Wednesday, July 22, 1998 PHOTO FEATURE PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW 9 i

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ByleeTorgason
Peninsula News Review

ith a blast of turbo-thrust engines, the CF-18
fighter jet changes from slow-forward flight to
¥ ¥ high speed and disappears into the clouds..

Mere seconds later the aircraft is floating 5,000-feet over-
head. “He's shaking hands with Elvis,” the announcer
quips as the crowd gazes upward in fascination.

Moments later it re-appears, approaching the ainOrE:
from the south, behind the huge gathering.

“Look behind you,” the announcer says just in time for
the crowd to turn and watch as the Canadian Forces plane
come roaring in, spinning and climbing in a seemingly .
never-ending demonstration of power and maneuverability.

The jet was one of many highlights of Sunday’s airshow,
which drew a gathering of more than 36,000 from across
the Island, Mainland and upper Washington State. -
Following the national anthem to open the show, a huge
Buffalo aircraft: dropped members of the Canadian Forces. -
parachute team, the Sky Hawks, from less than 6,000 feet.

With care and precision, they drifted toward ground —
at the same time performing breath- taking stunts that.

_awed the crowd.
- . Within moments, they were landing i in centre field, their
 touch-down soft as downy feathers. ae

From there, the day only got better , said Barry Hobbis, ae
_ Managing director of marketing : and administration for the :

: - lighted) with the crowd, ‘and the performances were incre¢
ee ble” ‘he. told The Review Monday.

Sunday tioht: eo :
‘“ walked into my daughters’ besirosin they're fe four
_and six-year sold —z th \ emt itting up in bed pla a
ing ‘Airshow /98,” "he said.

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“That’s when | knew it was a Success.”
"And from everything he’s heard, Hobbis said that ' excek,
Tent’ "4s the common consensus forthe show. Bs

‘The day’s highlights included not one, but two specti: =
lar aerobatics displays by. Bud Granley, first in a Yak- 5D :
and, later in the day, in an SNJ plane.

Bill Carter traded the controls ofa Canadian passenger:
plane for the throttle of his Pitts Special biplane to wow the :
‘crowd with maneuvers, and Toronto-based glider pilot © .
Manfred Radius had the crowd standing silent while he.
performed i in his H101 Salto: aM

The announcer pointed out the “lethality,” of a U.S. Mili- a
tary A-10 fighter jet when it made a sudden appearance
over the airport, and an F117 Stealth Fighter was in and « out
of the airshow pr actically before anyone r ealized it was |
there. —

“The show was toppec-out by a spectacular appearance.
by Canada’s own Snowbirds, who put on more than 50 dif- cella
. ferent heart-stopping maneuvers. —: eee OREN re AGA Mm Mane Pe as yn tem eee me

While it will take two more wecks to find out howthe = FUNBE He 7 Ts a tae as nis a TLD at
show did financially, Hobbis is hoping they have something igey.f ioe ji ANd Se es
to show on the books. Pe NS ae beer earns eee a tM oe pe

“Even if we only made one dollar — just one dollar — Para tia POH Ram st Lae Ce aN MOAR Hk yea,
there will be an Airshow af. copa .

2000,” he promised.

Ten Rotary Clubs from
lower Vancouver Island or- :
ganized the event, and pro--
ceeds raised will be distrib.
uted for use by the non
“pr ofit organizations. :

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