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 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 2:30 p.m.
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 2:30 p.m.
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American tourists spend 70% more than Canadian tourists, while overseas visitors spend 133% more
Author of the article: Lisa Cordasco
Publishing date: Jul 10, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 8 minute read • Tourists aboard a horse and carriage ride as it passes the B.C. legislature on July 6. As COVID-19 numbers continue to drop in the province and around the country the provincial government has eased restrictions allowing tourism to slowly returning to Victoria. Photo by Chad Hipolito /PNG
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VICTORIA Hoteliers, tourist attraction operators and downtown Victoria merchants are welcoming the return of the summer tourist season, but they’re bracing for a trickle, rather than a flood, of visitors this year.
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