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2015.08 Edition
Photos by Bill Hillman


CRUISE NIGHT AT THE BCATP AIR MUSEUM
A Major Event Leading Up to the Museum Air Show
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We're lucky to find a space in the packed parking lot
next to one of the B-17 support vehicles


Entering the Cruise Night display area packed with vintage cars and trucks


The first people we meet are Museum's Director, Stephen Hayter and Mrs. Hayter


Part of the two-hour queue of classic cars
waiting to have a photo taken beside the Mitchell B-25 WWII Bomber


A QUICK TOUR THROUGH A SMALL PART OF THE MUSEUM
The Construction Shop ~ Gift Counter ~
Main Hanger showing a few of the Vintage Aircraft that are on Display


Hands-On Cockpit for Kids to Enjoy and the
Fund Raising Progress for the 1.25 Million Dollar RCAF WWII Memorial


Commemorative Air Force Ticket Booth for
rides and tours of the B-17 and B-25 Bombers


B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber: "Sentimental Journey"
and a constant line-up of people waiting to tour the craft


The Queue of Vintage Cars waiting to pose beside the B-25


The Mitchell B-25 with part of the 300' Memorial Wall and Airman Statue in the background


A few of the scores of vintage cars that had photos
taken beside the Mitchell "Maid in the Shade" aircraft


One of the event's chief organizers, John McNarry in his WWII ground crew coveralls
His is the last vintage auto of the evening to pose beside the B-25.


Final View as we leave the Museum's Cruise Night:
The Airman Statue overlooking the event with the B-17 and B-25 in the background


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FROM OUR AIR SHOW SITE
B-17 Sentimental Journey Flight I: Leaving Winnipeg
B-17 Sentimental Journey Flight II: Arriving in Brandon
B-17 WWII Miracle Flight
BCATP Museum Cruise Night
BCATP Museum Air Show in the Press
The BCATP Museum Air Show:
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