Probably the pride of Canadian Warplane Heritage's display aircraft is this former RCAF Lancaster. One of only two survivors still flying, It's photographed on the first visit to British Columbia and the Abbotsford Airshow.

The Bolingbroke was intended as an improved version of the Blenheim but immediately pre-WWII the British were in urgent need of actual plane numbers on the ground rather than down-the-line projects. Development was handed over to the Canadians and the end result was 626 Bolingbrokes produced between 1939 and 1943. The CWHM's trainer Bolingbroke is currently being rebuilt to flying condition from the remains of eight aircraft, salvaged from Manitoba, during the mid 1980s.

Can't you just hear the sound of those four Merlin's?

This B-25 was built as 45-8883 but delivered directly to the Reconstruction Finance Corp for storage and later sale. It became N75755 and flew as a corporate transport until stored in Wilmington, DL in 1973. Acquired by Canadian Warplane Heritage in 1975, it's been flying with them for over 40 years.

It's not every day you see a Lancaster at an airshow. What a treat to hear those four Merlins running! Former RCAF serial is FM213.