ROTHENBURGER: It’s getting harder and harder to justify keeping Snowbirds in the air
THE BIG ANNUAL Abbotsford International Airshow wrapped up yesterday, without its star attraction.
The Snowbirds aerobatic team is out of action again, thanks to a malfunction in one of its Tutor jets that stalled after take-off in northern B.C., forcing the pilot into a dangerous return to the runway. Fortunately, he was uninjured, but the jet was damaged.
That resulted in the grounding of the entire Snowbirds team while the cause is investigated. It’s only the latest in a long history of malfunctions and incidents involving the Tutor CT-114.