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What a damper! During the first day of the CNE Air Show yesterday, Ontario's Otters tried to show their firefighting talents on a blazing raft to no a(...)
What a damper! During the first day of the CNE Air Show yesterday, Ontario's Otters tried to show their firefighting talents on a blazing raft to no a(...)

What a damper! During the first day of the CNE Air Show yesterday, Ontario's Otters tried to show their firefighting talents on a blazing raft to no a(...)

Date8/29/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: What a damper! During the first day of the CNE Air Show yesterday, Ontario's Otters tried to show their firefighting talents on a blazing raft to no avail. They had to hail a boat crew-equipped with buckets-to bail them out.
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Whoosh! It's the air show. The CNE air show - a 2 1/2-hour display of 53 aircraft from around the world - kept a crowd of 100,000 spellbound yesterday(...)
Whoosh! It's the air show. The CNE air show - a 2 1/2-hour display of 53 aircraft from around the world - kept a crowd of 100,000 spellbound yesterday(...)
Spremo, Boris
8/29/1969
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/29/1986
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Air show takes off at Ex. A CL 215 soars over Ontario Place at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday (left) while a spectator shade(...)
Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Snowbirds
8/29/1986
A Canadian forces helicopter shows its paces yesterday at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE by lifting a full-size bus. The show, which o(...)
A Canadian forces helicopter shows its paces yesterday at the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE by lifting a full-size bus. The show, which o(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
9/1/1978
The jet set. These Snowbirds-Canadian Armed Forces Tudor jets - are seven of the stars of the CNE's International Air Show. The show, which runs until(...)
The jet set. These Snowbirds-Canadian Armed Forces Tudor jets - are seven of the stars of the CNE's International Air Show. The show, which runs until(...)
Spremo, Boris
9/3/1971
Good weather for flying awaits these Canadian armed forces jets at Trenton air base, which were to take part in the International Air Show at CNE toda(...)
Good weather for flying awaits these Canadian armed forces jets at Trenton air base, which were to take part in the International Air Show at CNE toda(...)
Spremo, Boris
9/2/1971
Pilot and passenger wave from the Breezy as it was readied yesterday for the air show at the CNE
Pilot and passenger wave from the Breezy as it was readied yesterday for the air show at the CNE
Bezant, Graham
9/1/1973
Oops! A jumper from the Canadian parachuting team, Skyhawks, missed the target at yesterday's CNE air show, giving the crowd a little extra for its money as he makes a wet landing
Oops! A jumper from the Canadian parachuting team, Skyhawks, missed the target at yesterday's CNE air show, giving the crowd a little extra for its money as he makes a wet landing
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
9/1/1979
The British Airways Concorde swoops low over crowds sitting on the shore of Lake Ontario during the annual CNE Air Show yesterday. It was the only app(...)
The British Airways Concorde swoops low over crowds sitting on the shore of Lake Ontario during the annual CNE Air Show yesterday. It was the only app(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
9/5/1987
Pilot Murray Kot, 45, yells in delight yesterday as he circled the city in a 1945 PT17D Stearman while preparing for the CNE air show this weekend
Pilot Murray Kot, 45, yells in delight yesterday as he circled the city in a 1945 PT17D Stearman while preparing for the CNE air show this weekend
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/30/1991
Soaring over Lake Ontario are two of the Pitts S-2b biplanes from the Ray Ban Gold Aerobatic Team, part of the International Air Show at the CNE that (...)
Soaring over Lake Ontario are two of the Pitts S-2b biplanes from the Ray Ban Gold Aerobatic Team, part of the International Air Show at the CNE that (...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
9/4/1987
Ready for a practice drop over Trenton yesterday as they prepare for this year's International Air Show at the CNE from Friday to Monday, are four mem(...)
Ready for a practice drop over Trenton yesterday as they prepare for this year's International Air Show at the CNE from Friday to Monday, are four mem(...)
Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
8/30/1977