The two latest additions to the flying display at Duxford's Battle of Britain Airshow in September are the IWM's Spitfire Mk Ia 'N3200' and the Hangar 11 Collection's Mustang 'Tall in the Saddle'.
13.07.19
A French Navy Emb121AN Xingu has been added to the statics. Joining the NATO flypast is a French Air Force KC-135R tanker aircraft
11.07.19
Two gazelles from the Gazelle Squadron will display on Saturday & Sunday. The Strikemasters will display as a solo on Thursday & Friday and as a pair on Saturday & Sunday.
11.07.19
The final addition to the display schedule for this year's Flying Legends is ARCo's Westland Lysander.
10.07.19
The initial line-up for the July Evening airshow has been published. It is on their web site, here.
10.07.19
Two impressive additions to the line-up this year are Antonov AN-2 'Annie' (landing and taking off from the beach if permitted) and Rich Goodwin.
09.07.19
The Norwegian Spitfire Foundation's Sea Fury is due to fly on all four days. At the weekend (Saturday and Sunday only) Rich Goodwin, the MiG-15 and the T-33 are all due to display.
09.07.19
Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, has advised that, all being well, the F35B “role demo” will involve fast and slow passes, finishing with a decel to hover and pedal turn, before the aircraft returns to RAF Marham.
08.07.19
Latest aircraft added to the Flying Legends Airshow displays is a fifth Buchon, ‘White 5’, G-AWHR
05.07.19
A pair of Piper Aircraft Corporation L-4 Grasshoppers (G-BECN – G-BMKC) have been added to the flying displays at Flying Legends
05.07.19
Aircraft Restoration Company's Spitfire Tr9 G-CCCA 'PV202' is the latest and 14th Spitfire to be added to the Flying Legends Displays
04.07.19
A technical problem with one of the BBMF aircraft has reduced the number of Hurricanes expected at the Shuttleworth Military Airshow from 8 to 7
04.07.19
Richard Goodwin and The Blades have been added to the flying displays. The US Navy F/A-18s and Lithuanian Mi-8 have been removed from the static displays.
04.07.19
Twilight evening flights at the Clacton Airshow this year will be from the Tigers Free Fall Team, The Fireflies and Brendan O'Brien's Otto.
04.07.19
Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers have been added to the displays at Flying Legends.
03.07.19
Breitling has decided to ends its sponsorship contract with Apache Aviation. Full news story.
02.06.19
The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight J29 Tunnan has replaced the Saab J35 Draken at the Southport Air Show. The full line-up is on their web site.
02.06.19
The Patrouille de France have now been confirmed for flying displays at RIAT on Friday and Saturday. There will also be French Army Aviation Puma and Gazelle on static display.
02.06.19
Supermarine Spitfire IX (G-LFIX) is the thirteenth Spitfire and latest aircraft added to the 2019 Flying Legends Airshow.
02.06.19
Qatar Emiri Air Force C-130J-30 Hercules and C-17A Globemaster III have been added to the statics. Heliops Sea King, HHA Hunter and Martin Baker Meteors have been cancelled. The RCAF_ARC C-130 Tac Demo has been changed to a flypast.
01.07.19
30.06.19
Another Dakota for Flying Legends. Aces High's DC3 (N147DC) makes it four (if you count the BBMF one which has been confirmed by the BBMF but not yet by the show)
29.06.19
Additions to the flying list at the Southport Airshow: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Sat & Sun), Aerosuperbatics WingWalkers (Sat & Sun) and Otto the Helicopter (Fri, Sat & Sun)
28.06.19
More flying displays have been added to Duxford's September airshow. Now flying are the BBMF, Great War Display Team, 2 Spitfires, Sally B, a Yak 3 and a Yak 9.
28.06.19
Saturday is a sell-out at RIAT 2019. Friday and Sunday tickets are currently still available.
28.06.19
The twelfth Spitfire to be announced for Flying Legends 2019 is Mk Ia G-AIST
28.06.19
As well as one from the BBMF, 2 more Dakotas, Historic Flight Foundation's DC3 (N877MG) and Dakota 'Drag-em-Oot', will be at Flying Legends on July 13th & 14th.
27/8.06.19
Another flying display addition at this year's RIAT is the Airbus Defence A400M
27.06.19
17 static aircraft have been confirmed for this year's Air Tattoo. They include the Qatar C-17 Globemaster and C-130J Hercules and a debut from the Embraer Super Tucano. Click this text to see the rest on the show's list..
27.06.19
Two Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms will be on static display at this year's Air Tattoo.
