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.

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

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

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!

Even more proof the Canadian military has planes.

Dad's checking out some hot tail.

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.

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!

Check out those tires *whistles*

A shot of the airshow grounds.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I liked the colours of his plane.

And now we're onto the warbirds.

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

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!

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

I think this was the Super Hornet..

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.

It's time to bring out some more warbirds.

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

Everyone gets excited when there's pyro involved.

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