Teenaged me wasn’t very smart. “Hope I die before I get old.” ‘Never trust anyone over 30.” I’d not yet heard of the 27 Club, but if I had, I might have aspired to joining it, thus avoiding becoming untrustworthy.
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Peter Takes to the Skies….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Avro Vulcan, B-17, B-24, B-29, Blue Angels, Bob Segarini, Breezy Experimental, C.I.A.S., C.N.E., Canadian Warplane Heritage, Cessna 172, Chicago (the band), Concorde, De Havilland Mosquito, Don't Believe a Word I Say, F-106 Delta Dart, F-117, Frecce Tricolori, Hawker Hurricane, Lancaster, mid-air refuelling, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Ray Bans, Snowbirds, Spitfire, SR-71 Blackbird, Sturm Staffel, Thunderbirds on September 5, 2017 by segariniLast Saturday, Lois and I went to the Canadian National Exhibition and took in the Canadian International Air Show. This airshow has always been special to me, as it was the first airshow that I went to on my own, my “toe in the waters of adulthood”, so to speak. I remember the thrill of looking out of my bus on the Gardiner and seeing a real Spitfire flying over the waterfront pre show. One year I was even lucky enough to see the airshow in the afternoon and Chicago (the band) that evening! Heady stuff indeed for an 18 year old from Orillia.