will take the kids on a journey of discovery and tell them how they can make the right choices now to help them realize their dreams, what ever they might be. Also at the Summit this year, Colonel Maryse Carmichael, the first female commander of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be speaking to the kids about her journey to the top echelons as a woman in a male-dominated air force. The youth portion of the CAE Hadfield Summit is followed by an Open House featuring the Snowbirds, CF-18 Hornet Demonstration and a Griffon helicopter demonstration and is open to the public.
There is no doubt these youth oriented events are at the very core of Vintage Wings’ raison d’etre, but let there be no doubt, we love to fly airplanes! In the summer of 2015, Vintage Wings will be conducting programs to bring these rare and exotic creatures to the skies over Ottawa. Each of these programs is designed to give Vintage Wings members a chance to live their dreams.
Each time we take our warbirds into the air, it’s a rare and powerful experience that we know we are very fortunate to enjoy. It is almost impossible to convey to others the emotionally beautiful and physically visceral sight of three aircraft flying in close proximity. Every sense is bombarded with inputs—the thundering roar of a Merlin or Allison V-12 engine, the heated whiff of historic aviation, the growling, harmonic vibration of a combat aircraft in full flight and above all, the sight—the almost unimaginable sight—of powerful, purposeful aircraft legends rising and falling in sync with your own fighter.
Now, in cooperation with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM), Vintage Wings of Canada (VWC) is offering an unprecedented opportunity to its members. If you become a member of Vintage Wings or CWHM, you can truly and fully experience a formation of thundering warbirds—as a vital part of the formation itself! Vintage Wings is now offering up the back seats of our North American P-51D Mustang and Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk for member-sponsored flight experiences. In a series of five multi-day events (three in Ottawa/Gatineau and two in Hamilton, Ontario) members will be able to strap on history and fly in formation with or inside one of the rarest yet most
The combined sound of the four Rolls Royce Merlin engines of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will transport you back 70 years to live in all senses the experience of the brave aircrews of Bomber Command in the Second World War. Photo: Peter Handley, Vintage Wings of Canada
important aircraft in aviation history—the beloved “Lanc” of Bomber Command fame. We can state, with 100% certainty, that this opportunity cannot be experienced anywhere else on the planet.
The P-40 Kittyhawk provides a superb vantage point for enjoying the formation flying experience. Photo: Peter Handley, Vintage Wings of Canada
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Imagine yourself in an airman’s seat to feel every sensory detail of the life-changing experiences our flying fathers, grandfathers and heroes had during the Second World War. There is no more compelling way to experience living history than to be part of it. A seat on one of our fighters, or on the Lancaster itself, is available only to members of Vintage Wings of Canada
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