Off The Page podcast: Snowbirds talk spring training in Comox – Victoria News

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We’re happy this year things are starting to feel back to normal a little bit,” he says on the podcast.

The 2022 show season has already had to be changed slightly, with the cancellation of a handful of shows in the United States to start the show season.

“When we get to Comox, usually the show is almost already done, and we just make sure everything is Spic and Span for the Comox Valley people; they only see the best shows all the time non-stop,” he notes.

Ferris adds that those watching spring training this year may have to change their expectations of the team from previous years, as they will be working on the actual construction of the show and how the individual manoeuvres fit together.

When we’re putting up a manoeuvre, we actually start it a good distance between each jet and as we practise it, we get tighter and tighter until we are up to four to six feet apart from wing to wing.

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