{"id":800044,"date":"2026-07-13T22:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800044\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:48:10","slug":"winnipeg-families-jet-off-to-aviation-museum-for-airport-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800044\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg families jet off to aviation museum for &#8216;Airport Extravaganza&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalaviationmuseum.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada <\/a>is hosting an Airport Extravaganza from July 13-19.<\/p>\n<p>The weeklong event will see families and children participating in airport themed activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a super fun family event where our hangar has turned into an interactive airport experience,&#8221; says Project Coordinator, Tallia Penner.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n<p>Fun while flying<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man in a pilot's uniform standing in the doorway of an air canada model plane\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"812e7b30-c15c-49b4-b534-caf3400353ec\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pilot Picture.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The goal of the event is to allow children to experience an airport in a low-pressure setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids can have fun going through things like security and experiencing that airport experience but without all the actual security clearances to get through,&#8221; says Director of Marketing and Creative Services, James Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>Families can get acquainted and comfortable with air-travel at the extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell shares, &#8220;It\u2019s about becoming more comfortable in an aviation and an airport experience.\u00a0It helps families prepare for travelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Staff enjoy seeing visitors being creative.\u00a0\u201cI love seeing the kids using their imagination,\u201d says Penner.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is hosting an Airport Extravaganza from July 13-19. The weeklong event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-800044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}