Jets, vintage planes take flight over Ottawa this weekend

UPDATE: The flypastson Monday were cancelled due to inclement weather.

Keep your eyes on the skies above Ottawa this weekendas dozens of planes take flight in an impressive show of aerobatics.

Starting Friday until Sunday,from noon to 4:45 p.m.,the Canadian Forces CF-18 demonstration team and a United States Armed Forces A-10 will fly over the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport as a part ofthe Aero Gatineau-Ottawa air show, along with several other groups.

These flights will mark the return of the popularair show after a two-year hiatusdue to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 60 aircraftwill take part, both on the ground and in the air.

On Monday, following Queen Elizabeth II's memorial ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Ottawa, CF-18 Hornets, along with a Second World War-era Spitfire and Hurricane from Vintage Wings of Canada, will fly past Parliament Hill and Wellington Street to mark the historic occasion.