15 WING MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have officially released their 2010 show schedule.
During the 2010 season, the Snowbirds are scheduled to participate in over 33 air shows in 30 locations, proudly telling the Canadian Forces story through their inspirational flying. As ambassadors of the Canadian Forces and Canada, the team will travel as far North as Anchorage, Alaska, as far South as Daytona Beach, Fla., as far West as Victoria, B.C. and as far East as Halifax, N.S. June 12 and 29 the Snowbirds will be in Victoria, B.C. and Halifax, N.S., respectively to celebrate the Centennial of the Navy.
During the team's 39-year history, the Snowbirds have performed in about 2,195 air shows, before almost 135 million spectators.
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds' mission is to represent the skill professionalism and teamwork of the Canadian Forces and to inspire Canadians to consider an exciting career in Canada's military. This schedule is subject to change without notice and is weather permitting, for everyone's safety.
Stay tuned to the MMP blog and check the Milcom Blog Guide to Airshows section on the right hand side of this blog for links to other schedules and field reports from readers during the airshow season.
April
April 24 Final Practice
April 28 Acceptance Show
May
May 01-02 Canadian Aviation Expo - John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, ON http://www.canadianaviationexpo.com/
May 08-09 Thunder Over Niagara - Niagara Falls International Airport, NY http://www.thunderoverniagara.com/
May 13 SB: MasterCard Memorial Cup - Brandon, MB http://mastercardmemorialcup.com/
May 15-16 Neepawa Air Show 2010 - Neepawa Airport, MB
June
June 05-06 Borden Canadian Forces Day - CFB Borden, ON http://www.airshows.aero/OrgProfile/1945
June 12 Victoria Navy, BC
June 19-20 Waterloo Aviation Expo & Airshow - Kitchener, ON http://www.waterlooairshow.ca/
June 24 St George, NB
June 26 Charlo Airport, NB
june 29 Halifax Navy, NS
July
July 01 Canada Day
July 04 Vintage Wings of Canada - Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, QC http://www.vintagewings.ca/
July 09 Calgary Stampede - Calgary, AB
July 21 Dawson Creek Airshow - Dawson Creek Airport, BC http://www.tourismdawsoncreek.com/event_airshow.php
July 24 Yellowknife International Airshow - Yellowknife Airport, NT
July 31-August 1 Arctic Thunder Air Show 2010 - Elmendorf AFB, AK http://www.alaskaairshow.org/
August
August 04 Wings Over Whitecourt Airshow - Whitecourt, AB
August 07-08 Wetaskiwin Air Show - Wetaskiwin, AB http://www.westaskiwinairshow.com/
August 13-15 Abbotsford International Airshow - Abbotsford, BC http://www.abbotsfordairshow.com/
August 21-22 Windsor International Air Show - Windsor, ON
August 25 Bagotville Airshow 2010 - Bagotville, QC
August 28-29 Val d'Or International Airshow - Val d'Or, QC
September
September 01 Brantford Airshow 1010 - Brantford, ON http://www.brantfordairshow.com/
September 04-06 Canadian International Airshow - Toronto, ON http://www.cias.org/
September 07 VandenBos Airshow - Ontario
September 11 Nova Scotia International Air Show - Shearwater, NS http://www.nsairshow.ca/
September 18-19 US National Championship Air Races - Stead Field Reno, NV http://www.airrace.org/
September 25-26 Chico Air Show 2010 - Chico, CA http://www.chicoairshow.org/
October
October 01-03 MCAS Miramar Airshow - MCAS Miramar, CA http://www.miramarairshow.com/
October 09-10 Daytona, FL
October 16-17 Wings Over Marietta - Dobbins AFB, GA http://www.dobbins.afrc.af.mil/
October 22-23 Year End/40th Gala
Don't forget to checkout our eleventh annual MT Air Show Guide that will appear in the March 2010 issue of Monitoring Times magazine. 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.
We are also running special issues throughout the season with aero and LMR frequency profiles at each military base the team will perform at. The first of those base profiles will be in the February issue of MT in our monthly Milcom columm.
The electronic web version of our March Air Show Guide won't be posted to the Monitoring Times website until late April to early May. This is done as a courtesy to our subscribers and readers who pay the freight. So get your copy of the March issue before it sells out when it is released in the last week of February. Better yet, get a year's subscription (available in print and electronic versions) and don't miss a single issue of Monitoring Times magazine.