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CANADA Canadian Warplane Heritage “Skyfest”; RCAF Bagotville International Airshow; Aviation Museums & Collections; & Optional Warbird Flights CANADA Canadian Warplane Heritage “SkyFest”; RCAF Bagotville International Airshow; Aviation Museums & Collections; & Optional Warbird Flights OUTLINE ITINERARY Wednesday, 14th – Tuesday, 27th June DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 14th JUNE Depart London for Toronto. Most probably, but not confirmed, flying from London’s Gatwick Airport on the scheduled services of Westjet. On arrival we go to Baggage Reclaim to collect our luggage and then meet our driver and board the coach for the transfer to Hamilton: a journey time of a little over one hour. We check-in to the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel where we stay 5 nights on a bed and breakfast basis. Breakfast is taken on-site, however, for your evening meals you have the option of several restaurants located within a short walking distance of the hotel. DAY 2: THURSDAY, 15th JUNE Leaving the hotel at 08:30 we head for London and the Jet Aircraft Museum: its collection includes a BAC Jet Provost, 6 Canadair T-33 Silver Stars, a CF-101 Voodoo and newly delivered Hunter T7 from the UK. Then to Dunnville and our visit to No 6 RCAF Dunnville Association Museum. On display are aircraft types used at the No 6 SFTS and other training bases, including a Yale, Cornell, Fleet Finch, Harvard, a Grumman S2 Tracker that flew off the carrier “HMCS Bonaventure”, and a WWI Nieuport 17. Website: www.rcafmuseum.org/site/home Time then to see the majestic Niagara Falls: we enjoy some leisure time at this awesome spectacle. Options include a cruise on the “Maid of the Mist”, or even a helicopter flight! Lunch, at your own expense, can be taken during our visit. DAY 3: FRIDAY, 16th JUNE Today we visit the excellent collection of aircraft in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - it should be less crowded than over the airshow weekend. Website: www.warplane.com/warplane-vintage- aircraft-collection.aspx Today is also Arrivals Day for the Skyfest. Time also to enjoy some great – optional – flights in the CWH’s fleet of warbirds including: Douglas Dakota $80.00; Noorduyn Norseman $100.00; Noorduyn Norseman Premium Seat $125.00; Fairchild Cornell $200.00; Boeing Stearman $300.00; de Havilland Canada Chipmunk $200.00; North American Harvard $300.00; North American B-25 Mitchell $500.00; de Havilland Tiger Moth $200.00; Consolidated Canso $500.00; Fairey Firefly $650.00; Avro Lancaster $3,500.00. All prices are Canadian Dollars. Some prices are based on a minimum number of passengers per flight. Please annotate your booking form if you are interested in any of the above. Tour 227710 – Canada – Outline Itinerary Page 1 of 3 Ian Allan Aviation Tours Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8AS, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1932 255625 Fax: +44 (0)1932 231942 e-mail: [email protected] www.ianallantravel.com/aviationtours DAYS 4 & 5: SATURDAY, 17th & SUNDAY, 18th JUNE Two full days at the CWH’s 2017 “SkyFest”. As well as their warbirds attending and/or participating there will also be other types from both Canada and the USA; details will be announced over the coming months. On the Saturday we will stay on the airfield if there is a Night Airshow – to be confirmed. In the past it has started with a gourmet BBQ in the middle of Hamilton International Airport right at the show-line. DAY 6: MONDAY, 19th JUNE At 09:00 we depart for our first visit of the day: the Great War Flying Museum in Brampton. Their mission is to provide the finest local presentation of World War I aviation history by acquiring, building, maintaining and flying representations of period aircraft as well as displaying period artifacts. On display is: a DH2, Fokker D VII, 2 Fokker Dr Is, Neiuport s8C.1, S.E.5A, Sopwith 1½ Strutter and a Sopwith F.1 Camel. Website: https://greatwarflyingmuseum.org/ Next up is the Avroland/Memorial Military Museum in Campbellford. On display here are: Avro 652A Anson II (major parts); Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck; Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow (scale replica); Beech D18S Expeditor (fuselage); CF-5A Freedom Fighter; CT-114 Tutor; CT-133 Silver Star; CT-134 Musketeer; Cessna AT-17A Bobcat; Commonwealth PBY-5 Canso (fuselage); Fokker D.VII (replica) and a Republic RC-3 Seabee. Website: www.avroland.ca/al-places-campbellford.html A few miles from the National Air Force Museum of Canada we check-in to the Ramada-Trenton hotel where we stay one night on a bed and continental breakfast basis. On-site facilities include full service restaurant and bar. Website: www.wyndhamhotels.com/ramada/trenton-ontario/ramada-trenton- hotel/overview?WID=LC:RA:20150901:Rio:Local DAY 7: TUESDAY, 20th JUNE We start the day at the National Air Force Museum of Canada (formerly