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Snowbirds on anniversary high. Nine-plane Canadian aerobatic team, spotted practising over the Toronto skyline yesterday, celebrates its twentieth ann(...)
Snowbirds on anniversary high. Nine-plane Canadian aerobatic team, spotted practising over the Toronto skyline yesterday, celebrates its twentieth ann(...)

Snowbirds on anniversary high. Nine-plane Canadian aerobatic team, spotted practising over the Toronto skyline yesterday, celebrates its twentieth ann(...)

Date8/31/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Snowbirds on anniversary high. Nine-plane Canadian aerobatic team, spotted practising over the Toronto skyline yesterday, celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year with an intricate manoeure debuting at the Ex today in honor of the Silver anniversary of the Canadian flag. The formation's called Maple Leaf Burst.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003317F
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