鈥淗ey dad, what鈥檚 that?鈥�

While flying in a helicopter over Newton on Saturday (April 20), Christopher Johnston鈥檚 son Jacob wanted to know why so many people filled the streets below.

On a fishing trip, the father and son, 9, were flying from Boundary Bay Airport to Stave Lake.

鈥淚 heard about it on the radio, so I remembered what it was,鈥� the pilot said.

性视界传媒鈥檚 massive Vaisakhi Parade was happening below, leading to a fine aerial photo-op for Johnston of the estimated crowd of 550,000.

鈥淲e were bombing along and my son noticed it,鈥� explained the New Westminster resident, a commercial pilot.

鈥淗oly smokes, it was just blocks and blocks and blocks, a sea of people, and it (the parade) caught our attention about five miles away.

鈥淲e did a couple turns and snapped some pics.鈥�

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The parade made for great photos, but it turns out the fishing trip was a bit of a bust, though.

鈥淣ot many fish at all, which isn鈥檛 usually the case there,鈥� Johnston said, 鈥渂ut we saw lots of wildlife so that more than made up for it.鈥�

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