Hot Planes! Cool Cars!, Saluting The Canadian Forces! Wings & Wheels South Western Ontario is an air and car show in the St-Thomas, Central Elgin and London, Ontario, Canada area. The show will be saluting the Canadian Forces and recognizing the important work they do on our behalf. This is a low volume news update feed. www.wingsnwheels.ca http://wingsnwheels.ca 2009 Photo Gallery is open! - July 1, 2009. We have been and will continue to add photos as they become available. http://wingsnwheels.ca/photos/ http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html The Operational Pause has been lifted and The Golden Centennaire is in St. Thomas - June 20, 2009. http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html The 1st Hussars Museum will be reopening at their new location at 1 Dundas St. (at the forks of the Thames River) - June 7, 2009. http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#hussars All serving Canadian Forces regular, reserve personnel and immediate families are admiltted to Wings & Wheels 2 at no charge thanks to the generosity of General Dynamics Land Systems Canada. Tickets can be obtained at the Military Family Resource Centre at Wolseley Barracks and for Navy personnel at HMCS Prevost Orderly room. Organizers are asking that tickets be presented rather than ID at the gates. http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#tickets On the weekend of May 23 and 24, 2009, "The Beer Store" customers will be invited to donate all or a portion of their empty bottle refund to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. 100% of the funds they contribute will go directly to the charity. http://www.bottledrive.ca/ http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#bottles Domino's announces that starting May 20 every pizza served or delivered in London & St Thomas will have an exclusive $2.00 - off adult admission coupon to Wings & Wheels 2. Get the door - it's Domino's! http://www.dominoslondon.ca/ http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#pizza Wings & Wheels 2 is dedicated to the memory of Kaitlin Vanderhoek, 7, daughter of Gerry and Christine Vanderhoek who went to fly with the angels on May 16, 2009. Wings & Wheels 2 will also be supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada this year. http://www.lls.org/canada/ http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#kaitlin On May 2, 2009, 15 Wing successfully began the 2009 air show season in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan with their Armed Forces Day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stwy9mfgpvs http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Moose Aviation author and photographer, Tyson V. Rininger will be joining veteran pilot Walt Pierce and accomplished wing walker Jenny Forsythe for the 2009 season. http://www.americanbarnstormer.com/ http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Rininger Central Helicopter Training Academy will be providing helicopter rides at Wings & Wheels 2. http://www.centralhelicoptertraining.com http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#helicopter The Wings & Wheels 2 2009 Photo Tour details officially announced. http://wingsnwheels.ca/phototour.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Tour The Wings & Wheels Facebook Group has been created and is an open group that anyone can join. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68240619921 http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Facebook The St. Thomas Lions Club, hosting Autofest June 21, 2009 in Pinafore Park, St. Thomas, will be showing a variety of some of the world’s most exciting classic cars at Wings & Wheels. http://lionsclubofstthomas.com http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Lion This year the Canadian International Military Tattoo will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight in Canada—the 85th Anniversary of the RCAF—and the 60th Anniversary of NATO. They will honour the achievement of Canada’s military tradition through music and perfomances that are, at once, entertaining and educational. They will pay special tribute to the young heroes and veterans of service in Afghanistan and Bosnia who will form the 2009 Tattoo Veterans Guard of Honour. Tattoo 2009 is taking place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. and June 14 at 2:30 p.m., 2009. http://www.canadianmilitarytattoo.ca http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Tattoo The Star reports a successful flight of the Silver Dart Replica built by members of the Aerial Experiment Association 2005 at the John C. Munroe Hamilton International Airport on February 6, 2009. It was piloted by Bjarni Tryggvason, a University of Western Ontario engineering professor and former astronaut. http://www.silverdartreplica.com http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Success American Barnstormer is bringing Double Trouble in the form of two wing walkers to Wings & Wheels. Pilot Walt Pierce has his hands full with double the work to maintain controlled flight while TWO wing walkers move about the wings of Ol’ Smokey. Fighting the winds while flying at 70-140 mph, these daredevils cover plenty of turf on the wings of the 450 Stearman. http://www.americanbarnstormer.com http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Barnstormer The members of the Aerial Experiment Association 2005 have dedicated themselves to building and flying a replica of the Silver Dart in a centennial flight scheduled for Feb. 23rd, 2009, in Baddeck, NS. They are preparing for a test flight at the John C. Munroe Hamilton International Airport. The Silver Dart replica will be re-assembled in hangar space donated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, located at the airport. The flight test is scheduled for between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2, depending on weather. http://www.silverdartreplica.com http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Dart The Snowbirds are honoured to announce their upcoming performance at the St Thomas Wings and Wheels Air Show in 2009. As part of the preparation for this event, the team coordinators, Captain Eric Willrich and Captain Steve Thompson, will be conducting a pre site visit at St. Thomas Municipal Airport. This pre site visit is scheduled for the 2:30pm on the 18th of February 2009. http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Site We are proud to announce that this great biennial event is back June 20 & 21, 2009! The skies above St. Thomas will again be filled with the thunder and spectacle of some Hold on to Your Hats!of the world’s most advanced and exciting aircraft. Next to them on the runway at St. Thomas Municipal Airport visitors will be impressed by a fabulous display of some of the world’s most exciting cars - historic, classic, modern and military. http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html http://wingsnwheels.ca/news.html#Announcing