26.06.19
Unfortunately, the scheduled appearance of the DH-9 at the Shuttleworth Military Airshow has been cancelled. The De Havilland DH-9, E-8894 (G-CDLI) will make its airshow debut at this year's Flying Legends.
25/26.06.19
RCAF CC-130J-30 Hercules tactical demo is now a flypast at the RN International Air Day, Yeovilton.
25.06.19
Tiger 9 have been added to the displays at the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight. There are now nearly 50 aircraft scheduled to display.
25.06.19
The Norwegian Spitfire Foundation's Hawker Sea Fury T20 and the Aerosuperbatics WingWalkers have been added to the flying displays at the Bournemouth Air Festival.
23.06.19
Italian Air Force P-72A, multi-mission maritime aircraft, will make its Royal Navy International Air Day debut at Yeovilton this year. It joins the Italian Navy P180M on static display.
22.06.19
Gravity Industries' Jet Man will fly at the Royal Navy International Air Day, Yeovilton.
21.06.19
The eleventh Spitfire to be announced for Flying Legends is Spitfire Ltd's Griffon-powered Mk XVIII SM845 (G-BUOS).
21.06.19
The AT 6D Texan will replace the Sea Fury T20 at the Weston-Super-Mare Air Festival. The Sea Fury has an oil leak.
21.06.19
The Saab Viggen, Saab Draken and Gazelle Squadron will display on Saturday and Sunday. The Tigers Parachute Display Team will display on all 3 days.
20.06.19
A P180M Avanti from the Italian Navy will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Air Day, Yeovilton
20.06.19
The latest additions to RIAT are all RAF statics. They are: Grob Prefect, Phenom 100, Hawk T.2 ,Sentinel R.1, C-130J Hercules and Typhoon FGR.4. Previously confirmed from the RAF are: Hawk T.1A, Puma HC.2, T-6C Texan T.1 and Voyager KC.2/3.
20.06.19
The following aircraft will be joining the static display at the RN International Air Day: Sea Harrier FA2 (Royal Navy), F-4K Phantom FG1 (Royal Navy), Sea Vixen FAW2 (Navy Wings), Reliant I (Private), Bristol Scout (Private)
19.06.19
Ultimate Fighters' Spitfire, Mustang, Thunderbolt and Buchon will display as a quartet at the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight.
18.06.19
The Vintage evening due to be held at the IWM Duxford on 22nd June has been cancelled. The organisers say it is because of 'a combination of challenges outside of our control'.
17.06.19
A Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Air Day, Yeovilton.
17.06.19
The latest addition to the flying schedule at Flying Legends 2019 is Spitfire MkVc G-LFVC
14.06.19
The RAF Cosford Air Show in 2020 will be on June 14th
13.06.19
The Irish Air Corps will bring a C235, the Pakistanis a C-130 and the Polish Navy will provide an An-28 Bryza, all for the static display at RIAT 2019
13.06.19
The Swedish Draken, Ultimate Fighters foursome and Canadair T-33 'Silver Star' are amongst the top displays announced for the Bournemouth Festival of Flight.
13.06.19
A Fairey Barracuda WWII Fleet Air Arm torpedo bomber is being recovered from the Solent, 75 years after it was lost in September 1943.
11.06.19
'Mayfly', the DC3 from Aces High, will perform a special display with Sally B at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels.
11.06.19
Hawker Fury and Hawker Hurricane from Ultimate Fighters will fly as a pair at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels
11.06.19
Plane Sailing's Catalina has been added to the flying displays at Flying Legends11.06.19
The Red Arrows will perform a flypast on Saturday at RIAT with one of the special liveried Boeing 747 aircraft, painted in its 1952-1974 British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) scheme.
10.06.19
Mk XVI Spitfire TD 248 is the ninth and latest Spitfire to be added to the Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford on 13th & 14th July.
10.06.19
A Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR has been added to the Air Tattoo flying display. C-27J Spartan added to static display
08.06.19
The proposed details of the Birthday Flypast are on the RAF web site. However, because of the expected weather conditions, some aircraft, such as the BBMF, may not fly
07.06.19
A Hawker Hunter F58A from Hawker Hunter Aviation and an EC135 from the Irish Air Corps have been added to the static display. A Lithuanian Air Force L-39 Albatross has cancelled.
07.06.19
Abingdon Air and Country Show will have a new theme in 2020. It will be a Helicopter meet. The proposed date is 16th May 2020.
06.06.19
These statics were added on 6th June: Army Air Corps Apache; Royal Air Force T-6 Texan; C295M from Finland; A400M & C160D from Germany and the US Navy adds a P-8A Poseidon.
