Flyby set for first Jets playoff game
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Two CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from Cold Lake, Alta., will fly over the Whiteout street party in downtown Winnipeg before a Jets game Saturday.
The Hornets will fly over the site shortly after 5 p.m., just before the Jets play their first game of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs.
The aircraft will fly over the arena at an altitude of no lower than 500 feet above the highest obstacle on their route.
“Flybys by Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft are carefully planned and closely controlled for public safety, and are dependent upon weather and flying conditions,” the RCAF said in a news release Thursday.
The full schedule for the Jets’ first-round playoff series with the St. Louis Blues was released Thursday. Games 1 and 2 are in Winnipeg, at 5 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Games 3 and 4 in Missouri will be played at 8:30 p.m. on April 24 and at noon on April 27.
Games 5, 6 and 7 — if necessary — will be played on April 30, May 2 and May 4. The times have not been determined.