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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2002-02-13, Page 17Sealed with a kiss Neil Schade and Ruth Sauve seal their sky-high wedding with a kiss. The couple took to the air over Winnipeg to be married last April. Count on Loam's Country Flowers to provide gorgeous flowers & gifts for your wedding • Traditional or Contemporary • Fresh or Silk We will create elegant bouquets, centrepieces & corsages to suit your style and budget. Bridal Registry Rentals Available See iLa at Suacaaat 5th anima Melded EarAilit Sunday, February 24 Luann's Country flowers & Gifts Queen St, Blyth 523-4440 s uxedo Re (see store for details) available locally at I asker's (I uxedos 36 West St. Goderich 519-524-4312 also available at selected stores throughout Southwestern Ontario catalogue available or shop on-line at www.budgowan.com WE MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE CST Party Rentals from A to Z Supplies for your wedding and reception • Backdrops • Ceilings • Linens • Chair Covers • Glassware • Punch Bowls • Champagne Fountain • Centrepieces • Candelabras • Pillars & Columns • Arches & Arbours • Bulk Candles • Wedding & Party Supplies We deliver Decorating service available NJS DESIGN 8c PARTY RENTALS 3rd corner north of Clinton on Hwy. #4 81209 London Rd. 519-482-5184 x0,4i ea thj kit 2(1(12 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002. PAGE 17 ./A;, . 2002 Couple takes to the skies for second wedding By David Blaney Citizen staff The location of the wedding ceremony is one of the first decisions made by a bride and groom. Some couples decide to have a church ceremony. Others parents' homes and gardens. Some couples however decide to start their married life off with a less usual location. Neil Schade and Ruth Sauve were definitely in this less traditional category. The Brussels couple found their ideal location between 12,000 and 13,000 feet above Winnipeg, in a Beechcraft King Air aircraft. The idea of a wedding in the sky had always. been a dream for Schade. His first wife had opted for a traditional church wedding and had turned down his suggestion that a Beechcraft 18 would be the ideal location. When he asked Sauve, however, she was happy to agree. Schade's son, Kent, is the head of maintenance for Skyward Aviation in Winnipeg. When his father inquired if the sky-high wedding was possible Kent immediately went to his employers. They initially offered the plane at half its usual rental price but the owner of the firm quickly decided to provide the craft for free. With the technical details settled all that was left was to literally take off on their new life. On April 21, 2001, with a former naval aviation instructor at the controls, two ministers in attendance and several friends and relatives along for the ride, they lifted off. At 13,000 feet the pilot throttle dthe engines back and went into a gentle glide. As Schade says, "By 12,000 feet we were married." The couple's seats had been reversed so that they were able to face their guests. "It was nice," said Sauve, "everyone could hear every word." Whenever he is asked about the lack of music at the ceremony Schade is quick to tell you that he had all the music he needed, "the hum of two Pratt and Whitney engines." What is ironic about the musical hum was that it came from the two engines, which had been installed in the plane by Kent Schade. Schade admits with a grin that he did not get his own way with all the wedding arrangements. Sauve vetoed his suggestion, that an ideal way to end the ceremony would be a parachute jump. After a landing described as, "smooth as silk" by Schade the couple celebrated their novel wedding at a reception in the pilots' lounge. Sauve has her own take on her unusual second wedding. "Everybody had somuch fun," she says, "it was wonderful." When the couple returned to the hangar the next day to thank everyone for their help, they found another surprise awaiting them. A helicopter pilot who was a friend of Kent Schade took them on a flight around Winnipeg as his wedding present. "He even let me fly the machine for a while," said Schade. "I couldn't have been too bad, Ruth only grabbed the bar once." Their unique wedding proved that a second marriage when you are over 70 doesn't necessarily mean a quiet ceremony in the church parlor. Now one is left wondering what the couple might decide is a great way to celebrate their first anniversary.