The Canadian CF-18 Hornet flight demonstration team has released their 2007 show schedule. They will attend one air show in the U.S. and one in the United kingdom this year. The rest will be scattered over 6 Canadian Provinces.The CF-18 Hornet National Demonstration Team is part of 410 Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron, based at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. 410 Cougar Squadron began at Ayr, Scotland, on June 30, 1941 as a night-fighter unit involved in the defence of Great Britain. Flying single-engined Defiants, the Squadron was operationally ready in August and moved to Drem, near the Firth of Forth.
June
2-3 Southport, Manitoba
9-10 CFB Bagotville, Quebec
16-17 Ottawa, Ontario
20 Owen Sound, Ontario
23-24 St. Thomas, Ontario
30 Evansville, Indiana
July
1 Evansville, Indiana
7 CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
13-15 RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
28-29 Peace River, Alberta
August
4-5 Lethbridge, Alberta
10-12 Abbotsford, British Columbia
18-19 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
25-26 St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Brantford, Ontario
September
1-3 Toronto, Ontario
8-9 Halifax, Nova Scotia
And don't forget our eighth annual Air Show Guide that will appear in the March 2007 issue of Monitoring Times magazine is getting closer to release. It will be loaded with the latest frequencies (for U.S. and foreign teams), combined schedules, and radio equipment recommendations to make your air show experience an enjoyable and pleasurable one.
The web version of our March guide won't be posted to the MT website until mid to late April. This is done as a courtesy to our subscribers and readers who pay the freight. So get your copy of the March issue from your favorite newstand before it sells out (released in the last week of February). Better yet, get a subscription and don't miss a single exciting issue of Monitoring Times magazine. For more details visit http://www.monitoringtimes.com.
