Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum News

Lancaster

An early morning picture of the Lancaster getting her engines preoiled..she is flown pretty much every weekend in the summer..and they maintain her very well.. and the crew are very open to questions etc..

I think you will have a great time…on the time I was visiting it was booked for two groups one in the morning and one in the afternoon…they give you the whole experience too..you get to do a preflight walkaround with your Capitain…

I will have to save up for the flight too!!

I’ve booked a flight for USD 1500 in August with a group, they wanted a minimum of 8 people to make it worth their while . . .

The CWHM Lancaster

And for those with a little share change in their pockets..you can book a flight in the Lancaster..it takes four passengers at a time for about a 40 minute flight…you are taken to the cockpit while in flight to get the full experience…apparently it is very noisy (ear protection is provided)..cost I think is 1400 or 1500 CAD$

Thanks for the pics it looks a lot different with the solid nose
TFCs Mitchell which I believe is due to go back to the US has similar paint scheme

I really appreciate the benefit of this forum where we can find out about aircraft and collections in countries not usually covered much in the usual magazines. Before I found this forum I knew very little about the warbird movements in places like Canada, Germany, France and Belgium, etc.

It is really great to see the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum collection, thanks guys. I now know that there are several aircraft in Canadian collections that I have read about in books by former WWII RNZAF pilots who trained in Canada but thought probably no longer existed, like the Cessna Bobcat/Crane, the Yale and the Fleet Fort, etc. I had assumed that simply because I’d not read about them in magazines covering modern warbird activities etc. they no longer existed. It is nice to know someone somewhere is lovingly caring for such types which have a great history for both the Canadians and the New Zealanders, and ultimately the RAF as a whole.

That Lancaster looks stunning, as good as the BBMF example.

If anyone has more pictures of any of the CWH aircraft, or those from other Canadian collections, I’m sure I won’t be the only one who appreciates seeing them. Thanks.

hmmmm……
I wonder why they deleted the blisters on the engine cowlings?

North American B-25J Mitchell

Here are a few more pictures taken of the CWHM B-25J taken on Saturday before she was pulled into the flightline.. she is listed as being C-GCWM, 45-8883..with previous identities as being N75755, C-GCWA and she flies as HD372…always a great crowd favorite on engine starts,, 🙂

Yes I have them at home…I will upload a few more of the Mitchell later this evening..

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have you any photos of the nose of the Mitchell

Yes their Mitchell is a flyer and quite a popular one also..I have seen her fly quite a few times far from her home base in Mount Hope…

She was taken up on the Saturday doing a number of touch and goes..perhaps crew training…

I can’t remember off hand the details of the Mitchell, but it looked like it was getting a lot of work done when I was there. If no one else posts before I get home from work I’ll check out their visitor guide.

have you got any more pics of the mitchell and does anyone know the history of it?
Is it being restored to flying condition?

Well, if they haven’t got their own Spitfire, they might as well have a non flying one. There’s a fair bit of non-airworthy stuff there, from what I can recall?

Hmmm non flying spitfire in a flying museum??

Maybe because the Spit belongs to the Canada’s Aviation Museum…I think she would look great in the air where she belongs..

Wow great shots!

That is a novel way to display the spitfire… so unlike CWH?

I was there a couple of weeks ago and have to agree – it’s a great museum to visit. The day I was there was the D-Day anniversary and was fortunate to see the Lancaster return (presumably from a fly-by at and event somewhere). Unfortunately the first I knew was when I heard it over head and only got to see it land. You certainly get a different view from their viewing area being well above any aircraft parked outside.

Nice to see the aircraft outside, as my ony comment was that it felt a bit cramped when I was there, particularly for photographs.

Some photos below. I’ll try and post some pictures from the other two museums I visited while I was over later tonight in another thread.

and a very rare beast at that too!

This is an interesting creature..I believe it is the Fleet Fort…