06.06.19
Eight Hawker Hurricanes have now been confirmed for the Military Airshow at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, on July 7th.
05.06.19
Two F/A-18E Super Hornets from NAS Lemoore will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Air Day.
05.06.19
Joining NATO E-3A AWACS will be F-16AM fighters from Belgium; Eurofighter EF2000s, A400M and Tornado strike aircraft from Germany; F-16s from Denmark; USAF F-15 aircraft from RAF Lakenheath and possibly Typhoons from the RAF.
04.06.19
The latest aircraft added to the Flying Legends Airshow flying schedule is an 8th Supermarine Spitfire: Tr.9 (G-CTIX)
03.06.19
Bader's Bus Company (three Piper PA-28 Warriors each flown by a disabled pilot) is the latest addition to the flying schedule at the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight.
03.06.19
Supermarine Spitfire PRII PL983 has been added to the flying schedule at the RAF Cosford Air Show next Sunday
02.06.19
Seven DC3s / C-47s were on static display at the Shuttleworth Flying Festival. They did not display but did fly out in sequence during the show. The nine are listed on the show page
31.05.19
A late addition to the flying programme at the RAF Cosford Airshow are the Global Stars, who will be making their show debut.
31.05.19
The Fireflies will not be displaying at the Torbay Airshow. They had been due to fly both days.
31.05.19
The US Air Force will send a B-52H and a KC-135. The RAF will bring a Voyager tanker and a BAE Systems Hawk T.1. There will also be a PC-21 from QinetiQ
30.05.19
Three more statics from the Fleet Air Arm Museum for the Royal Navy International Air Day are the Sea Hawk FGA6, Wasp HAS1 & Sea King HAS5.
30.05.19
The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide has been added to the flying display as part of the Women in Aviation theme
30.05.19
The Airco DH9 WW1 bomber, which made its maiden post-restoration flight on 13 May 2019, is expected to make its first public flight at the IWM Vintage Evening on 22nd June. Also expected to be there are the Spitfire Mk. Vb, Hurricane Mk XIIa, Nimrod II, Hawker Fury and Fokker DR.I Triplane.
30.05.19
Additions to the flying lineup: Little & Large, Sea Fury and Hurricane from Ultimate Warbirds, Mustang 'The Shark' and the Turbulent Team.
28.05.19
The Black Cats (solo) will display and 4 CHF Merlin transport helicopters, 2 Hawk jets and 2 maritime Wildcats are confirmed for the Commando Assault Finale.
28.05.19
Ultimate Warbirds' Ultimate Fighters will make their airshow debut at this year's Flying Legends.
28.05.19
The Italian Air Force has confirmed a C-27J Spartan, HH-149A & HH-101A and an A-200 Tornado, all for static display.
27.05.19
The schedule has been published for the Guernsey Air Display: Channel Islands Air Search, Team Raven, Bader's Bus Company, Richard Goodwin and Red Arrows. Timings on their web site.
26.05.19
Hispano Buchon ‘Yellow 10’ G-AWHK is the fourth and latest aircraft added to the Flying Legends display schedule.
26.05.19
A third Buchon, Hispano HA-1112-M4L Buchon "Red 11" (G-AWHC), is the latest participating aircraft added to the Flying Legends Airshow displays.
25.05.19
The Royal Air Force have confirmed F-35B for flypasts on Friday & Saturday at RIAT. There will be two other (as yet unrevealed) special flypasts at RIAT on Sunday
24.05.19
Two Spanish Navy Harriers will be at the Royal Navy International Air Day, Yeovilton: one in the flying displays and a second on static display.
24.05.19
A T-33 'Shooting Star' from the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron has been confirmed for the Southport Airshow
24.05.19
An updated schedule of aircraft due to fly each day is now on the shows web site (and ours).
22.05.19
The Army Historic Flight Auster, Beaver, Sioux & Scout will display at the Royal Navy International Air Day on Sat 13 July. An Army Air Corps Apache has also been added to the static displays.
22.05.19
Five Harrier aircraft will be on static display at the RAF Cosford Air Show on Sunday 9th June 2019
21.05.19
Anglian War Birds' North American AT-6C Texan (Harvard IIA), a genuine WW2 fighter trainer marked in the colours of the US Navy, has been added to the flying list at the Royal Navy International Air Day.
20.05.19
Spitfire Mk IXb 'MH434' G-ASJV is the 7th and latest Spitfire to be added to the flying displays at Flying Legends
20.05.19
Torbay Airshow have published provisional timeslots for their air displays on 1st & 2nd June
19.05.19
Falmouth week this year will include a new mini-airshow with three displays beteen 17.45 and 18.45, featuring the Strikemaster pair, the Blades and the Wingwalkers.
