Air Show......Day One

The first day of the Air Show went splendidly with great flying weather. High broken cumulus clouds at about 5,000 ft., moderate temperatures and gusty but manageable winds. And judging by the number of people we transported, the crowds really exceeded our expectations. Show goers started arriving early and kept coming for hours. The events went as scheduled, and the Canadian Snowbird flight team was spectacular as usual. It's not often you get to see nine jet aircraft flying wingtip to wingtip.

But I have to say again, the highlight of the show [and being in the CAF] is always the people I meet. Usually there is one special person that makes all the hard work worth the effort. Today it was meeting and chatting for awhile with astronaut Bill Anders above. Bill was a crew member on Apollo 8, the first mission to the moon. Bill and his two crew mates Frank Borman and Jim Lovell were the first men to leave earth's gravity and the first to reach the moon, and the first humans ever to view the dark, farside of the moon. Bill's photograph of the earth rising above the moons surface was judged by Life magazine to be one of the 20 most important images of the 20th century.

With a special thanks to Julie, her kids and Dad, and to all my volunteers it was a great day, though exhausting........and another just like it tomorrow.