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Silent air show star
Silent air show star

Silent air show star

Date9/2/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Silent air show star: A glider pilot for more than 40 years, Oscar Boesch is known as the Silent Man of the Canadian International Air Show, a feature of the Canadian National Exhibition for 33 years. A Luftwaffe fighter pilot in World War II, he flew 120 missions.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003340F
The jet set. These Snowbirds-Canadian Armed Forces Tudor jets - are seven of the stars of the CNE's International Air Show. The show, which runs until(...)
The jet set. These Snowbirds-Canadian Armed Forces Tudor jets - are seven of the stars of the CNE's International Air Show. The show, which runs until(...)
9/3/1971
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
Flying team prepares for air show, Precision flying team, the Canadian Reds, fly past CN Tower in preparation for Canadian International Air Show open(...)
Flying team prepares for air show, Precision flying team, the Canadian Reds, fly past CN Tower in preparation for Canadian International Air Show open(...)
8/31/1976
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
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
Good weather for flying awaits these Canadian armed forces jets at Trenton air base, which were to take part in the International Air Show at CNE toda(...)
Good weather for flying awaits these Canadian armed forces jets at Trenton air base, which were to take part in the International Air Show at CNE toda(...)
9/2/1971
Greatest of ease: The U.S. Air Force aerobatic team, the Thunderbirds, above and at right, ended the perfectly executed show of air dynamics at the Ca(...)
Greatest of ease: The U.S. Air Force aerobatic team, the Thunderbirds, above and at right, ended the perfectly executed show of air dynamics at the Ca(...)
9/2/1988
U.S. Army's Silver Eagles air precision team dazzles spectators at the Canadian National Exhibition's annual air show, which began yesterday and ends (...)
U.S. Army's Silver Eagles air precision team dazzles spectators at the Canadian National Exhibition's annual air show, which began yesterday and ends (...)
9/3/1976
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
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(...)
8/29/1980
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
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