Hot Gen's Modesty

摘要

With just 3,700 hours on the clock, spare engines and even a World War Two Jeep thrown into the bargain, it was too good to miss. B-25J Mitchell N75755 She's a Silver Lady was lying in reasonable shape at Wilmington, Delaware, USA, in April 1975 when the team from Canadian Warplane Heritage (CWH) struck the deal. Within a month the bomber was ready for the ferry flight to Hamilton, Ontario, and on June 1 it headed northwest for its new home. Legend has it that to celebrate its arrival at Mount Hope Airport the Mitchell unleashed a salvo from the bomb bay - a fusillade of watermelons!