Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Sask. air show organizer reacts to British crash

Many rules and regulations exist for North American air shows, but there is always risk

Sixteen CT-156 Harvard II aircraft fly in a
16-ship formation over 15 Wing Moose Jaw
early in the morning on July 18, 2014.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Brian Swidrovich knows air shows can be dangerous.

"Some of the pilots will obviously try to push the limits of their aircraft to demonstrate what it can do, what it can accomplish in the air - whether it be a jet aircraft or civilian prop aircraft - and sometimes things just don't go the way they planned," said Swidrovich, who has been organizing air shows since 1995.

As the director of the Canada Remembers Our Heroes Air Show in Saskatoon, when he heard about the recent crash in the United Kingdom, he thought of the families of the people affected.

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