorial too.

Peter Bosovich

They can't seem to decided when they're open. Everytime we went back there was a new note saying it wasn't open until a later date.

Lavina Gillingham

Great Pokémon stop

JL Brandon

Must see!

Ken Jack

A disapointment..hung up on 9/11 and no info on Canadians that served at Gander during WW11

Theresa L

Great museum just off the highway and busting with interesting history involving huge characters like movie stars and Fidel Castro. Well worth the stop.

Josh M

Very cool Aviation museum in Gander on the side of the TCH

Michelle A Gerrior

Very informative and historical! Some sad, yet humane...

Nate

Was a fantastic experience. For someone like me who loves aviation it was wonderful. The price is excellent for the sure number of interesting things to see in there. The 911 memorial was emotional and being in the same room as a piece of the steel beam from ground zero was even more emotional. Highly recommend a stop, do not pass this place!

photo dork

A nice display of items from gander's aviation history, that takes less than an hour to check out. Outside the museum itself, there is a fine static display of actual aircraft you can walk up to and around.

Rikie Pennings

I especially enjoyed the 9/11 exhibit. It was so well done. The video was very good and the thank you letters were wonderful. It reawakens your faith in human beings.

Kathleen Laycock

So educational

W.J. Gordon MacKenzie

Enjoyable experience. Kids get in free. Worth a look

Jean-Francois LeBlanc

Came here to visit during a free day. This museum has lots of cool exhibits. They done a really good job at displaying everything with very nice explanations. Lots of info on 9/11 as well.

Mark Rose

A well put together aviation museum. Good for an hour or more.

Daniel FItzgerald

Lots of parking. Staff were pleasant, displays were well done.

Richard Griffiths

Small but has several interesting items on display and is close to Gander airport.

Dubu and more

Very interesting stories and lots of good informations.

chris Audi1

at first when you see the building you can imagine is not a big museum -you can find 3 planes outside -inside there is a varity of object from pilot and uniform from the past due to covid this museum is less atractive since some emulator are closed and staff are not willing to help that much !!!!

Brian Burton

Great place to stop and visit. There is a lot of history and information

Richard Sheppard

Great place

Phillip Adams

Not much to say except, AWESOME. :-)

Ron lyle

Small but jamed packed with lots to see and read about the history of the airport.

Will Thomas

Great aviation museum with lots of local history. Our kids really enjoyed the visit and we all learned something about aviation and Gander.

Jean Dobbie

Excellent small museum

Anne Moore

Nice museum, intersting facts and history of the Gander airport. Has a try to take off and land a plane video type game kids would probably especially enjoy. If you like planes and history, you should enjoy it here. Doesn't take long to take it all in.

Timothy Mercer

Great history of avation and wonderful exhibits

A L

Incredible flying machines!

Bonnie Schwartz

We stopped here in the middle of a 7 hour drive. It's a nice museum and very informative. The planes are neat and there is a plane simulator.

Benjamin Madill

A great museum!

Dismal Plague

Real scale planes to touch and view up close good picture opportunity

John Gallo

Interesting facts about aviation.

Fred Reid-Matt

Fascinating Information on Gander International Airport and the Entire Aviation Industry and History. Slightly worn building but still quite adequate for such a small community (at least on the grand scale)

Bruce Fraser

Nice place although small. Lots of interesting things to read about and see.

Salma Burney

It's amazing to learn about the history of Gander!

John Harrop

Even with Covid or a closed museum still worth a stop for the aircraft exhibits parked outside.

Clifford Slade

Very interesting place to visit.

Gary Reiche

Great place. Found out more about 9/11 than I knew before. Hail to GANDER !!

Aidan Leach

Neat planes. Often closed at unexpected times.

Skip Chenard

Interesting and informative history of Gander and Nfld.

Blair Hammond

Worth a short stop. 911 section was well done

Andy Gonzalez

(Translated) Small but with a lot of very interesting information. A little known gem, at least for me. Small but with a lot of interesting information. A little-known jewel, at least for me. (Original) Pequeño pero con mucha Información muy interesante. Una joya poco conocida, al menos para mi. Small but with a lot of interesting information. A little-known jewel, at least for me.

Martine Mongrain

(Translated) Interesting! (Original) Intéressant!

Susan Crocker

Nice little museum with big planes outside and some interesting models and historic outfits, etc inside. Friendly staff. Nice quick stop for families driving across the island.

Lee Woodworth

I never thought about flight sims in a museum, but it really works here. They have a lot of local aviation history, some from the world wars, early trans-Atlantic flight history, and even as recent as the aviation affects of 9/11. They have a piece of girder from the towers as well. They have several different flight sims, some of which you can use. There is an old bi-plane inside, and several other planes outside. Fantastic place for anyone with an interest in planes!

Emil Koziolek

Place was great and very informative with what I was able to see and read. But the service was horrible payed to get in then was rushed out 15 mins later because the person behind the counter wanted to go for lunch. Maybe next time they will have someone to cover for there lunch break was really disappointed that happened wish I would of known before hand and not had to waste my money to get rushed out 15 minutes later.

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What a great display of history. Real models scattered about, brings a lot of curiosity about these times.

Athar Noman Khan

Fantastic display.

Meghan S

Small aviation museum with great airplanes outside the building. The indoor exhibits range from older aircrafts parts and displays to a Sept 11th memorial and aircraft simulator. Worth a short visit!

Mujeeb Mim

Nice place to see

yehaway Evans

Great place to know the aviation time line and history of gander aviation

C Dinsmore Weguelin

Very interesting but pricey

Don Deally

Great learning experience.

