Abbotsford International Airshow Video Clips
1989 - 1991

The video clips below are taken from the Abbotsford International Airshow (1989 - 1991), mostly from the arrivals on Thursday and departures on Monday as well as some unique airshow performers. I have tried to pick out only the unique clips, the sort of things you don't see every day, or perhaps just from a perspective that you wouldn't normally see. Most clips run about 15-20 seconds and are around 1.6-2.2 MB. All the clips are taken from my dad's home videos.

Abbotsford 1989

An-225 Mriya performs in North America for the first time 1.4MB 20s
An-225 again; one of the most impressive demonstrations ever seen at Abbotsford 1.6MB 25s
An-225 performs a touch and go; incredible 2.8MB 31s
Another flyby by the F-4 Phantoms from the Oregon Air National Guard. This was the last year for the Oregon Phantoms. 1.0MB 26s
Two F-15 Eagles and an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Nellis AFB arrive at Abbotsford 0.8MB 13s
The Snowbirds land overhead in three formations of three aircraft 2.2MB 26s
Jim Franklin in a flat inverted spin in his Waco Mystery Ship. This clip is one of my favorites mostly due to the very energetic commentary from Johnny Kazian. 1.8MB 40s

Abbotsford 1990

Two A-10s depart from Abbotsford 1.1MB 15s
AH-64 Apached departure flyby 0.6MB 9s
Blue Angels delta formation 0.8MB 12s
Nice formation pass of three CF-5 Freedom Fighters 1.0MB 15s
E-2 Hawkeye high speed pass 0.4MB 6s
Nice pass of one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world 2.0MB 25s

Abbotsford 1991

Su-27 Flanker takes to the air to commence its first demo in Canada 1.2MB 18s
Mig-31 Foxhound flyby. To the best of my knowledge, this was the only North American appearance ever made by the MiG-31. 0.7MB 12s
Sunset arrival of one of two Il-76 Candids at Abbotsford '91. Both Il-76s were on static display2.0MB 24s
Canadian Airlines 747 slow speed pass 1.6MB 17s
F-117 Nighthawk makes its first Canadian appearance (flyby) 1.2MB 16s
F-117 touches down in Canada for the first time 1.0MB 12s
Impressive flyby of a B-52 from left to right... 2.0MB 27s
...and then directly overhead 2.1MB 33s
Head-on, low altitude high speed pass of a KC-135 (1.2MB 19s
Another flyby of the KC-135, low and fast, this time with the refuelling probe extended 1.60MB 22s
E-2 Hawkeye high speed pass 0.5MB 7s
Bud Granley lands in his Fouga Magister 0.7MB 9s

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