Look in the sky. It’s a bird, bee or a jet.
It’s a second year without the Canadian National Exhibition — but aviation fans will be thrilled to know the Canadian International Air Show will return on Labour Day weekend.
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds and several other aircraft, including a P-51 Mustang, CF-18 Hornet and a F-35 stealth warplane) will take to the air on Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, September 5 between noon and 3:00 p.m.
There will be no separate airshow zone for spectators, but there will be two ways to see the aerial display: you can find your way to a spot anywhere along the 14kms of viewing space along Lake Ontario shoreline between the Humber Bridge and Billy Bishop island airport, maintaining social distancing, of course.
Or you can watch at home.
For those who go in-person, parking will be available at Ontario Place and Exhibition Place and public transit is available as always.
The 2021 show will also celebrate the Snowbirds’ 50th anniversary and commemorate Captain Jennifer Casey, who was killed in a Snowbirds crash in Kamloops, B.C., in May 2020.
Some Humber Bay residents are already complaining about the impending traffic delays and congestions by those attending the air show.