F-86 Sabre Fly-By & Takeoff (Dieppe Commemorates the Battle of Britan)

Dieppe Commemorates the Battle of Britan

DIEPPE, NB — The City of Dieppe and the Dieppe Military Veterans' Association will pay tribute to the Canadian Air Force during a ceremony commemorating the Battle of Britain. The event will take place on Sunday, September 12, at 3 p.m. in the J.-Laurie-Cormier POW Park located on Champlain Street opposite the former entrance of the Greater Moncton International Airport.

"We will pay tribute to the numerous men and women who fought courageously in the Battle of Britain", stated Mayor Jean LeBlanc. "We will also mark this event with a special and unique fly-past."

During the ceremony, an F86-Sabre operated by Vintage Aircraft and sponsored by Discovery Air ,will perform a fly-past to honour the late Al Lilly and the late Don McClure. Both men were members of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

Al Lilly was the Chief Test Pilot and also ferried aircraft overseas for RAF Ferry Command. He was the first Canadian to break the sound barrier in a F86 jet, while Chief Test Pilot at Canadair on August 8, 1950.

Don McClure was a pilot with the Moncton Flying Club who trained pilots at Chatham and Neepawa Manitoba under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. He was later the CEO and Principal of the Moncton Flying Club from 1959 to 1989.

The F86 is named the "Al Lilly". The name was suggested by Art Cuthbertson, Past-President of the Dieppe Military Veterans' Association to Vintage Aircraft, the company who owns the F86. The Fly--Past will honour the above airmen for their courage.

This event will also honour Mike Doiron, who recently retired as the CEO of the MonctonFlightCollege.

The Fly-By took place at 3:20pm (Atlantic Time) & The jet departed at around 6:30pm.

The jet flew right over my house but was pretty high up so couldn't get it close up, sorry! The last pic is me in front of the jet.

Enjoy the vid, Carepricefan11 =)

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