My Dad and I went to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s FlyFest 2009 on Father’s Day, which took place at the Hamilton International Airport. Originally, we were going to go on the Saturday, but thunderstorms and heavy rain meant the planes would be grounded. I opted to stay home (rain + recovering from a cold = bad news bears). My sister and Dad still went - and although no planes were flying, they got to board a number of aircraft, including one of my favourites - the Lancaster.
The Lancaster went up while we were there on Saturday - and promptly came back down, meeting two fire trucks on the runway. Much to my disappointment, it never went up again. According to the MC, “The pilot saw something he didn’t like”. According to a Lancaster Ground Crew member I was chatting with in the food line, that “something” was a serious problem with the hydraulics. Hopefully they get it fixed before the next airshow it’s due to be at!
PHOTOS BY LAUREN SOUCH