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or as long as he can remember, Case Grypma has been obsessed with flying. “It’s absolute freedom. It’s kind of hard to put into words. You’re getting away from everything. It’s really an escape. You’re up in the sky, you don’t have to worry about ditches or oncoming traffic. There’s time for intense concentration—take offs and landings— but you really get a sense of wonder. You go back to your childhood where everything is new and perfect.” Grypma has been flying planes for the last 40 years. Licensed as a commercial pilot as a teenager, he ultimately went on to work as a bush pilot in the north and to fly commercial airliners,
mostly in and out of the Kootenays. But his favourite aviation experience isn’t even his own. “The most intense and exciting experience was standing on the ground watching my 16-year-old son fly solo for the first time. Being there, watching that, and that sense of ‘wow, he’s doing something that’s so amazing, that very few people will ever experience’,” he said. “It’s hard to describe.” Grympa now wants to replicate that experience for the Nelson community. As chairman of the upcoming aviation showcase on Saturday, August 2, he wants to install a passion for aviation in the future generations that will be lined up on the tarmac. “It’s a really fun, family grassroots aviation event. It’s not like a huge inter-
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national show like Abbotsford. People come right out on the tarmac. They talk to the pilots, sit in the airplane. They’re literally meters from an old World War II training airplane,” he said. The show will feature aerial performances by eight pilots, including Bill Carter, John Mrazek and Peter Herzig. The aircrafts will begin arriving on Friday evening on August 1, and the event begins at 8 a.m. Saturday with a pancake breakfast. “The setting here is spectacular,” said Grypma. “Centre stage is right over the lake front, from Lakeside Park to the mall to the airport there’s no bad seat. You could be on your verandah on Mill street and have this beautiful aerial performance right in front of you, with the mountain right behind.”
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Grypma said aviation is an integral part of the Nelson community. “Nelson has always been a very airminded community. As a matter of fact, the very first air show occurred in 1912 at the site of the aquatic centre parking lot. It was an American pilot by the name of Walter Edwards. He came in from Portland, Oregon and did a fantastic show here.” Ever since then, aviation has been closely linked with development in the area. “The airport was originally constructed by volunteers and the city of Nelson in 1946 and it’s been operating consistently since then. It’s become a gateway to Nelson” he said. Continued on Page 3
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