By Win Wachsmann. Once again the skies over Abbotsford will thunder with the sounds of antique warbirds as well as Canadian Forces planes.
The ever present Snowbirds and the CF-18 hornet demo highlight this year’s event.
The Smoke and Thunder Jetcar with its 10,000 HP Westinghouse jet engine from Castle, Washington will light up the main runway and show the crowd how fast a “car” can go.
For those whose tastes are toward the quieter elements, the show features the Skyhawks – the Canadian Forces Parachute Team and Manfred Radius in his whispering sailplane that does some amazing maneuvers.
Vintage planes of all shapes and sizes will be on static display.
The actual schedule is as follows:
11:00 OPENING Skyhawks Flag Jump/Anthems
CF Combined Forces Tac Demo Griffon, 2x CF-18 Hornet
11:30 Langley Museum of Flight
Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Truck
Extra 300S/ Eagle 580 Aerobatics Demo
12:00 Kent Pietsch – Interstate comedy
Extreme Firebirds 2-ship Demo
12:30 Manfred Radius – Salto Sailplane Aerobatics
Merlin Magic – Spitfire & P-51 Demo
13:00 Kent Pietsch – Trucktop Landing
CF Skyhawks – streamer drop
442 Squadron – SAR Demo
13:30 Rob Holland – MX2 aerobatics
CF Skyhawks
14:00 Greg Colyer – Acemaker T-33 aerobatics
Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Truck
14:20 Warbird Group
The 4CE – four ship Demo
15:00 CF-18 Hornet Demo
Kent Pietsch – Deadstick Routine
15:30 CF Snowbirds Demonstration Team