Elliott Bowles and Jordan Cogan came north for the day after a friend came across information online about the Duluth Air and Aviation Expo. They were excited to see the Blue Angels perform during the airshow, but they were there to see everything, they said. Bowles, who has his pilot’s license, said it’s fun to be around an airport. He tries to get up in a plane often, but he hasn’t since he moved to Minneapolis last year. “I think going up in an airplane gives you a really good perspective of the ground below. You can get deep with that, think about life and all that,” he said with a laugh. “It’s a very peaceful way to see the world from a new perspective. It’s fun to do.” As a Canadian SkyHawks member floated toward the ground with a large Canadian flag waving in the wind to the tune of “O Canada,” two other members were performing acrobatics in the sky that involved floating upside down. Once on the ground, the Canadian SkyHawks — Canada’s military parachute team of 14 jumpers based in Trenton, Ontario — went into the crowd to roll up their parachutes. A father pointed out [...]