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Three Bravehearts had a Wednesday Ride to CYYJ airport

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Ken, Grant and Bill left SB at 10am for a lunch break in Sidney BC

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Their Lochside route included the 9km Flightpath loop around Victoria Intl. Airport

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Wednesday was a DRIPA holiday so many Sidney restaurants were either full of customers or closed for the day.

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It was a fine ride on a fine day with fine company.

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Biking McTavish Interchange VIDEO . . . an interesting 10 minutes duration

Thursday I cycled 56km roundtrip from home out to Victoria Intl. Airport (CYYJ) and around the Flight Path Pathway (FPP).

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The FPP is a nine-kilometre, paved pathway around the entire CYYJ property.

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We have walked -- and also cycled -- this pathway in the past but never from home on a bicycle.

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This adventure is now only possible after buying an electric-assist bicycle.

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The route is basically: use the Lochside Trail between home (Victoria, BC) and McTavish Interchange Overpass then cycle the FPP loop around the airport. Great day. Lots of fun.

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Saturday was a busy day. Past and present members of our airline, and wives, met at the British Columbia Air Museum (BCAM) to welcome Pete and wife, Lea, who flew in from Tauranga, NZ, (pronounced: tar-rana) to see us.

Pete is chief flight instructor for Classic Flyers NZ Inc. and you can see the handsome devil on their promotional YouTube VIDEO or Classic Flyers NZ Website. After touring the museum, fourteen of us had lunch together at Mary's Bleue Moon Cafe.

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We were done there by 2:30 so headed for the old watering hole to listen to the band, have a few dances and lots of laughs. We went with our 'real' friends for supper at Il Greco Restaurant.

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A young lady by the name of Katrina got up and sang with Yesterday's Wine Country Band and she was totally professional. What a treat.

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Wednesday we had lunch at Zanzabar then drove to the Victoria Flying Club at Victoria Airport (CYYJ) to look at the B25J Mitchell bomber that flew in the other day.

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Very impressive machine and restoration work.

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Here's the history of Made In The Shade The B-25 was delivered to the 437th Bomb Squadron, 319th Bomb Group, 12th Airforce based at Serraggia, Corsica in the Fall of 1944. Between then and early 1945 the aircraft participated in 15 missions to northern Italy and western Yugoslavia.

The B-25 was returned to the US and placed in storage in early 1945 when the 437th BG was transferred to the Pacific theater and re- equipped with Douglas A-26 Invaders. In the 1960s, the aircraft was purchased by Dothan Aviation in Alabama and converted to an agricultural sprayer. Throughout the 1970s the aircraft passed through several owners before being donated to the then Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force (CAF).

The B-25 was assigned by the CAF to the Arizona Wing in Mesa, AZ in 1981. Extensive restoration work was then begun by the Wing's volunteer staff and resulted in a complete teardown of the airframe to remove corrosion and the results of damage from agricultural spray.

After 28 years of restoration the aircraft was flown in late May, 2009

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N.B. Nose Art: The nose art shows a map of Corsica and the latitude of Serraggia, Corsica, at 42°N where the aircraft was based during the war.

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