17.05.19
Seven naval aircraft of four types have been added to the static line-up at Yeovilton: Hawk T1, Avenger T1, Sea King HU5 and 3 Gazelles.
17.05.19
Republic P47 Thunderbolt 'Nellie', T-33 Shooting Star (Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron), Strikemaster Mk82A G-SOAF, Wildcat Aerobatics, The Blades, Bronco, Fireflies, Tigers Parachute Display Team & Royal Navy Wildcat.
17.05.19
Italian flying displays confirmed: FrecceTricolori, F-2000A Typhoon, C-27J Spartan & T-346A Master. New statics confirmed: Austrian AF C-130K Hercules, Belgian AF ERJ/135/145, Belgian AF F-16AM, Hungarian AF JAS-39C Gripen, Canadian CC-130J/H Hercules & CP-140 Aurora.
16.05.19
The Lysanders from the Shuttleworth Collection and the Aircraft Restoration Company are due to fly together at the Shuttleworth Collection's May evening airshow.
15.05.19
Three aircraft with French Naval connections will display at Yeovilton: a Breguet Br.1050 Alizé sub-hunter, a Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr trainer and a Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris trainer / light communications aircraft.
15.05.19
The F-15E Strike Eagle will fly wing-to-wing with a P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang to commemorate D-Day 75 at the Duxford Air Festival. The rest of the flying programme is now on the show's web page.
14.05.19
Hawker Sea Fury T.20 WG655 (G-INVN) is the latest aircraft to be added to the displays at the Flying Legends Airshow on the 13-14 July 2019.
14.04.19
The Blades have been confirmed flying on Saturday and Sunday at the Southport Airshow
10.05.19
The USAF will have a CV-22B Osprey in the flying display and another on static. Also from the USAF on static will be an MC-130J Commando II, C-17 Globemaster & F-15E Strike Eagle. The US Navy will have a E-6B Mercury on static.
10.05.19
Airbourne regulars, the Tigers Parachute Display Team, have been confirmed for a return to the Eastbourne show in 2019.
09.05.19
A revised schedule for the F-16 Viper Demonstration Team includes RIAT on 19-21 July. The Finnish Air Force F-18 has also now been confirmed.
09.05.19
The first Royal Navy display has been confirmed for the Royal Navy International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton: a combined Maritime Role Demo by a pair of Wildcat HMA2 and a Merlin HM2.
08.05.19
The latest participating aircraft added to Flying Legends 2019 is North American P-51D Mustang G-SHWN 'The Shark'
08.05.19
The Catalina has been added to the flying schedule at the Wales Airshow.
07.05.19
Aerobatic additions: Pitts Special 'G-VOOM' appearing for the first time & Phil Burgess in his Rhin DR-107 One Design aircraft.
07.05.19
The show has released a statement via social media and elsewhere confirming that the 2018 show was the last show in its recent form. From next year the show will be a Country Show with expanded fly-in and pleasure flights but no flying display.
06.05.19
The D Day Squadron, part of the Tunison Foundation, are bringing at least 12 C47s to Prestwick en route the D Day anniversary celebrations at Duxford and Normandy. The aircraft will be at the former HMS Gannet site on 25th May. There is also a special evening / night viewing. Bookings through https://www.tsia.scot.
06.05.19
One of the Folland Gnats from the Gnat Display team will fly at the Midlands Air Festival and there is a hint that it may fly in formation with other aircraft.
06.05.19
The Weston Air Festival will include 'Balloons on the Beach' this year. Up to 30 balloons will take off from the beach during the evenings of 22nd and 23rd June.
06.05.19
There are now six Spitfires on the flying schedule at Flying Legends following the addition of Historic Aircraft Collection's MkVb 'BM597'.
04.05.19
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a 'N3200' is now on the flying list for the Duxford Air Festival
03.05.19
One, possibly both, of Europe’s only airworthy Gloster Meteors, and the BAe Systems Anson, will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Air Day.
03.05.19
The RAF Falcons have published their programme for the year up to the end of July.
03.05.19
Air Leasing's Hispano Buchón 'Yellow 7' has been added to the static display in the Vintage Village at the RAF Cosford Air Show.
02.05.19
Some of the aircraft in the flying displays will land and/or take off from the strip within the showground, including the Fournier RF4, Silence Twister, Autogyro, Westland Wasp, Brendan O'Briens Cub, Stampe Display Team and the Wingwalkers
01.05.19
The BAe Systems Avro C19 Anson, usually based at Old Warden, will be on static display at the RAF Cosford Air Show in the World War II themed village.
