WELCOME
Welcome to the Vanderhoof International Airshow website! Here you will find everything related to the Festival of the Summer in 2020! Please have a look around, provide us your feedback but most of all, come see the show!
BECOME A PARTNER
An event such as this could not take place without the support and generosity of our Corporate Partners. If you, or your business, are interested in becoming a sponsor, please click the link below to connect with us with us or to request a sponsorship package.
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
The Vanderhoof International Airshow could not happen without our volunteers. If you want to fly, be a vendor or help out in any way, we want to hear from you. Crazy, wild, thrilling and out of this world. Be a part of it!
Online Ticket Sales will begin soon!
Not one, but two days of thrilling entertainment, the famous "Hangar Party" and more!
Our 2020 World Class PerformersThe performers for the 2020 airshow listed below. Click for more details!
Jodi Rueger
We asked Jodi Rueger what led her to become an Airshow and Airline Pilot.
“What made me want to get into flying? – when I was twelve, I wanted to be older to drive. I helped my dad build a go kart I used to race around in, I like heights and wanted to travel – so airplanes looked really cool.
My parents couldn’t afford flying lessons. I joined Air Cadets and earned a scholarship for a private pilot license through them. I attended Sault College to earl my Commercial License, multi engine and Instrument ratings and an advanced diploma in Aviation.”
I then became a flight instructor and aerobatic instructor in British Columbia. I haves taught on 48 different types of aircraft and flown 80 types.
I currently fly the Boeing 737 for a major Canadian airline.
I found many role models along the way including my fiancé Sean, who I met camping beside the runway at aerobatic competitions borrowing airplanes. He has been a coach and great friend through everything.
Sean recently proposed by having me flip the airplane upside down with a ring tied to a string on his parachute, so it flew up to eye level when we hung upside down. (in a Pitts S2E)
I also participate in competition aerobatics in the intermediate class in a Pitts S1S and am the President of the Aerobatic Club of BC, and Chair on Aerobatics Canada.
What do I do when I’m not flying? I enjoy training dogs. (mine knows how to fetch a beer from the fridge) art – painting, editing video for YouTube/Instagram (username Quotafiller)
I am proud to represent my sponsors:
Avian Watches – who donate 10% of profits to teaching under-privileged youth about aviation
Flightflix – A fellow airshow professional who creates metal FAA approved camera mounts for aircraft.
The Aircraft
The Vans RV6 is a homebuilt kit plane, modified to have inverted fuel, oil and recently added airshow smoke system. The engine is a Lycoming 360 180hp with a fixed pitch propeller. The aircraft’s top speed is 210 mph and it is rated +6, -3 G’s
This aircraft is a general aviation airplane leased from the owner who did HER private pilot license training in it I will be training her for her commercial license in it.”
CF-18 Demonstration Team
We are thrilled to announce that the RCAF CF-18 Demo team will be tearing up the skies over Vanderhoof this summer!
Meet your 2020 CF-18 Demo pilot, Captain Daniel “Delouse” Deluce! You can catch Delouse and the team this August 1st and 2nd, Right here in the ♥ of BC. Stay tuned for more announcements in the coming days!