The glorious early summer weather continued for Father’s Day. The set-up crew arrived early and cleared aircraft out of the hangar then set up tables, chairs and games. Coffee pots and snacks were arranged. Museum aircraft were artistically arranged on the adjacent hangar taxiway. These were soon joined by more aircraft and classic vehicles from the Heaps family collection. Once the gates were opened at 10:00 am the visitors started to flow in. Once the event was under way adult-only fluids started to flow in the Beer Garden organized by Shaun Heaps.
The taxiway adjacent to the Museum is filled with classic planes and cars.
Everything is ready according to the ‘Before Takeoff’ checklist.
Junior jet pilots get their introduction to the Canadair Tutor jet trainer.
CMF Manager, Dave Arnold and Director, Bruce Webster make a presentation to
the Rumbold Group in appreciation of their sponsorship of the Waco AQC-6 in the background.
The Museum’s Sopwith Pup makes a flyby to demonstrate the diverse aircraft flown by the Museum.
The Waco cabin biplane gets ready to fly. Bill Findlay completes his preflight checks while
copilot Sasha Pihl observes. Sasha and his father drove from Kelowna especially to ride
in the classic 1937 aircraft. You could do the same! Check out the Sponsor Aircraft tab on this website.