RARE VINTAGE AIRCRAFT TO ARRRIVE AT SAINT JOHN AIRPORT

Aircraft arrive: Monday, August 27 and are available to media
Air Show: Tuesday, August 28
Public Static Display: Wednesday, August 29

WHAT: Arrival of four beautifully-restored vintage aircraft that tell the story of one of Canada’s proudest achievements, the massive, homegrown effort to build airfields and train hundreds of thousands of allied World War II aviators. The Yellow Wings’ pilots will meet the public and media to talk about the significance of their historic planes, operated by Vintage Wings of Canada.

In Addition, other aircraft will be on-site Monday for Media, including Canadian aircraft racer, Pete McLeod, of the Red Bull racing team in an Edge 540, and Dan Dempsey with the Hawk One Sabre.F-86.

WHERE: Saint John Airport, Atlantic Flight Centre
WHEN: Monday, August 27: Private viewing for media [contact Colleen Kemp Mitchell for access]
Tuesday, August 28: Air Show from 2 – 4 pm
Wednesday, August 29: Static display 3 – 7 pm
WHO: Pilots, Aircraft Technicians and their aircraft
DETAILS: Volunteer pilots from Vintage Wings of Canada’s Yellow Wings Program will visit Saint John to pay tribute to a little-known moment in Canada’s history: the World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). Yellow Wings pilots tell the story of the BCATP and how ordinary Canadians from coast to coast came together in what became known as the “Aerodrome of Democracy” to train hundreds of thousands of aviators from Canada, the British Commonwealth and the U.S., in the effort to win the War. One of the lasting legacies of the BCATP was the construction of dozens of Canadian airports across Canada.

The Yellow Wings aircraft are part of the Mike Potter Collection of Vintage Wings of Canada. They include the North American Harvard, deHavilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch and the Fairchild Cornell.

To find out more about the aircraft and the heroes to which they are dedicated, or to download high-resolution photos, visit www.yellowwings.ca.

Vintage Wings of Canada (VWC) is a public charitable organization founded by Ottawa businessman and philanthropist Michael Potter to celebrate our country’s rich aviation history, as well as to educate and inspire Canadians with powerful stories about the heroes, aircraft and events making up this great heritage. For more information, visit vintagewings.ca.