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The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum had a special visitor on the weekend of 9-10 June 2018, ex-RAF     T.10 Chipmunk. Richard G. Wilsher, owns and flies the T.10, RAF s/nWP833 and is making a  “Trans-Continental Loop” around North America to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

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Cornell photo plane Tery Lebel, RCAF 18035 Rick Rickards, RAF WP833 Richard Wilsher
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Rick leads the flight to Binbrook.

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Photo plane takes the lead and we start the shoot over Binbrook.
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WP833 was built in 1952, c/n CI-0714, and survived over 33,000 landings with the RAF, finishing its military career with 4 AEF (Air Experience Flight) giving experience flights to Air Cadets. The airframe was one of two used by the RAF in 1997 to establish a route for small aircraft from Europe to North America through Russia. The Chipmunks were chosen as they could be operated with minimum ground support. With a 24-gallon fuel tank mounted in lieu of the rear seat the Chipmunks had a range of 500 miles. Called Exercise Northern Venture, the two Chipmunks, the other being WP962, departed RAF College Cranwell on 20 May 1997. The flight traveled east across the Baltic States and Russia to the Bering Straight, then Alaska and across Canada. The flight crossed the North Atlantic via Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The circumnavigation of the Northern Hemisphere took 64 days and covered 16,000 miles.
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Lining up for a short final for 06 CYHM Hamilton
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Tery Lebel, Rick Rickards & Richard Wilsher
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