The next two arrivals for the Alberta Aviation Museum's Canada Day celebrations are due in Friday between 3pm & 5pm.
The P-51 Mustang will be flown by Rob Fleck the President, Vintage Wings of Canada.
The P-51 with its 27 litre Supercharged V-12 engine and 11 foot (3.4m) diameter propeller is a very different experience from the Discovery Air F-86 Sabre Jet that arrived Wednesday.
The Mustang in its Canadian Second World War camouflage colours makes an imposing sight and the thunder of the mighty Rolls Royce Merlin engine penetrates your body as it flies past. A sight and sound that may be making it’s last appearance in Edmonton.
The P-51 Mustang was flown by many Canadians both during the Second World War and Post War in the 1950s with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Mustang will be escorted into Edmonton City Centre Airport by Todd Lemieux of Vintage Wings flying a North American T-28 Trojan Vietnam War Era trainer and ground attack aircraft.
The brute size and design of the T-28 combined with its 29 litre air cooled round engine is a stark contrast to the sight and sound of the P-51 Mustang as they arrive over Edmonton City Centre Airport.
While the P-51 Mustang will be staying for the Canada Day celebrations the T-28 will be returning to Calgary.
We will advise a more exact time as information is provided by the flight crews, Friday.
Thomas Hinderks
Alberta Aviation Museum
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