the RCAF Memorial Museum), whose star attraction is undoubtedly their beautifully restored Handley Page Halifax. We then continue to Ottawa, arriving around mid-afternoon, and visit the Canadian War Museum: its collection includes a rare Spitfire Mk II, and an authentic German V-1 ‘doodlebug’! Website: www.warmuseum.ca/?gclid=CIbmrO7los4CFYQy0wodabsN6Q This evening we check-in for a 2 nights stay at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel – Ottawa Airport on a bed and hot breakfast basis. On-site facilities include restaurant and bar, free in-room wi-fi and an indoor swimming pool with a whirlpool. Website: http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/ontario/hilton- garden-inn-ottawa-airport-YOWAPGI/index.html DAY 8: WEDNESDAY, 21st JUNE This morning we look around the Canadian War Museum whose collection includes: UH-1B Iroquois; COH-58 Kiowa, CF-5A Freedom Fighter, Fieseler Fi-103, CF1-1F Voodoo, Nieuport 17, Harvard II, Sopwith Snipe and a Spitfire F.IIb. Website: www.warmuseum.ca/about/ We then drive to Rockcliffe Airport, home of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum which has more than 130 aircraft on display! We plan to start with a visit to the Reserve Hangar to see the various aircraft which are not on public display – these include a Mosquito BXX and a Bristol Bolingbroke IVT. Website: http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/reserve-hangar.php! After the Reserve Hangar we have plenty of time to see the aircraft in the main exhibit area. Confirmation is awaited of a visit to their restoration workshop where we understand their Canadian C-54GM North Star is being fully restored. DAY 9: THURSDAY, 22nd JUNE Crossing the border into Quebec Province, at Gatineau Airport we stop by the very interesting collection of Vintage Wings of Canada. A full list of aircraft in this large collection can be seen at: www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/CategoryView/categoryId/26/language/ en-CA/Our-Aircraft.aspx Tour 227710 – Canada – Outline Itinerary Page 2 of 3 Ian Allan Aviation Tours Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8AS, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1932 255625 Fax: +44 (0)1932 231942 e-mail: [email protected] www.ianallantravel.com/aviationtours Many of their aircraft are available for pleasure flights: please see their website and annotate your booking form if you are interested. Continuing north we arrive early evening in Saguenay-Chicoutimi and our hotel for the next 4 nights: the La Sagueneenne Hotel and Convention Centre in Ville Saguenay-Chicoutimi where we stay on a bed and breakfast basis. On-site facilities include restaurant, bar, free wi-fi and an atrium with saltwater indoor pool, sauna and hot tubs. Website: http://www.lasagueneenne.com/amenities.htm DAY 10: FRIDAY, 23rd JUNE At 09:00 we depart for a full day inside or outside CFB Bagotville. We will apply for everyone’s media accreditation, however, if this is not forthcoming and/or we are not allowed on-base today, we will take our photos of aircraft arriving for the airshow on the perimeter. This base is home to the 425th and 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadrons flying the CF-118/B Hornet and the CH-146s of the 439th Combat Support Squadron. There is also an excellent collection of aircraft on display in the base’s Musee de la Defense Aerienne including: CF-100; CH-118 Iroquois; CL-13B Sabre 6; CL-30 Silver Star; CL-41 Tutor; two CF-104 Starfighters; CF-5A Freedom Fighter; Vampire FB.5; CF-101B Voodoo; MiG-23ML; and a Piasecki CH- 21A Work Horse. DAYS 11 & 12: SATURDAY, 24th & SUNDAY, 25th JUNE At 07:00 we depart on what is usually a 30-minutes drive to CFB Bagotville for 2 full days at the airshow. Over the years this event has built itself an excellent reputation for holding the largest military airshow in Canada and breaking the record for the longest ‘wall of fire’. Website: https://saibagotville.com/en/home DAY 13: MONDAY, 26th JUNE Departing the hotel at 09:00 we return to Montreal: about a 6½ hours drive with several ‘convenience’ stops and a 1-hour lunch break en-route; we should arrive at Montreal Airport by 16:30 just as check-in opens. Latest check in time with Westjet for our flight back to Gatwick will be 17:20. DAY 14: TUESDAY, 27th JUNE Arrive back at London’s Gatwick Airport at 09:25. NOTE: ALL flight times to be confirmed TOUR PRICE PER PERSON TOUR: 227710 From £ TBA Based on sharing a twin bedded room with private facilities £ TBA.00 Single room supplement On request Land only (please speak with one of our consultants before booking) Tour 227710 – Canada – Outline Itinerary Page 3 of 3 Ian Allan Aviation Tours Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8AS, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1932 255625 Fax: +44 (0)1932 231942 e-mail: [email protected] www.ianallantravel.com/aviationtours .
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