William Brabender

Great small museum with a history o avustion in Gander

zach pickard

Wouldve been 5 stars but the flight sim and the cockpit were out of service. Assuming the choose low visiting time of the winter to do maintenance which is reasonable. Overall a nice, clean, and organized musuem.

Dwight Lush

It maintains the history of Gander aviation. Even has a computer flight simulator. An actual plane cockpit to view and more displays

Frank Wice

Great a place that all Canadians and definitely all Americans should visit this bit of North America history

Mohamed Barasi

Nice information aviation place

Bradley Smith

Very fun learning about the history of aviation in NFL and Gander in particular.

Nancy Sloan

I was expecting to see real planes not toy examples. Very small.

T Mosher

Piece of history we should absolutely hold onto

Iain Macdonald

Went on the beyond words tour with Katerina and Perry and it exceeded our expectations. The tour was very informative and the stories were great. We loved meeting Dawn Baker too. The entire tour made us feel like we had the memorable and welcoming experience of one of the “plane people”.

Pierre Dorion

(Translated) Traibeau boats the crew are kind (Original) De traibeau bateaux l'équipage son trais gentil

Brian Kenney

Good place to explore if your visiting Gander. it is what you would expect from such a location.

Brenda D

Great little museum detailing the aviation history of Gander, Newfoundland. Staff is very knowledgeable and friendly.

Ève-Marie Lavallée

(Translated) Very nice museum with interesting information and planes outside. (Original) Tres beau musée avec informations interessantes et avions a l'extérieur.

Ursula Vancouver

Not to be missed!!! Fabulous display of the aviation industry. Take the time to really learn Canadian aviation here.

Chris Briggs

Lots of very interesting things to see. Especially liked the 9/11 display and videos. The American dollar signed by Winston Churchill is a pleasure to see.

Elaine

So much history here! The planes on display outside are accessible and really help in understanding how it might have felt to fly in one. These crews were brave and skilled. Inside the displays are well laid out and explained. The 9/11 tribute is worth the time to watch. With Kleenex in hand. Gander folks were amazing!! Still are.

Gius_GVA

(Translated) Nice (Original) Sympa

Mike Smith

Full of history. Very interesting place. Highly recommended

John Morgan

Excellent displays and historical info I really learned so much.

Jake Campbell

Got to meet local 911 gander landings first responder officer Oz Fudge was very kind man, staff was knowledgable and friendly. BV lots of historical information and a beautiful 911 tribute.

lee m

Friendly knowledgeable staff. Lots of history here...9/11 wall history letters. Piece of wold trade center

Ian Jones

Gander's rich aviation history is well displayed. Very interesting. Together with Botwood it forms a complete chain of information shining a light on the huge role Newfoundland played in launching and maintaining the modern age of air travel.

Phillip Young

Great museum, Friendly staff, and very well laid out!

Alexandra Lachance

(Translated) There is a lot of information in a well-made exhibit. However, the planes outside lack maintenance and only one presents a descriptive poster. (Original) Il y a beaucoup d'information dans une exposition bien faite. Toutefois, les avions à l'extérieur manque d'entretien et une seule présente une affiche descriptive.

Rick Harrison

An excellent museum. It's interesting to see how important Gander was in transcontinental aviation in the not too distant past. It was fascinating listening to recordings of pilots and traffic controllers during the 911 landings.

Michael Hagler

a small Museum but lots of interesting things to see the displays are well-documented and unique. A few airplanes are displayed outside the museum on the grounds

Ed Matthews

Very informative, lots of good historical information. It is a small museum but well worth visiting. They also have a lot of information about the 9/11 twin towers disaster.

Eric Baker

Great place to take the kids!!

Gerald Parkinson

Very interesting and well presented. This is a don't miss museam

Heidi O.

Nice place to stop and be able to have a hands experience with old planes and learn their history. Back of museum has the nose of an airplane sticking out if the building. Didn't have time to look through the museum but looked very interactive and staff available to answer questions. I think there is some sort of flight simulator inside but best to call and confirm.

Michael Cake

Fantastic!

Craig Cook

It's a local museum, non profit, only two dollars per person, motivated volunteers and paid employees. Interesting artifacts.

Janet Newediuk

Complete history of Gander very well displayed. Special exhibit of 911. Well worth a visit for history buffs.

Debbie McNeil Rutz

Worth a visit, especially the EPA flight simulator. The 911 exhibit was very touching.

Sandra Fish

Able to view lobster pool and dined outdoors on the dock. Lobster salad delightful, seafood chowder great, silky and full of seafood!

Taras Pich

Great description of how Gander airport started and it's history.

Treetop Flyer (Treetopflyer)

A really nice and neatly organized museum. Lots of photos, artefacts and description panels inside, and outside a PBY Canso, a Beech 18, à Lockheed Hudson and an F-101 Voodoo. 8$ per person.

Iain Scott

Small but interesting

Tl Iguana

Wonderful little museum containing unique artifacts and a piece of a steel girder from the World Trade Center.

Mary Furlong

Well worth a visit. The 9/11 corner is very well presented. A visit to this museum is a must. ????????????

Wendy Maree

History

James Butler

Interesting history

Anita Parkinson

Fabulous campground

Kathy Weir

Great

Steven Milton

A lottle pricey for a one room museum. Cool history of the importance of Gander's airfield though.

Gloria Markiewicz

Very interesting and did the airflight simulation.

Kathy Fletcher

Interesting

Jonathan

Comparatively small museum (essentially one large room) but still very enjoyable and worthwhile. Information panels/displays are arranged in chronological order around the room, so the entire museum reads like very fascinating storybook of the history of aviation in Newfoundland. There are a couple full-sized planes outside the museum, and there is a flight simulator you can try.