A concerned citizen has written to point out to me that the Snowbirds, a Canadian acrobatic team whom I saw recently in Victoria, are in peril. Apparently, they are only funded through to the end of 2006 at which time, unless you act now, their jets might be replaced by propellor-driven aircraft or possibly even decommissioned horses from the RCMP.
Now, I've been on some entertaining rides in a Beaver but I can't imagine they'd be as exciting to watch as a jet.
