The Snowbirds may not be flying north to perform at Armed Forces Day in North Bay on June 16th and 17th.
On the Snowbirds Facebook page, the Air Demonstration team has noted that a mother nature has hurt their training schedule this spring.
“A reduced training period hampered by poor weather which continued into the show season, resulted in numerous cancelled practices. As a result, more training is required before the Snowbirds resume the 2017 schedule.”, said Major Patrick Gobeil, Snowbirds Team Lead.
“We have decided to undertake additional practice and training from our home base at 15 Wing Moose Jaw before returning to our 2017 scheduled air performance season,” he added.
The situation has led to cancellations for three American air shows and two in Canada including Windsor on May 27th and 28th and Fort Erie on May 24th.
“We intend to return to the air show circuit once we have the consistency required for our dynamic nine-aircraft aerobatic performance,” Gobiel continued.
“The Snowbirds thank the air show organizers for their understanding and all our fans for their continued encouraging messages.”
The Snowbirds are still scheduled to be part of the seventh annual event here in North Bay which will include the Skyhawks parachute team along with a CF-18 Demo Team.
