Abbotsford International Airshow 2022

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Nightmare22
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Post by Nightmare22 » Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:25 am

Waka Photography wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 3:31 am Anyone else waiting for the riddle answers? :lol:
Ask and you shall receive but before I reveal the answers I want to say what a great show that was and despite the mass amount of cancelations it went off spectacularly. Jim did a great job putting together a wonderful show for the 60th anniversary.

If an interesting looking cloud appears then you might want to look out for Grizzly's (This is referring to the P-8 Poseidon since he was the God of Storms and Grizzly's are referring to 2 Growlers from NAS Whidbey Island)

Hopefully, the storm clears by nightfall and a Nova is seen overhead (Nova is a NATO E-3)

The show is shaping up well and if this is Blackjack then the show has 21 and it'll be anarchy. (Blackjack, 21 and Anarchy are all referring to the RAF Eurofighter demo which had to cancel due to logistics since the RAF are using a lot of heavy support aircraft during the war effort. The would've brought an RAF C-17, A330 MRTT and C-130 as support as well as extra Eurofighters that I'll explain further down)

May the Griffons soar above the Thunderbolts, high where Artemis lives. (Griffons are F-15C's from California ANG which were replaced by F-15C's from the Oregon ANG, Thunderbolts are F-15E's from Mountain Home and Artemis aka Diana are RNLAF F-35's)

My segue has been ruined and from the ashes rises a Phoenix. (For my second riddle I was going to hint at the French Air Force MRTT but that got ruined since the airshow announced it)

Did Grus come out and take a peak? (Grus is a Luftwaffe A400 and I'm not too surprised no one got this. I realize it might've been too hard. Basically Grus is a Crane Constellation and Crane is a callsign for the A400. Also, Cranes and Storks are similar and the Stork is in the A400 Squadrons logo. Peak is an F-16 callsign used by the Colorado ANG)

I see there's some lover of the cards and everyone knows 21, Apollo got too close to the sun. (This was hinting that Blackjack was near cancelation and the Eurofighters that were coming with it had cancelled)

Speaking of, his twin seems to have been found out and maybe the beast that flies above. Before she comes to the show, she'll need a shower. Keep climbing Mount Olympus. (This is also about someone guessing the RNLAF F-35 and California F-15C's correctly. The shower is referring to Dirty Diana which was a special on one of the squadrons F-16's before they transferred to F-35's. Keep climbing Mount Olympus was meaning good job and keep going guessing right answers)

You all appear to know your clouds and Thunderbolts too. Prepare to be Shocked. (Again, F-15E's from 389th Fighter Squadron out of Mountain Home and their slogan is Shock Em')

I enjoy clowning around and writing these. (Clown is a callsign used by the KC-135's from the Alabama ANG)

Now, all this talk of mythology makes me want to go sip the Liquor of the Gods while I watch the Orcas as I extend back in my chair. (Liquor of the Gods is Cognac which is a callsign for French Mirages that were supposed to come over with the tanker. Orca is a KC-10 callsign from Travis AFB. I also threw in there extend back or KC-10 Extender)

Skål Everyone. (Danish F-35's from the 308th Fighter Squadron. Same one as the Dutch)

Lots of good guesses and some bullseye's (Bullseye is another callsign used by F-16's from the Colorado ANG)

As the rozzer's are on scene and anarchy is dispersing, might they follow the same way as Apollo. (This is when Blackjack fully cancelled because logistics weren't going to work)

As you keep navigating with your eyes, to the night sky and you see the Phoenix with the Nova, keep looking for Grus. (Luftwaffe A400 again)

You found Artemis dancing in Thunderbolts but Zeus is not around, might there be a God of Thunder. (This is CF-18's. The God of Thunder is Thor and Thor is a CF-18 training callsign)

Speaking of Gods, their liquor is delicious and I need to get more soon. Whale watching seems to be popular. (Noting that the Mirage guesses were correct and so was the KC-10)

None of these riddle have anything old, only new. With that, for now, I will bid you adieu. (All this was saying is there was no warbirds in any riddles)

Artemis and Poseidon are now known, will the grizzlies follow? (At this point it was uncertain if the Growlers were going to come)

The twilight show will hopefully be spectacular, maybe we will see the Northern Lights with Grus and Ursa Minor. (Northern Lights aka Aurora and the CP-140 was scheduled to perform, Grus is again Luftwaffe A400 and Ursa Minor was indeed the CC-150 Polaris as Polaris is the top star in Ursa Minor)

Of course, it's going to be stormy that weekend with fury of Odin there will be lots of thunder and lightning, I wonder what other weather we will have? (This was referring to CF-18's as Odin is also one of their callsigns and at the time the show was looking to see if they could get Typhoons from Germany since they cancelled their Tornados very early in the year.)

It could be hot so make sure you guys drink lots of water otherwise you might hallucinate. (When someone hallucinates due to lack of water it's called a Mirage so again a Mirage hint)

Anyway, sorry to cut it short but I'm taking my Mastiff's up to the Castle this weekend in my Jeep and I need to start packing. (Mastiff is a Rafale callsign, Castle is not only an RAAF A330MRTT callsign but also F-35 callsign and Jeep is a KC-135 from the Michigan ANG. The Rafales were to come with the tanker and Mirages. The RAAF F-35's were to come down from Alaska with the special painted KC-46 from the New Hampshire ANG and since the Alabama KC-135 cancelled the Michigan one was to replace it)

I had fun at the Castle last weekend, as did my Dogs however my Jeep broke down. (RAAF F-35's, Dog is a callsign used by VFA-125 F-35C's and the Michigan ANG KC-135 cancelled)

If I can't then I hope you all sit back with a Beer and enjoy the show!! (Beer is a VRM-50 CMV-22 callsign)

As you can all see the show tried to go above and beyond but world events happened and cancelled a lot of things that were planned. That's the world of airshow and hopefully next year everything works out for the best. I'm glad you all enjoyed these riddles and I'm sorry for getting hopes up but cancelations are out of all hands. I want to make sure everyone knows that I do not speak for the show and they didn't have any involvement with my actions to leak this info. Now onto Abby 2023.
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Post by JA Boomer » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:58 pm

I'm a right that 2022 was the only Abby out of the past 20 shows that had military aircraft displays from four different nations?
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