Not everyone loved the CF-18 jet flyby over Molson Stadium during Als’ game – Montreal Gazette

Published on: June 22, 2017 | Last Updated: June 22, 2017 9:59 PM EDT

CF-18 painted in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary. Derek Heyes / RCAF via Twitter

People at the Montreal Alouettes Molson Stadium home game, hosting the Saskatchewan Roughriders, were treated, at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, to a fly over by the CF-18 Demo Team, in honour of Canadas 150 anniversary.

We cant say if everyone in the stands was impressed, but social media was aflutter with complaints from residents who didnt know what to make of the roaring.

Shes a pretty one, one Reddit user wrote, linking to the red painted jet, but others were less impressed.

I thought a commercial plane was crashing on my house, another wrote.

Over on Twitter, our own Montreal Gazette editor Steve Faguy observed: Another fighter jet flyby another few hundred complaints

I live on University, corner Milton. I almost hid under my bed!@BuhNwa tweeted.

The Canadian Forces Facebook message about the event said: The Canada 150 jet will fly over the stadium at an altitude no lower than 500 feet above the highest point of their route, before resuming a higher flying altitude for the return trip to 3 Wing Bagotville, Que. Flybys on Canadian Armed Forces aircraft are conducted in support of special events and are carefully planned and closely controlled to ensure public safety at all times.

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