Like It Is

Imagine watching some of the most powerful planes in the world fly right over where you live. Imagine having a ringside seat to watching the F22 Raptor performing acrobatics in the skies right over your head, or the CF19 Hornet or the CP140 Aurora or the marvellous Canadian Snowbirds! Not quite breaking the sound barrier (as they are not allowed to exceed Mach 1 which is the sound barrier) but extremely loud nevertheless. That’s the Canadian International Airshow, one of the best airshows in North America and a huge highlight of the Labour Day weekend in Toronto.

If you are as fascinated with planes as much as I am, you’ll probably agree that seeing these planes is pretty cool. If you’re not, take it from me – it’s pretty cool. Last year the weather was perfect sunshine, we sat on our balcony sipping a beer and watching the fantastic acrobatic performances of the pilots in the Canadian Airshow. The year before we skated down to the Canadian National Exhibition and watched the airshow from a great vantage point in the stands. Watching the show, all I can ever seem to say is “Wow!” “Amazing!” Words always fail me. Because these birds are amazing. Last year we saw the awesome USAF B52 among many other amazing planes.

This Labour Day weekend we’ve had low cloud and rain all day so far so the Canadian airshow wasn’t as long as it normally is on its first day, Saturday. But we still saw the CF18, F22 Raptor, the F16 Viper and the huge C17 Globemaster.

We’ve got Sunday and Monday though, so I’m looking forward to the great 2006 lineup – The F16, the F15 and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and more. Weather allowing of course.