Our museum’s partners, the Calgary Mosquito Society, will be hosting this event to update visitors as the restoration of their Mosquito continues in our north hangar. This day-long event will feature:

11:00: Lancaster engine run and Bristol Hercules engine run

11:45: ‘RESTORING THE MOSQUITO’ -A ‘walk-and-talk’ by Jack McWilliam, VP of the Calgary Mosquito Society.

12:30: Lancaster Rear-Turret Demonstration

1:00: Guest Speaker David Biscoe: ‘MY FATHER’S WAR’ David’s presentation will focus on his father’s BCATP time as an instructor at Penhold and finally as a Mosquito night- intruder pilot, completing 23 ops.

2:00: Lancaster engine run and Bristol Hercules engine run -Special Display: Arial Photo Mapping Equipment as used in the Spartan Air Services Mosquito -Displays of Mosquito components under restoration. -‘Before-After’ Photo Displays of the Mosquito’s restoration -

Opportunities to visit with the Mosquito restoration crew -Lancaster cockpit tours -Lunch and snacks available in the hangar