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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Silver Star on a stick

Permanently grounded
London, ON
December 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram


This photo pairs with the smeared-windshield abstract I shared earlier today. Same general scene, different focus.

We’re looking at a CT-133 Silver Star. Once used as the primary jet trainer for Canada’s air force, this particular example now serves as gate guard at London International Airport.

(Fun fact: it was built in an historic factory just a few blocks away from my old high school - albeit years before I was born.)

It feels somewhat inglorious for a once-mighty aircraft to be mounted on a pylon at the edge of a parking lot so pigeons and seagulls can have their way with it.

But even vaunted technology comes with an expiry date, and it’s always a comforting moment when we return from far away and see “our” plane waiting for us in its customary spot just outside the terminal.

We should all have certain somethings - and someones - to watch over us no matter where we may be headed. Because guardian angels aren’t just found at airports.

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Related:
Airport at rest, March 2023

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