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| Permanently grounded London, ON December 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
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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Abstraction at the airport, January 2024
Airport at rest, March 2023
Reflecting beside the jetway, February 2023
Words on an airport wall, January 2023
When giant planes disappear forever, November 2020
London welcomes you home, December 2019
Staring at a shiny airport floor, November 2019
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