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Every Remembrance Day, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario host an in-door ceremony as well as flying the Lancaster over several Cenotaphs in the Golden Horseshoe Region. The event is covered by several media outlets and broadcast live.

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For 2016, the CWHM Remembrance Day Flypast consisted of the B-25 Mitchell, Avro Lancaster and a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130H from 424 Tiger Squadron. Eric was invited to document the flight for the museum and flew in the tail of the B-25 Mitchell. 

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Leon Evans conducted the pre-flight briefing that would see the formation make passes over several locations as well as an accurate time on target over the Museum. The brief included safety procedures, such as altitudes, speeds, radio frequencies and alternate airfields.

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C-130H, 130335 seen from the B-25 waist gun position in the run-up area prior to take-off.

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The B-25 and Lancaster lined up on runway 30 for a stream take-off.

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James Bradley, flying the B-25Mitchell, breaks over top of the Lancaster as the bomber and C-130H make a run in for the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. The decision was made to keep the B-25 out of the formation so the first sounds heard during the minute of silence was the four Merlin engines.

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Over Hamilton we catch the Lancaster and take the lead for a pass over all the towns along the Niagara Escarpment.

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St. Catherines
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Niagara Falls in the distance as we head for Lake Ontario on a direct course to Toronto.

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Toronto gave us directions around the south side of the Islands to avoid a departing Porter Dash-8. A turn over the eastern gap and a pass north of the CN Tower to put us over top of Old City Hall.

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Bernadette enjoyed the ceremony at the Museum
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Mr. Neil Hunt. Then and now. Still a young man at heart.

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Return of the Remembrance Day Flight.
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A special thank you to all the volunteers at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum who honour and remember our veterans each and everyday.

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