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The not an airshow airshow

July 5, 2009 – 11:37 pm
Posted in Integration, life as me, photography
Tagged life, air force, canada, cfb trenton, photography, jets, 8 Wing, canadian forces, air show, Uncategorized

The CFB Trenton open house was, despite official press release the 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Armed Forces Weekend and Air Display was an airshow – oh was it ever! The weekend was also a tribute to the following major anniversaries:

100th Anniversary of Powered Flight in Canada

85th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force

60th Anniversary of the Memorial Gates

40th Anniversary of 8 Air Communication and Control Squadron (8ACCS)

25th Anniversary of the National Air Force Museum of Canada

Lots of images are here

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- Mike
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Also worthy of note. 50 years since the formation of the Golden Hawks aerobatic team.

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- South and North Korea clash at sea November 10, 2009
  A North Korean warship was heavily damaged Tuesday when the navies of the two Koreas briefly exchanged fire, South Korean military officials said.
- Fort Hood shooting suspect to face military court November 10, 2009
  The lawyer for a man accused in the mass shooting at a Texas military base last Thursday that left 13 dead said the attention given to the incident will make it difficult for his client to get a fair trial in a military court.
- Rescued Nunavut hunters treated for hypothermia November 10, 2009
  A 17-year-old boy from Coral Harbour who was rescued from an ice floe in the mouth of Hudson Bay is being treated, along with his uncle, for hypothermia.
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- Tools stolen from construction trailer north of Napanee November 10, 2009
  Napanee OPP are investigating the theft of a large quantity of tools from a construction trailer.. The trailer was parked at a construction site on Glennelm Road north of Napanee on the weekend. The value of the stolen tools is believed to be approximately 10,000 dollars. Anyone with information in relation to the theft is [...]
- No H1N1 shots in Lennox and Addington County until vaccine supplies are replenished November 10, 2009
  The Health Unit responsible for Lennox and Addington County has had to temporarily cancel all of its H-1-N-1 vaccination clinics. The Kingston-based Board of Health, which has run out of the vaccine, decided yesterday to suspend its clinics immediately until it gets more.. The Medical Officer of Health, Doctor Ian Gemmill, hopes the issue will be resolved [. […]
- Some Quinte West motorists ignore crossing guards November 10, 2009
  Classes have been in for over two months now, but Quinte West O-P-P say some motorists aren’t driving very carefully near schools in the city. Police have seen an increase in recent weeks in the number of complaints about drivers not stopping for crossing guards helping children in the cross walks. The fine for ignoring a crossing guard is [...] […]
- Brighton teacher concerned about strain on teachers’ voices November 10, 2009
  An elementary school teacher in Brighton agrees completely with a study about how educators damage their voices. Deb Saint Amant of Spring Valley Public School has needed physical therapy and a wireless amplifier to rescue her career because she loses her voice four or five times a year. The deputy director of the National Center [...]
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- Natural Gas Drilling Produces Radioactive Wastewater November 9, 2009
  As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about the wastewater created by the process: It's radioactive. And they have yet to say how they'll deal with it.The information comes from New York's Department of Environmental Conservation , which […]
- Colliding White Dwarfs May Mimic Supernovae Used to Gauge Astronomical Distances November 9, 2009
  Stellar explosions known as type Ia supernovae have proved invaluable to astrophysicists as markers of cosmic distance. Their brightness and consistency in observed properties allow astronomers to use them as "standard candles" to determine distances to objects in the sky. Just a decade ago type Ia supernovae took center stage when researchers harn […]
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