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The Abbotsford International Airshow is held annually on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday in August at Abbotsford International Airport in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. It is Canada's largest airshow. In the mid-1970s, Abbotsford was designated as Canada's National Airshow by Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau. It features both military and civilian aircraft from Canada and the United States, and on occasion military aircraft from other countries such as Britain, Germany (2000), and Russia. The average annual attendance of 125,000+ people makes it the largest air show on the West Coast of North America. ==History== The airshow was started in 1962 by the Abbotsford Flying Club. The show experienced continuous growth through the 1960s and 70s. The 1986 show was conducted in conjunction with Expo 86, the Vancouver world's fair. This saw the inclusion of several European teams like the Patrouille de France and the Frecce Tricolori to the traditional participants...as well as the behemoth six engine Soviet-Ukrainian Antonov AN 225...which is still holds records for pay load weight and size. In 1989, the show set a three-day attendance record of 321,000 people. Post Cold War defence cuts affected the attendance of military teams and aircraft throughout the 1990s. Poor financial management resulted in the annual show being canceled in 1998 and returning in 1999. In 1994 Dan and Loretta Newall got married before the start of the show, the first wedding in the 33-year history of the show. The "I do's" were almost inaudible due to the Harriers taking off six minutes ahead of schedule. The wedding cake was shared with people around the wedding site. CTV gave them five minutes of air time on the news. In 1995, while the Abbotsford Airshow included an arms trade aspect, Project Censored Canada rated it as the 8th most censored news story of the year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All The News You Didn't Year: Project Censored's Top 10 List )〕 The trade expo saw delegates visit from countries such as the United States and Saudi Arabia to inspect and purchase weaponry. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2002 was a significant accomplishment; it was a milestone year while airshows across North America were threatened with cancellation due to high insurance costs after 9/11. In 2014 it was named one of the ten best airshows in the world,〔USA Today Feb 2014 & tenbest.com〕 and also held a twilight show for the first time. In December 2014 the airshow won a prestigious Silver Pinnacle award from the International Council of Airshows.〔ICAS www.airshows.aero〕 In 2015 the airshow is continued the highly successful twilight show and had the Breitling jet team from Europe, perform its first Canadian show ever. In addition the airshow hosted the USAF F-22 Raptor for the first time.〔Abbotsford Airshow & abbynews.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbotsford International Airshow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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