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A problem with the aircraft's emergency ejection parachute has grounded the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.

The Canadian military is investigating after a "possible bird strike" grounded a CF-18 demonstration jet during an airshow Wednesday.

The Snowbirds fly over Greater Victoria on Monday afternoon. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST. July 19, 2021. The Snowbirds fly over Greater Victoria on Monday afternoon. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST. July 19, 2021. The Snowbirds fly over Greater Victoria on Monday afternoon. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST. July 19, 2021. People watch the Snowbirds flyover at Mount Douglas on Monday. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST July 19, 2021 This dizzying photo from a Snowbirds show in 2016 offers a bird's-eye view of Nanaimo Harbour. The team will be flying over the Island on Monday, July 19, 2021, as p...

The flypasts are part of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Operation Inspiration, which started in 2020 but was cut short following a fatal Snowbirds crash in Kamloops. Expect to see and hear the team’s CF-188 Hornet, commonly called the CF-18, as it flies at an altitude no lower than 300 metres above the highest obstacle on its route. At the controls will be Capt. Dan Deluce, an instructor at 410 Tactical Fighter Squadron, stationed at Cold Lake, Alta. After taking off from Boundary Bay Airport in Delta at 1 p.m., he will perform flypasts over Nanaimo, Parksville and Tofino before trave...

Expect to see and hear the team’s CF-188 Hornet, commonly called the CF-18, as it flies at an altitude no lower than 300 metres above the highest obstacle on its route. At the controls will be Capt. Dan Deluce, an instructor at 410 Tactical Fighter Squadron, stationed at Cold Lake, Alta. After taking off from Boundary Bay Airport in Delta at 1 p.m., he will perform flypasts over Nanaimo, Parksville and Tofino before travelling down along the west coast of Vancouver Island to Victoria. He should be over Greater Victoria at around 2 p.m., landing at Victoria International Airport about 2:3...