The Heavy Metal Jet Team, a civilian owned aerobatic group, flies four L-39 Albatros trainers and one Canadair-made T-33 Shooting Star, painted in grey and white. They were a new addition to this year’s Canadian International Air Show.

An A-10 Thunderbolt, nicknamed the Warthog, flies over the air show in Toronto. While it was definitely the ugliest plane at the show, it put on an impressive display of manoeuverability and sound, making a fear-inducing roar as it descended toward its target.

A Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet roars along the Toronto waterfront as part of the 2011 Canadian International Air Show. This year the CF-18 was painted to honour our troops’ families.

There’s always that “goosepimple” moment when watching the air show, and this is it for me: seeing the lights of the Snowbirds head-on.

Always a treat to see, the Snowbirds – the Canadian Air Force aerobatic demonstration team – take to the sky over Toronto yesterday.