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If you are in Toronto make an effort to also get to the Toronto Aerospace Museum…they have a lanc resto in progress and a full scale all metal replica of the AVRO Arrow…they are a relativley young museum but well worth the visit.

Tom H

Steve–

Try this…

http://act.mcmaster.ca/transit/hamilton-airport.htm

…You’ll already be downtown if you’ve come into Hamilton on GO Transit, so ignore the bit about “getting downtown”. BTW if you happen to be a railfan of any sort, the Hamilton GO station is a classic ’30s Art Moderne structure, built as the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway station and nicely restored for commuter use a few years ago. From Hunter Street where the station is you’d head a few blocks north to King Street (Gore Park) and get the Upper James HSR bus there…then link up with the cab-van service from the Upper James car barns to Munro Airport itself, in what used to be the village of Mt.Hope, southwest of the city.

Also worth thinking about, as you’ll be in Toronto already, might be a visit up Keele Street on the TTC system to Downsview Park (the old CFB Downsview) where the Toronto Aerospace Museum is, on Carl Hall Road; they too have a Lanc, the former pylon bird FM104, under longterm static rebuild.

And on Carlingview Road near the southeast corner of Pearson airport is the Aviation World shop, in which it is possible to drop an unseemly amount of money!

Late April is maybe a bit early for the “sharp end” stuff at CWH to be flying yet, but never say never. By then the Harvard and Stearman may well be doing (pre-arranged) pleasure flights, though, if the weather’s decent, especially on weekends.

Hm. Actually, if your free day happens to be a Saturday, PM me…maybe I can circumvent part or all of the transit issue with my car!

Cheers

Steve T

Hello

I live in Hamilton , work in Toronto and use to work for CWH.
It is very easy to get to CWH from Toronto about I hr drive.
Renting a car is the easiest.
If you like, give me an idea where in Toronto you will be staying and I will give you road directions.

Will you be renting a car at all as the only way from toronto to hamilton the easiest would be by train and then cab?

I dont drive so I wont be. Those bus routes look interesting and ive just dicovered that Greyhound offer a service to hamilton.

thanks to all concerned for the info so far.

best wishes steve

Id thought about that but Trenton seems a little further and more inaccesible and I only have a day I can spare.

Would certainly like to see the Halifax on a future visit though.

How about Trenton to balance your Lancaster needs. You can see Halifax
NA337 there.

Cheers

Cees

http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/schedule/sysmap.aspx

This might be useful? You might have to get a taxi from Hamilton to the airport, but at least it would cut the fare!

Hello Steve

Will you be renting a car at all as the only way from toronto to hamilton the easiest would be by train and then cab?

How about Trenton to balance your Lancaster needs. You can see Halifax
NA337 there.

Cheers

Cees