The 20th Annual Canadian Aviation Expo. Canada's Premier Aviation Event. Hundreds of Aircraft...Thousands of Products!
This year's Expo includes a Warbird Flight Training Program for pilots. As part of this program the training flights will take place at approximately the times listed below (subject to weather). Don't miss a chance to see these great aircraft as they take to the skies!
The Skyhawks are the first parachute demonstration team of Canada. Established in 1971, the team already has more than 5,000 successful jumps that have dazzled more than 75 million spectators throughout the world.
The SkyHawks mission is to promote the Canadian Forces and the Canadian Army at major events and in media appearances in order to inform the public of its various trades and work environments by exemplifying a high standard of training, professionalism, teamwork and fitness.
Otherwise known as the T-bird, the T-33 is the result of a 1951 contract to build T-33 Shooting Star Trainers for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). A project designation of CL-30 was given by Canadair and the name was changed to Silver Star. The appearance of the T-33 is very distinctive due to the large fuel tanks usually carried on each wingtip. A total of 656 T-33 aircraft were built by Canadair and were in service for over 50 years, from the 1950's to 2005.
The B-25 Mitchell was built by North American Aviation Company in California. Various models were flown in every theatre of war and on missions ranging from bombing, to low-level tank busting and anti-shipping attacks.
The Museum's Mitchell 3 is a B-25 Model J that was manufactured for the post-war. It has been restored to the configuration of an aircraft from 98 Squadron RAF.
In 1937 Beech Aircraft of Wichita, Kansas, produced the Model 18 as a civil transport. The Canadians and British called the Beech 18 the C-45 Expeditor. It had many roles such as bombing and weapons training, search and rescue, light transport, photographic reconnaissance and communications.
Manufactured as a Model D18-C in 1942, this Expeditor was converted to a Model E18-S in 1946, when Pratt & Whitney engines replaced the original Continentals. The paint scheme and markings are of a photographic section of the RCAF circa 1944, which was based at Winnipeg and attached to 403 Squadron.
The Harvard, named after the university, was produced as an export version of the AT-6 Texan advanced trainer. It became the standard advanced trainer for the BCATP in Canada and the RAF in Britain.
The CWH Harvard was built as a Mark IV variant by Canadian Car and Foundry in November 1951. It saw service at Centralia and Trenton training schools until 1965, when it was sold to the civilian market as surplus.
| 2012 Flight Schedule: What's in the Air! | ||
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| *Aircraft Type and Times Subject to Change* | ||
| Time (approx.) | Saturday, May 5th | |
| 11:15am | Canadian Forces SkyHawks Parachute Team → www.skyhawks.forces.gc.ca | |
| 1:00pm | Canadair T-33 Silver Star - Jet (T-bird) → www.jetaircraftmuseum.ca | |
| 2:00pm | North American Harvard IV - WW2 Trainer → www.warplane.com | |
| 3:30pm | Beech D18S Twin - Light Transport → www.warplane.com | |
| 5:00pm | North American B-25J Mitchell - Bomber → www.warplane.com | |
| Time (approx.) | Sunday, May 6th | |
| 11:15am | Canadian Forces SkyHawks Parachute Team → www.skyhawks.forces.gc.ca | |
| 1:00pm | Canadair T-33 Silver Star - Jet (T-bird) → www.jetaircraftmuseum.ca | |
| 2:00pm | North American Harvard IV - WW2 Trainer → www.warplane.com | |
| 3:30pm | Beech D18S Twin - Light Transport → www.warplane.com | |
| 5:00pm | North American B-25J Mitchell - Bomber → www.warplane.com | |