A rare, possibly once in a lifetime, opportunity is taking place Sunday at the Windsor Airport.
A newly rebuilt World War 2 era Spitfire is in the hangar of the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association.
The plane is part of the Michael Potter collection and is named for a Canadian pilot who died in battle over France - Arnold "Rosey" Roseland.
It's a thrill for the President of the CHAA John Robinson who has wanted to bring one to Windsor for years.
He learned recently the newly completed Spitfire was going to fly past Windsor on its way to an airshow at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Robinson says he knew pilot Dave Hadfield and reached out.
"I gave him a phone call a couple of weeks ago and said, "Hey, would you be interested in stopping in Windsor so the people of the City of Windsor could actually see a Spitfire?" They agreed to it, so we're very pleased the Spitfire is here. Especially this one."
Robinson is anticipating big crowds to be part of the unique opportunity.
"We would hope a lot of the people of the City of Windsor would show up and help, this is sort of a fundraiser for us, and the more people coming out to see what we do here at the CHAA and of course to see the Roseland Spitfire would be really great."
He says this plane is unique because it was rebuilt in Canada.
"All the Spitfires were built in Britain, there was nothing built in Canada. So this one was taken down to the nuts and bolts and rebuilt back up and we have what we see today."
The hangar is open for people to see the Spitfire from 10am to 4pm Sunday.
Robinson makes a footnote that during the war Windsor sponsored the 417 Spitfire Squadron, leading to the naming of the hockey team in memory.