By the time I learned the evacuation sequences for a media flight at the Abbotsford International Airshow Thursday, I was already strapped tightly into an aircraft.
I was in a borrowed flight suit, grinning like mad, and locked firmly in the back of the two-seated Acemaker T-33 Shooting Star. For those unsure about these things, yes, it’s a fighter jet.
Used in the Korean War 70 years ago, it’s one of my favourite aircraft to watch in flight.
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