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When the Canadian War Museum was opened, there was a crowd of people on the lawn outside. The dignitaries gave their speeches. The Lancaster did successively lower and lower passes. You can bet the tower at Ottawa International was worried they'd lose the radar contact amongst the ground clutter. One of those passes was during Gen Rick Hillier's turn at the mike. He stopped talking and said something like, 'I can't compete with the beautiful sound' and left the podium.