The BIGGEST, BADDEST, AIR SHOW of 2012…anywhere…is happening THIS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND in Hamilton!

TO CELEBRATE THE 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, the museum is hosting the Hamilton Air Show this June 16 and 17 at 7825 Airport Rd. E. in Hamilton/Mount Hope , an air show…like no other!


There won't be another air show like this in Ontario, Canada for another 20 years!! 


IF, ever!


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Here's the spectacular, star-studded line-up:


* HAMILTON SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB - Beech 18


* CANADIAN WARPLANE HERITAGE MUSEUM Mass Formation - Lancaster, Firefly & B-25, DC-3 & PBY, Beech 18 & Lysanders, Stearman, Chipmunk, Cornell, Tiger Moth, Fort & Finch


* GREAT WAR FLYING MUSEUM - World War I dogfight - Fokker DR.1, Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, Royal Aircraft Factory SE5A


* VINTAGE WINGS of CANADA - Goodyear FG-1D Corsair, Supermarine Spitfire MK. XVI, Hawker Hurricane Mk. IV, Canadair CL-13 Sabre "Golden Hawks" (Hawk One), Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, North American P-51D Mustang and the Westland Lysander MK. IIIA


* HARVARDS - Mass Formation & Aerobatic Team Demonstration


* CP-140 AURORA - demo performance


* FOCKE-WOLFE 190 (WWII German fighter) - Never before seen at a Canadian air show!


* NORTH AMERICAN P-51 Mustang


* GM FM-2 WILDCAT (US Navy)


* DOUGLAS AD-4 SKYRAIDER (Korean War, and Vietnam) (US Navy)


* MATT YOUNKIN - Beech 18 Aerobatics


* CF-18 HORNET DEMO


* PETE MCCLEOD - Red Bull Aerobatics


* The SNOWBIRDS 


* WORLD WAR II BOMBERS - B-29, B-17, B-25, Lancaster, Curtis-Wright Helldiver, B-24 Liberator (cancelled, crash landing a week ago), Grumman TBM Avenger (US Navy)


* FAIRCHILD REPUBLIC A-10 THUNDERBOLT IIs (2 -static)


Nope, the Province of ONTARIO will not see an air show like this…maybe…never again!  


Come out, and join the Canadian Warplane Museum's 40th Anniversary Celebration!


What am I exited about?


Well all the participating a/c of course, but I've never seen a B-29 Superfortress before, or a Focke-Wolfe 190.  


B-29s were the high-altitude pressurized bombers employed to drop the war-stopping A-Bombs on Japan.  Could Lancs have carried the hefty A-Bomb?  Yes. But NOT at the 32,000' feet height the B-29 could fly at!


The Focke-Wolfe 190 was a formidable foe for the legendary Spitfire and new, better Spitfires had to be developed…to counter-act this deadly German fighter.


Oh, and I can't get enough of the Hawk One Sabre in Golden Hawks colours!  And the Lysanders, and the Lancaster, and the B-17, and the A-10 tank-destroyers, and the…


SEE:  www.hamiltonairshow.com/performing-and-display-aircraft.aspx


(B-29 photo courtesy of (? Unknown), © CWH 2012…compiled graphic)