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2017 Engine Runs and Special Events

Date	Event	Information	Lancaster Merlin Engine Run Times
Saturday, April 22	2017 Season Kick-off Event Lancaster First Op. -75th Anniversary Special Presentation -Return of a Dambuster's Treasure	Poster Background	11:00 am 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 13	Hangar Hootenanny Expansion Fund Raiser	Poster Auction Items	10:30 pm
Saturday, June 3	Art Takes Flight - Exhibition and Sale	Poster	-
Saturday, June 10	Western Canadian Regional Model Contest	Poster Information	11:00 am 2:00 pm
Saturday, July 1	Canada Day Engine Runs	-	11:00 am 2:00 pm
Saturday, July 22	Bikes & Bombers	Poster	11:00 am 2:00 pm
Saturday, August 5	Bomber Girls Contest	Poster	-
Monday, August 7	Nanton Parade Day	-	2:00 pm
Friday, August 18 Saturday, August 19	6 (RCAF) Bomber Group - 75th Commemoration	Poster Background Guest Speaker Event Schedule	10:00 pm (Fri) 11:00 am (Sat) 2:00 pm (Sat)
September 14 - 16	Canadian Aerospace Artists Association	Poster	-
Friday, September 15	Merlins at Night - (Lancaster Night Run)	-	9:00 pm
Saturday, September 16	Halifax Recovery in Sweden -An Update	Poster	11:00 am 2:00 pm
October 12-14	CAPA Conference (Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association)	Planning Update Registration Information Registration	9:30 pm (Thu)
Wednesday, November 8	"Quietus -Last Flight" Book Launch	Poster Book Cover	-
Saturday, November 11	Special John McCrae (In Flanders Fields) Presentation	Poster	-

Lancaster Merlin Engine Run-ups are immediately followed by Run-ups of our Bristol Hercules 14 Cylinder Radial engine,
the type that powered some Lancasters, most Halifaxes and Wellingtons, and all Stirling Bombers.

* Engine run-ups are subject to the aircraft being serviceable and other factors *
Engine run times are subject to change.
Please confirm by visiting the website immediately prior to the date.

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Making The Merlins Run

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