Abbotsford Internation Airshow

My roommate and I made the short trip across the boarder yesterday to see the Abbotsford Airshow. At one time the Abbotsford show was second only in size to the Paris Airshow. It was an interesting mix of Canadian citizens and U.S Military personnel. A Lengthier article is to follow at a later date.

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This video is a little hard to see, but the guy on the PA can be heard clearly and he gives a pretty good description of what's happening.

EDIT: Ok so maybe he's not so easy to understand. The pilot brings the plane in over the crowd at his minimum airspeed, then points the nose straight up and lights the afterburner. The fighter goes from 500 feet to 15,000 in a matter of seconds. It literally disappears. Pretty freakin' cool!

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30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun, housed in a Fairchild/Rupublic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog)

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Boeing F-15 Eagle

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Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, that's an armed gaurd in fatigues under the nose in the background. There are two more guys with fully loaded CAR-15s standing to the left out of frame. It may be early 70's stealth technology, but it's stealth all the same.

Turf Notes

With the 2006 football season fast approaching, I have realized that people who may have been directly involved in the events described in "The Astroturf Uncertainty Principle" may in fact read it. Thus I feel it is incumbent upon me to place this disclaimer both here and at the bottom of the piece itself.

Note: This article is very closely based on real events and real people. Some of the events may be condensed and certain details (the score of the game for example) may be incorrect as everything was written simply as I remembered it. As far as I know there was no record of the game to which I could refer. Names have not been changed. Robert is a real person. His actions on the night of the game are as accurately described as I could make them, but my knowledge of his life before I met him and away from the football field should be considered second hand at best.

Signpost Forest

Watson Lake, YT. Photo courtesy Tim Watts

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