[Scooby]

CF104, on Nov 12 2010, 03:10 PM, said:

We had 763 stored in the south side of #5 hangar before the airshow. Both Mig-29's were on the north side of the hangar and I was able to get some real nice shots of the them prior to the airshow.

Cheers,

John

Yup, I worked in that hanger and thus I knew the Starfighter was there. Bonnie was the dumb blonde who stepped in the fire access panel and I was about five feet from her when it occured.

The Migs were only on the north side until the Stealth showed up. We then kicked them out and stored the Stealth in the same spot. The Migs were then moved to the 1 AMS air terminal and were stored there. That terminal is now 1 Field Ambulance.

[CF104]

Scooby, on Nov 12 2010, 12:32 PM, said:

Yup, I worked in that hanger and thus I knew the Starfighter was there. Bonnie was the dumb blonde who stepped in the fire access panel and I was about five feet from her when it occured.

The Migs were only on the north side until the Stealth showed up. We then kicked them out and stored the Stealth in the same spot. The Migs were then moved to the 1 AMS air terminal and were stored there. That terminal is now 1 Field Ambulance.

I remember what a PITA it was when the F-117 arrived. You would think that we were all out to steal stealth technology by one aircraft being on static display at an airshow. I remember being there early on the first day of the show to set up 763 and seeing the armed guard with M-16's escorting the Stealth onto the display area. It was quite an event.

It is unfortunate that after attending a few airshows behind the scenes I didn't want to attend them any more. Even as a spectator. There is so much politics going on behind the scenes that it really is disappointing when all you're interested in is the history of aviation and displaying it to the masses. I attended the last airshow at Namao in 1994 and didn't go to another air show until I had the opportunity to see the TICO airshow in Tutusville Florida on March 15th 2009. It was a great show as I was able to see the CF-104D of the Starfighters team and then watch the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. The Space shuttle launch was amazing due to the timing of a late evening launch. Something I will never forget.

Cheers,

John

[Scooby]

CF104, on Nov 14 2010, 01:33 AM, said:

It is unfortunate that after attending a few airshows behind the scenes I didn't want to attend them any more. Even as a spectator. There is so much politics going on behind the scenes that it really is disappointing when all you're interested in is the history of aviation and displaying it to the masses. I attended the last airshow at Namao in 1994 and didn't go to another air show until I had the opportunity to see the TICO airshow in Tutusville Florida on March 15th 2009. It was a great show as I was able to see the CF-104D of the Starfighters team and then watch the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. The Space shuttle launch was amazing due to the timing of a late evening launch. Something I will never forget.

Cheers,

John

I have been involved with airshows for some time. I was an airshow co-ordinator for the 2005 Airshow in Cold Lake. I was also heavily involved with the 94 airshow at Namao, the best airshow ever. I don't see the politics that you speak of, except for the last airshow in Edmonton at EIA.

The last airshow at EIA involved an incident where some of the umbrella money was used to fly a plane load of the EIA's CEO friends on the Concorde to Paris. Since then Edmonton has been black-listed for any future airshows. By taking money from the umbrella group it ate up a lot of their profits.

[417 Brat]

Nice Job, My father was with 417 Squadron from the early (or mid) 70's until it was phased out in April 1983.