air show
Photo taken with an Olympus D-460
Today is, I believe, the last day that we will have jet planes ripping through the sky directly above our neighbourhood for the next year or so. Good riddance!
Because we live fairly close to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds we get treated every year to the sounds of Indy cars, fireworks, and jet planes on multiple occasions.
The worse of these are the planes which are part of the Canadian International Airshow. Single and formation flying jets whipping quite low to the ground above residential neighbourhoods just isn’t a great idea. The noise is irritating to say the least and the potential danger is unreasonable.
I’m sure there are a few diehard fans who come into Toronto each year for this but we have to live here and there is really zero benefit to the Parkdale / Brockton area except heavier traffic and maybe some extra cash to those who rent out their lawns as parking to CNE goers in general.
The CIAS website has a banner pointing to a site asking for names on a petition for new jets for Canada’s “national icons” the Snowbirds. There is a load of rhetoric on the linked site about national identity, encouraging Canadian youth to join the Canadian Air Force, and the economic benefits of airshows to the Canadian economy which are all dubious.
