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T UESDAY , A UGUST 10, 2010
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. . . we’ve had wonderful shows before and we’re going to have a fabulous show again this year. – Ron Price CEO
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It’s 48th Abbotsford Airshow takes off Friday
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R
on Price has been around the Abbotsford International Airshow for so long, it’s tough to pinpoint just one specific memory that stands out. Price, the airshow’s president and CEO, has been involved in the landmark event for more than 30 years, and with the 2010 edition set to begin Friday at the Abbotsford International Airport, he’s more than willing to share those special moments from the past three decades. One that will forever stick out in his mind
was back in 1989, them to come here. when the Soviet “The community has always been “The group of peoUn i o n m a d e a n welcoming to whoever comes here . . .” ple they brought, it appearance at the was really fascinating. airshow. – Ron Price It was fabulous, and “It was a wonthis community really derful moment,” opened its arms to said Price, noting the Berlin Wall was still them.” standing as the single greatest symbol of That year, the Russians wowed spectators the ideological battle between East and with the Mig-29 Fulcrum, an SU-26M aeroWest. batics plane, a Ka-32 helicopter, and the “It was a tremendous experience and my An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft. great privilege to go to Moscow and recruit Despite political tensions between
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