Hamilton, ON –  The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is auctioning off a once-in-a-lifetime ride in thier Lancaster bomber. The winner of the trip – in one of the only two remaining airworthy Lancasters left in the world –  will travel from Canada to England over four days.

The 18-hour trip – the last time the Lancaster Mk X will make the flight – will take place in August, according to the museum, which is selling the unique opportunity.
 
CEO of the museum David Rohrer said it is the first time the plane has been in a suitable condition to make the flight since the Sixties, adding of the eBay auction: ‘You’ll never be able to do anything like this ever again, so we thought why not put it out there? Somebody must have this on their bucket list.’ 
 
The cash to join the crew of seven others will be put towards the nearly $650,000 cost of the trip in what is considered to be the most famous Allied bomber of the Second World War.
 
The Avro Lancaster Mk X – dedicated to Andrew Mynarski, the last Canadian airman to be awarded the VC in World War II – will be involved in a month-long flying tour of the UK.
 
It will be teaming up with the Royal Air Force’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster – the first time the world’s last two airworthy Lancaster bombers have flown together – before returning home to Hamilton in September.
 
The displays will celebrate the exceptionally close British and Canadian relationship and commemorate the sacrifice and dedication of Commonwealth Bomber crews and the professionalism of both nations’ air forces today.
 
 
Transatlantic ride on a Lancaster bomber being auctioned off on eBay