Article 67EHH Almost 80 years after WW II, Ancaster man takes 'thrill of a lifetime' flight in dad's plane

Almost 80 years after WW II, Ancaster man takes 'thrill of a lifetime' flight in dad's plane

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Cara Nickerson
from CBC | Edmonton News on (#67EHH)
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Wilson Nixon's father Harold never spoke much about his time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War. Decades later, a British watchmaker reached out to Nixon with an opportunity of a lifetime - to be a passenger in the inaugural flight of his dad's refurbished Spitfire plane.

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