Time is running out to see the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster, one of two remaining flying Lancaster Bombers in the world.

The Lancaster is on display at the Art Smith Aero Centre located at 1916 McCall Landing NE.

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Mynarski Memorial Lancaster is in Calgary from August 3 to 12.

Since it arrived on Tuesday, more than 4,000 people have walked through the vintage bomber.

For WWII veterans like 82-year-old Lawrence Benner, seeing the Lancaster was a trip back in time.

Benner was an 18-year-old tail gunner. He says it didn't take his instructor long to realize the young airman wasn't confident with his new role.

"So he says, ‘I think I know what's wrong. Ok pilot, dive in a corkscrew - down and up, down and up', and we straightened out and he says, ‘There you go tail gunner, it didn't fall off did it?' He knew exactly what was going through my mind. Ever since then, I had faith in them," said Benner.

Benner went to see the Lancaster with his daughters and grandchildren, but before long he became the focus of attention. A crowd of people gathered around Benner to hear his WWII stories.

"I came this close to getting killed. We got hit by flack. It came up and I ran a stick through it when we got back, it passed this far above my turret," said Benner.

Benner's daughters, Robin and Kathleen Benner, couldn't pass up a chance to see the Lancaster with their father.

"It's incredible. I'm just fascinated by it, to see where he sat. I now have a sense of how tight it was, close quarters, and if you were claustrophobic it wouldn't be a good place for you," commented Robin Benner.

"When we heard this plane was coming it was really exciting. It's emotional because it tells us more about our dad, and what WWII was like for him," said Kathleen Benner.

With his grandsons leading the way, Benner climbed back into the Lancaster. He says he always wanted to be a pilot, but was always stuck on the wrong side of the aircraft.

On Friday, twelve passengers paid a fee to fly in the aircraft while hundreds watched from the ground.

"When they started up those engines yesterday and flew it, they used to take off 25 at a time, I can't imagine what it was like, we have people that lived in Britain during the war, and as kids remember the Lancaster Bombers going over," said Aero Space Museum of Calgary Board Chair, Lucile Edwards.

Parked beside the Lancaster was Major Reach Sherwood's CF-18 fighter jet. He's never had the chance to be inside a Lancaster even though his father piloted one from 1944 to 1945. Sherwood remembers when he got his wings.

"Of course the General hands you the wings to get pinned on, and my father said ‘Thanks I brought my own', and he gave me his, so that was a really proud moment for both of us," said Sherwood.

The Lancaster will be brought inside for maintenance on Monday and limited tickets will be available until Wednesday afternoon. The Lancaster will leave for the Abbotsford Air Show on Thursday.

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