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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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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(...)
9/5/1987
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(...)
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(...)
8/29/1986
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(...)
8/29/1969
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(...)
9/1/1978
Arthur Avila, 8, zooms in for a real closeup of an RAF Torondo at the CNE air show yesterday
Arthur Avila, 8, zooms in for a real closeup of an RAF Torondo at the CNE air show yesterday
8/31/1991
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
9/1/1979
The expressions on the faces of the crowd watching the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday tell it all
The expressions on the faces of the crowd watching the Canadian International Air Show at the CNE yesterday tell it all
9/2/1983
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
8/30/1991
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
9/1/1973
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(...)
8/30/1977
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 (...)
9/4/1987