Hey Dudley, How did the T-Birds get started?

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
skywards. I have always thought
that this was the last airshow where they were allowed to fly supersonic.

That's cool. Man, I wish they could still do that today!

I'm pretty sure that planes went supersonic at low level at the air show
at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) in Toronto when I was a kid. I
remember some amazing demos at that show over the years - Luftwaffe F-4s
and RAF Vulcans and Concorde and SR-71s and water bombers dropping water
on burning rafts out on the water. The most amazing one was the two
Harriers that went streaking by, then stopped, did 180 degree turns in the
hover, flew slowly by show center, then stopped and flew BACKWARDS by show
center, then streaked by forward again.



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(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
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I'm pretty sure that planes went supersonic at low level at the air
show at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) in Toronto when I was a
kid....

Depends when you were a kid :-)

A friend's dad took us to the CNE airshow in the 60's (probably '64 or '65)
and I'm sure that a couple of RCAF CF-104's did a low supersonic pass. I
remember that was one of the big things our group of 10 yr olds was waiting
for.

Rob