The Snowbirds’ CT-114 Tutor jet engines roared over Saskatchewan for the last time on Oct. 16, as the nine-plane team performed a final demonstration for friends and family who support them behind the scenes.
The performance at 15 Wing Moose Jaw marked the team’s final aerobatic display of the season with the 63-year-old Canadian-built jet, although a Grey Cup flyover in Calgary on Nov. 15 remains on the schedule.
The squadron livestreamed the performance as a thank-you to Canadians for nearly six decades of support. The annual event is normally closed to the public.
Team lead Maj. Maciej (Match) Hatta led the pilots through manoeuvres at 500 kilometres per hour about 100 metres off the ground….