Abbotsford International Airshow 2023

AirshowHawk · Post by **AirshowHawk** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 12:27 am

JA Boomer basically echo’d my experience!

People movers were great this year with very minimal wait. My only complaint (or constructive criticism

) is the lack of the usual water tankers spraying down routes where the people movers and pedestrians frequent. Can’t blame anyone for that really though as I hear the reason they weren’t active was because of the water restrictions currently implemented by the city. Very dusty and dirty and at times had me washing my face and eyes just so I could see.

What a great weekend! I know Dave Reith reads this forum so I want to personally thank him for listening to the concerns echo’s here in the past. Your first year as president has been great!

JA Boomer · Post by **JA Boomer** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:07 am

Any air crews go home after the Sunday show?

lukas97 · Post by **lukas97** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:11 am

Beo cruising around on a wet Thursday! Lots of vapor! I'll have her full demo up tomorrow.

JA Boomer · Post by **JA Boomer** » Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:26 am

My imagination, or did the F-15 pilot have a lot more fun flying on Sunday versus Saturday - more afterburner passes?

@Wingnut, you missed the two-ship Growler AGAIN, didn't you? One seemed to go technical early in the Sunday display?

Wingnut · Post by **Wingnut** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:57 pm

JA Boomer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 5:26 am @Wingnut, you missed the two-ship Growler AGAIN, didn't you? One seemed to go technical early in the Sunday display?

haha yup, missed it again. i think they got 2 passes in before one had to pull off. maybe next year!

And for the show:
The parking was unreal. no issues at all, no waits in and no waits out. a MASSIVE improvement from last year and previous. Well done to everyone involved!
So cool it was sold out all 3 days AGAIN. thought last year was just going to be a post-covid anomaly.
What a great show. Went Friday and Sunday. both great. The hiccups with the growlers and the unfortunate snowbirds situation were nothing the organizers had control of. The show was a good mix of warbirds, military and civilians.
LOVED the static line this year, especially Friday when the polaris and the cc177 were still there.
One of the best shows ever. Looking forward to next year already

lukas97 · Post by **lukas97** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:51 pm

Here is Beo's full performance from the twilight show!

JA Boomer · Post by **JA Boomer** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:29 pm

Does anyone have video of the F-15s departure on Monday? The second bird kicked up dust in the berry field to the east of the runway, lol.

Bingofuel · Post by **Bingofuel** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:03 pm

Really enjoyed the show, especially Friday and Saturday. Sunday was quite hot and seemed bit disjointed, mainly due to airliner interruptions.

Never seen the Ericsson collection flown that way, the 3 ship tailchase they put on is incredible! And having a Granley at the controls of the P-40 was a treat, he definitely got the most out of that airplane.

Growler demo is excellent, already seeing some awesome shots from the twilight show. F-35 is always impressive.

NORAD demo was pretty cool, very different to see an F-15 basically cutting off a light aircraft in mid air, and always great to watch an F-15 doing low passes. That'll never get old.

Ken and Roy did elude to the possibility of a European team appearance for next summer. I believe the Italian team is doing a NA tour. Excited to see what they can line up for next year!

And really hoping Airline traffic by 2024 doesn't suffocate the show down to 1 performance per hour in Abbotsford