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COLUMN: Black Press reporter straps into old fighter jet at Abbotsford Airshow

The T-33 was used in the Korean War, but is a mainstay at airshows across North America these days. My flight suit awaits. The Lower Mainland from above is a patchwork of farms, rivers, roads and development. The Fraser River watershed, with the Port Mann bridge at the centre left.

While growing up in Richmond, our family would sometimes drive to the end of the YVR runway and sit on the hood of the car as planes flew over us to fascinating places around the world. And to my knowledge, this would be my first flight piloted by a former Snowbird lead. In this case, Vancouver-area pilot “Scratch” Mitchell.

I pushed this reality way back in my mind as Scratch explained that all I’d have to do, if we needed to abandon the flight, was push the knob to my left, and sit back very straight with my knees close to me.By now, you can imagine that everything went well. After an hour or so of unexpected mechanical upkeep and a test run on the ground, we were on our way. I waved to the people already lining up on Huntingdon Road to watch the planes as they come and go.

 

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