{"id":5991,"date":"2025-10-12T22:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:37:29","slug":"canadian-snowbirds-air-show-thrills-san-francisco-fleet-week-spectators-despite-no-blue-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=5991","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Snowbirds air show thrills San Francisco Fleet Week spectators, despite no Blue Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) &#8212; <\/span>Did you hear it? That roar of jet engines over San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Fleet Week Air Show continued over the city&#8217;s waterfront Saturday. This year, no U.S. Military planes could take part due to the government shutdown, but spectators still enjoyed the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is the biggest party in San Francisco the whole year,&#8221; said Glenda McGovern from Healdsburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The party may be a bit smaller this year on San Francisco&#8217;s Marina Green but lots of spectators showed up to look up to the sky for the Fleet Week Air Show. It&#8217;s scaled down this year due to the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We are here with the kids, have a good time. I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s going to be, no Blue Angels,&#8221; said Juan Mendoza from Richmond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">MORE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/san-francisco-fleet-week-2025-canadian-navys-hmcs-nanaimo-arrives-bay-area\/17980682\/\">Canadian HMCS Nanaimo, Snowbirds arrive for SF Fleet Week: &#8216;Glad to be there for our partners&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The Blue Angels are not going to be here, but do you know what? Canada&#8217;s Snowbirds are here,&#8221; said Maria Pereira from Orinda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds stepped up as the star attraction and impressed the crowds with some daredevil stunts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It&#8217;s really awesome. We didn&#8217;t expect to be like this, spectacular. It&#8217;s more than what we expected,&#8221; said Tina Chung from Pleasanton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Still, some small businesses, like Cochinita, were hoping for more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Right now, business is slow. Usually, this time last year, we had a big line of people coming by for food, burritos, tacos. Seems slow this year,&#8221; said Charlie Islas from Cochinita Food Truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">MORE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/san-francisco-fleet-week-iconic-event-scaled-down-amid-government-shutdown-not-canceled-heres-look-changes\/17965885\/\">SF&#8217;s Fleet Week scaled down amid government shutdown, but not canceled: Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s different<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If you want a Marine drill sergeant on your case, check out Fleet Fest at Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf. Business leaders are pivoting with the weekend street party, featuring local military recruiters and lots of classic cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We&#8217;re hopeful. We&#8217;re trying to manage expectations. Last year, thousands of people showed up. We expect a lower turnout, but people are excited to come,&#8221; said Bri Maughan, executive director of the Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf Community Benefit District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I love it. I&#8217;m so happy people showed up, even though the government is shut down. It&#8217;s wonderful. I come every year. Even with the fog, I still come,&#8221; Pereira said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If you missed the action Saturday, there&#8217;s still time to look up. 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This year, no U.S. Military planes could take part due to the government shutdown, but spectators still enjoyed the show. &#8220;This is the biggest party in San Francisco &#8230; <a title=\"Canadian Snowbirds air show thrills San Francisco Fleet Week spectators, despite no Blue Angels\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=5991\" aria-label=\"Read more about Canadian Snowbirds air show thrills San Francisco Fleet Week spectators, despite no Blue Angels\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Canadian-Snowbirds-air-show-thrills-San-Francisco-Fleet-Week-spectators.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5993,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions\/5993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}