Just wanted to get the word out about an event CHAA is hosting in June to honour the 75th Anniversary of the Harvard in Canadian service (the RCAF received its first Mk I's in July 1939)
It's called 'A Gathering of Harvards and Heroes' and will take place on June 20-22 at their our base of Tillsonburg Regional Airport (CYTB).
As the name implies, this three day event will feature a gathering of not only Harvard aircraft, but also the men and women who built, maintained, instructed in and trained on the Harvard during more than 25 years of Canadian service between 1939 and 1965.
Every airworthy Harvard across North America has been invited, and anywhere from 25-60 are estimated to attend.
(Note- the Canadian invitations have been sent out...the US invitations will be sent out soon as one of our members is taking them to the US to post them at half the cost)Planned activities include flyovers of local ex-RCAF bases, a gala hangar banquet, and a mass celebration flypast.
We already have replies from quite a few owners, including WIX's Ollie (Harvard Mk 4) and fleet16b (Fleet Finch) and already hopefully have one coming from British Columbia!
If you have a Harvard, Yale, or Texan and would like to attend, be sure to let us know!
We have been promised discounted fuel for attending warbirds from the airport, as well as discounted rates at local hotels.
Those that attend will get a 'goodie bag' with t-shirt, patch, etc as well as admission to the hangar banquet on the Saturday. (I hear it'll be a steak dinner)
The guest speaker for the banquet is Lieutenant-General A.M. De Quetteville, who trained on Harvards and Tutors, went on to fly Starfighters, was on the selection committee for the CF-18 Hornet (and actually delivered the first one to Ottawa...and flew in the back of same one to its retirement at Rockcliffe) and ended up as the Commander of Air Command (ie the RCAF). After retirement he went on to become the Vice President of Boeing (Canada).
We are also attempting to get some Harvard II's (CT-156) down from 2 CFFTS Moose Jaw and we have heard favourable rumours from Beechcraft about the T-6C demonstrator possibly attending.
More details at
http://www.harvardsandheroes.com - or on the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/gatheringofharvardsandheroes (you don't require a FB account to access it)
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