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charlene · 09-06-2006, 02:25 PM

The Air Show was great - views from the 40th floor were fabulous!
Yesterday the Snowbirds flew over the house--a school just a couple of miles away is named for a Snowbird who died in a training flight in 1998 at age 29 and was built in 2001. They do a fly-past every year...
They can't be anymore than 100 feet above ground when they go over...
THey almost didn't do it because some farmer complained about the noise...sheesh...once a year to honour a Whitby kid. - there's always someone ready to rain on the parade...The kids and others in town were very happy to hear and see the team honour Michael VanDenBos.

http://www.snowbirds.forces.gc.ca/si...tributes_e.asp

and article with pic of Snowbirds

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1157321706892

and

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1157493014031

and about the jet that won't fly:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...g-airshow.html

[ September 06, 2006, 15:00: Message edited by: charlene ]

09-06-2006, 02:25 PM	#4
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	The Air Show was great - views from the 40th floor were fabulous! Yesterday the Snowbirds flew over the house--a school just a couple of miles away is named for a Snowbird who died in a training flight in 1998 at age 29 and was built in 2001. They do a fly-past every year... They can't be anymore than 100 feet above ground when they go over... THey almost didn't do it because some farmer complained about the noise...sheesh...once a year to honour a Whitby kid. - there's always someone ready to rain on the parade...The kids and others in town were very happy to hear and see the team honour Michael VanDenBos. http://www.snowbirds.forces.gc.ca/si...tributes_e.asp and article with pic of Snowbirds http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1157321706892 and http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1157493014031 and about the jet that won't fly: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...g-airshow.html [ September 06, 2006, 15:00: Message edited by: charlene ]