Photo Gallery: Snowbirds thrill a record crowd at ‘Birds and Brews’

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds perform during the Birds and Brews airshow at the Columbus Municipal Airport in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

The excitement was at full throttle Wednesday evening as Canada’s national military flight demonstration team took to the skies above Columbus Municipal Airport.

Throngs of spectators packed the airport in lawn chairs and sat at tables inside hangars to watch the Canadian Forces Snowbirds perform a series of aerobatic maneuvers in several different nine-plane formations. Airport director Brian Payne said attendance was “way more than we have ever had before” for an event at the airport.

“We filled all the parking lots,” he said.

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