What's that in the sky?

It was that time of year again, the time when all the aviation nerds came out
and drooled over aircraft all day (my dad being one of them). It was the 45th
anniversary of the Abbotsford Airshow. Go them? Yeahhh. I took a lot of pictures...

Steve's already drooling over the stealth fighter.

Dad's geeking out already.

Woo! Too bad I didn't notice the guy behind me at the time.
He's wearing a UTILITY BELT. Like BATMAN.

"Yo."

Plaaaane. Biiiiig.

And the happy red writing at the bottom says:
"Use of deadly force authorized."

That's right, noooo touchy.

Ahh, bombs! But, apparently, prop blasts are more dangerous.

This can was for litter only, but was filled with plastic and glass bottles.
What th--? Read the instructional writing, people!

Seriously, it's huge!

Even more proof the Canadian military has planes.

Dad's checking out some hot tail.

And that is one hot tail.

Aww, isn't it cute?

And the pilot's name is Jim. It was made for you, Dad!

This cool looking photo is brought to you by Kurtis.

Do NOT go in there. There's caution tape!

I was trying to get a picture of the plane, not of the father and son
"bonding moment."

The disc-shaped thing on top was spinning, but alas, I couldn't get
a swooshy action shot.

Prop power!

Why is there a lady painted on the side of that plane?

The CC-177 Globemaster, the newest planes purchased by the Canadian military.
That's right, we purchase planes sometimes. Wow!

B-52 Bomber.

Check out those tires *whistles*

A shot of the airshow grounds.

Yet another tail shot. Hot!

That's a lot of beer...inside a Pepsi machine.
There was also a hot tub and a complicated looking soundsystem--INSIDE a plane.

There's Mr. Stealthy again.

They don't just have planes at airshows, y'know.

The mine sweeper suit looked like it was giving hugs.

Doggie! So cute, unless you have drugs.

Worst. Paintjob. Ever.

Shiny!

That's a, er, interesting nickname..

Steve realizing he could never fit in a cockpit. Ever.

Check out those blades...yowza!

After checking out the static display, it was time to see some planes in action.
Who's excited?!

Uhh, well that was anti-climactic. WAKE UP!

The Skyhawks do their parachutin' thang.

Wheeeee...

They even had guys hanging on to each other and doing
crazy things in mid-air.

I'm entertained. Meanwhile, dad's so excited he can barely stay in his chair.

CF-18 Hornet.

"Wey-heyyy!"

Me imitating Dad's "getting emotional while watching the airshow" face.
Yeah. As I rub in sunscreen. Niiiice.

I think this was the F-16 Fighting Falcon...or I could be lying.

It's always better with pyro.

Aww yeahhh.

Gene Soucy was next and provided a teaser to his full show.

I liked the colours of his plane.

S-3 Vikings.

There are TWO of them.

And now we're onto the warbirds.

Old school is always cool.

Too bad you can't see it, but that was indeed a Jelly Belly plane.

There goes the Globemaster.

Sheeiiit, someone stole the Jelly Belly plane and has scraped its wing on the ground!
Or this could all just be an act--no, that couldn't be right.

It's "showing off our new plane" time.

How can that thing even fly? Must have something to do with physics..

Try as we might, we couldn't get an overly emotional shot of dad.

Intense Airshow Watching Face!

MySpace Shot?

More Globemaster porn.

One of many heritage flights.

What makes people decide, "Hey. I think I'll land a plane on
top of a truck"?

Because it's cool? Oh yeah.

I think this was the Super Hornet..

The CAF heritage flight.

One of my favourite shots of the Red Eagles.

The following pictures are of a plane with a woman
strapped to its wings.

There is a lady strapped to the plane!

I repeat, there's a lady strapped TO THE PLANE.

Uh oh, someone's catching flies again.

Not us!

Not him either.

It's time to bring out some more warbirds.

BINOCULAR'D!

Dork-a-licious.

Steve managed to get the Tigercat in this shot. Sweeeet.

B-25 Mitchell.

Wall of flame!

"Fire. Pretty..."

Everyone gets excited when there's pyro involved.

And now, the Snowbirds.

If I could guess, I'd say that Dad approves of this airshow.

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