Tiger Moths to fly over Barrie's Cenotaph on Remembrance Day
There's a lot of work going on inside the hangars at Edenvale Airport these days.
A pair of aviation workhorses are being prepped for a very important occasion later this week.
"You can step back in time with one of these airplanes," said Bill Bunting with the Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation
Following the moment of silence during the Barrie Legion's Remembrance Day ceremony, two training planes from World War Two are scheduled to make a rare flyover.
"Bringing these aircraft over the Cenotaph, I think will strike an emotion with many of the veterans," Bunting said.
It's a special touch to remember the thousands of young pilots who used these exact planes to train for the war.
"Of the number of pilots in the Second World War that flew with Canada – even the Americans and Britains – their training was done here and on aircraft like these," said Andy Galton, a volunteer aircraft technician with the Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation.
These aircraft even use the same engines from wartime, which brings many young people to Clearview to try and gain a stronger connection to their forefathers and understanding of that pivotal period in time.
"Children of veterans who may have flown these aircraft or learned to fly in these aircraft in World War Two. Or even trained pilots using the Tiger Moth or Cornell," said Bunting.
"We've had people show up that needed time. They just wanted to stand with the aircraft. Touch the aircraft. It sort of makes it, I suppose, more real for them," said Galton.
The tiger moth plane slated to take flight on November 11th pays tribute to CKVR legend Bob McIntyre who developed a passion for flying.
"You couldn't get between Bob and that airplane. There were a number of pilots around who basically stood around while Bob took the passengers up. So when he passed, we dedicated the plane to him," Bunting said.
On Thursdays from April to November, you can visit the Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation to check out these historic planes, or if you're brave enough, you can book a flight by appointment.
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