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Wings & Wheels Heritage Festival

Drop by the Toronto Aerospace Museum’s Wings & Wheels Heritage Festival and ogle prize specimens that include the Avro Arrow and dozens of flown-in aircraft, not to mention vintage cars, motorcycles and military vehicles from across North America. For trivia buffs: this year marks the centennial of the first flight by a Canadian—Toronto’s Casey Baldwin, who piloted a Curtiss Red Wing biplane for 97 metres in New York state before crashing.
When:
May. 24/08 - May. 25/08
How Much:
$15
Event Phone Number:
416-499-4647
Location
  • map marker #1
    Downsview Park
    35 Carl Hall Rd.

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