Canadian Wildfire Smoke Cancels Blue Angels Performance In Nebraska

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Typically, when the Blue Angels are forced to cancel a demonstration, it’s due to rain or low clouds. However, on Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska, the cancellation was due to smoke. To be able to perform, the Blue Angels must have at least three nautical miles of visibility horizontally from the designated show center point. Saturday… Read more

Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Airshow Canceled For 2016; Snowbirds To Perform At New Show In Georgia Instead

Citing sponsorship issues, the 2016 edition of the Wings And Waves Air Show in Daytona Beach, scheduled for October 8-9, has been canceled. In an interview with the Daytona Beach News Journal, Bill Hampton, senior VP for external relations and chief marketing officer for ERAU said “We just simply didn’t fill (the airshow) with the… Read more

Milwaukee Air & Water Show Canceled In 2016; Looking Ahead To Blue Angels In 2017

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The Milwaukee Air & Water Show will not take place in 2016, according to an announcement made today. Organizers are ‘postponing’ the show until 2017, when the US Navy Blue Angels are scheduled to appear at the event. At one point the show was going to feature the Blue Angels this year, but after some… Read more

Eastern Townships Airshow (Bromont, Quebec) Canceled in 2016

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The Eastern Townships Airshow (ETAS) in Canada has canceled plans for a 2016 event. The show was scheduled to be held in Bromont, Quebec this August 20th and 21st. The Snowbirds and CF-18 Hornet demo team were scheduled to attend. A local news article in French (translation by Google here) announced the cancellation last week.… Read more

Blue Angels Add Sacramento, Drop Aurora On 2016 Schedule

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There has been a slight change to the US Navy Blue Angels’ 2016 schedule today. The October 1-2 weekend, which had been held by the Rocky Mountain Airshow in Aurora, CO, has been taken over by the California Capitol Airshow in Sacramento, CA. The Aurora show has been shown on the ICAS calendar as canceled… Read more

CANCELED: 2015 Biplanes and Triplanes Show

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Due to inclement weather being in the forecast for this weekend, the 2015 Biplanes and Triplanes airshow at the Military Aviation Museum in VA Beach,VA has been canceled. The museum announced the cancellation on Tuesday citing the long term weather forecast. Organizers said that rainfall from Tropical Storm Jaoquin and a direct crosswind on their… Read more

Soggy Parking Fields Force Warbirds Over Hondo to Cancel Airshow

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Due to saturated grounds limiting the available parking, the Warbirds Over Hondo airshow scheduled for tomorrow, May 16, has been cancelled. The show, located west of San Antonio, TX, searched for alternatives to their grass parking lots, but no location was found and show organizers were forced to cancel the show. Kyle Franklin and various… Read more

Wings Over Wasaga Airshow (Wasaga Beach, ON) Cancels For 2015

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The 2015 Wings Over Wasaga airshow, scheduled for July 4-5 in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, has been canceled. The announcement was made in a press release distributed today by the organizing committee. In the release, committee co-chair Martin Campbell explained that “Despite the best efforts of many hardworking people it has become apparent that we will… Read more