CIAS, AKA the Air Show, 2015 [Review + Photos]

By: Lyndsay Brown

This year marks the 66th CIAS (Canadian International Air show) held at the Toronto Exhibition during Sept. 5, 6, & 7^th 2015 CNE. The Air Show had a similar line up as last year with the fan favorites like: Canadian Forces Snowbirds, and Mike Wiskus & the Lucas Oil Pitts Special.  On Sept. 5, 2015 the Air show was interactive with much to do on the event grounds, as there was to watch in the air.

First, things you notice at the event grounds besides the Food tent, were the product tents such as: the huge BREITLING JET TEAM tent featuring BREITLING WATCHES and the JET TEAM, Porter Flying Refined, and theCanadian Forces Snowbirds etc.  For people of all ages the most exciting tent for folks to admire and/or appreciate the pilots was the USAF F-16 VIPER DEMO TEAM as a crew  was on site; before the Air Show started I got a change to meet the crew, takes pictures, and ask a few questions. There were adults and kids alike playing with foam toy Airplanes on the event ground... but, the planes and Jets in the air are the main attraction.

It seemed to me that the Air Show made improvements this year by featuring less big cargo planes, and replacing them with nonstop action from a variety of Jets.  One exciting part of the show looked like it could have been from the ‘Mission Impossible’ movie, when a Helicopter does a rescue stunt for the crowd.  Overall the show was ‘cool’ experiencing: the sparks, the smoke, the loud engines, of course the cool tricks, music during the show, stories about the pilots, facts on jets, and much more!  See the photos HOOKEDUPB MAG took on Sept. 5, 2015 at the CIAS, below: 

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