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Keeping Alive Canada’s Aviation Heritage
GATINEAU, QC. – Vintage Wings of Canada (VWoC) will open their gates to the public and the media for the annual fall Open House on Saturday, 19 September at the Ottawa-Gatineau Executive Airport. Gates will be open from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Once again, VWoC offers a spectacular array of classic and modern civilian and military aircraft that will be displayed both on the ground and in the air. Spectators will enjoy a variety of aircraft from Vintage Wings’ including their fully-refurbished F-86 Sabre, "Hawk One". In addition, the CF-18 Century Hornet, the CT-114 Snowbird Tutor repainted as a Golden Centennaire and the Avro Lancaster bomber from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, ON. will be on site for all to enjoy.
The flying portion of the show will commencing at 11:00 am with Victory Flight (Corsair, Mustang, Spitfire, and Hurricane) followed by Michael Potter in the P-51 Mustang, CHAT aerobatic routine, Andy Boyd aerobatic routine, and a biplane aerial demonstration.
Following the arrival of the Lancaster bomber, flying will resume at 1:30 pm with the CJ-6 Nanchang aerobatic routine, the North American Harvard routine and the highly acclaimed Centennial Heritage Flight (Hawk One Sabre, Century Hornet, and Golden Centennaire). Aerial demonstrations will finish with the stunning performances by Hawk One and the Century Hornet – a must see for all aviation enthusiasts.
In the event of incremental weather, the flying operations will not take place. The Open House will continue with an all aircraft on static display.
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“Try to fly in the middle of the air. The edges are filled with mountains and oceans and rocks and it’s much harder to fly there.”
Last edited by K225 on Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:26 am, edited 2 times in total.
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