For an aircraft built in 1944, the Maid in the Shade handles well and flies smoothly over the Saanich Peninsula.
The B-25 Mitchell bomber, built in Kansas during the Second World War, flew into the Victoria International Airport Monday and the crew with the Arizona-based Commemorative Air Force hosted a media flight that afternoon. It’s in town as part of the organization’s regular Flying Legends Victory Tour, which brings vintage military aircraft to airports across North America.
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