01.05.19
An RAF F-35B will make its debut at the Royal Navy International Air Day this year. It will not perform a full display, but will make slow and fast flypasts.
30.04.19
The Breitling Jet Team have a few displays in the UK already this year and have now been confirmed for the Royal International Air Tattoo.
30.04.19
These aircraft have been removed from the original, provisional, flying schedule: Hawker Demon, Parnall Elf, SE5A, Avro Anson. The Albatros had also been removed from the list some while ago. See the previous news item for aircraft added to the schedule.
29.04.19
The latest revision of the flying schedule adds: a 2nd Cessna Bird Dog, Southern Martlett, Avro 504K, Bristol M1c, Dragon Rapide and Eon Primary glider. Also, Bell 47 G-MASH will be on static display.
29.04.19
The Strikemaster, Great War Display Team and Team Raven have been added to the already-listed Red Arrows, Chinook, Tutor and BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire & Hurricane.
29.04.19
Ultimate Warbird Flights have formed a display team comprising their P-47 Thunderbolt, Grace Spitfire, Mustang 'Contrary Mary' and Buchon 'Red 11'. The new team was announced in a trailer published on Facebook.
27.04.19
Eleven Austers, a Nanchang CJ-6A, L-3B Grasshopper and O-1A Birddog are the latest additions to the static line-up at the Royal Navy International Airshow in Yeovilton
26.04.19
The Sea Fury T20 from Navy Wings, making its first display of the 2019 season, is the latest addition to the flying schedule at the RAF Cosford Air Show.
26.04.19
Richard Goodwin has revealed the design of his new Jet Pitts. An illustration and details are on Richard Goodwin's web site.
26.04.19
Aircraft Restoration Company's recently restored Lysander, Sally B, The Fireflies and Brendan O'Brien and the latest additions to the flying schedule at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels.
25.04.19
Recent additions to the flying schedule are: The Strikemaster pair, The Blades, Mustang 'Contrary Mary' and a trio of Miles Aircraft trainers. An RAF Hawk T1 and the Martin-Baker Meteor will be on static display but not flying.
25.04.19
Aces High's DC3 / Skytrain will display at the Old Bucks Airshow and will land. It will be one of the largest aircraft to land there for a very long time.
25.04.19
An AW159 Wildcat, BAE Systems Hawk T.1, Merlin HM.2 and King Air 350 from the Royal Navy will all be on static display.
25.04.19
The latest addition to the flying schedule at Duxford's Flying Legends Airshow is Hispano HA-1112-M4L Buchon "White 9" (G-AWHH).
25.04.19
Displays: RAF Tutor, Fairey Swordfish, Historic Army Aviation Flight pair, Gazelle Squadron pair, BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane.
An Army Apache will also make a flypast.
24.04.19
Flying at Torbay will be: The Red Arrows, RAF Typhoon, RAF Tucano, RAF Chinook, BBMF Dakota, Spitfire, Hurricane, The Blades, Tigers Freefall Team, Twirlybatics, Strikemaster, Black Cats and Fireflies.
24.04.19
JAS-39 Gripen solo flying display from the Swedish Air Force and 2-seat example on static. A fourth German Air Force EF2000 & a Slovenian PC-9M Swift on static.
23.04.19
The Polish Navy has published its 2019 airshow participation schedule. The only UK show listed is RIAT, which has been allocated a PZL M28B-1R on static, but this has not been confirmed by the show.
23.04.19
Jet Provost T3 in the colours of the RAF Red Pelicans display team plus two more flying in formation. On static: Jet Provost T1, T3, T4, Strikemaster and Piston Provost.
23.04.19
The fifth and latest Spitfire to be added to the Flying Legends line-up is PRXI PL983 (G-PRXI)
22.04.19
The Norwegian Spitfire Foundation Sea Fury will join their Mustang at the Midlands Air Festival.
The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity will be exhibiting their Airbus Helicopter H145 at the RAF Cosford Air Show this year’s Air Show.
19.04.19
The Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 will display at RIAT for the third time in 3 years. Another will be on static as will a Ukrainian Il-76 transporter.
18.04.19
As part of Swansea’s 50th anniversary celebrations there will be a dusk display from 8.30pm on Saturday, with hot air balloons, night-flying aerobatics and fireworks.
18.04.19
The Navy Wings Swordfish Mk 1 'W5856' & Sea Fury T.20 'VX281' will be flying at the Royal Navy International Airshow, Yeovilton
18.04.19
The Navy Wings Swordfish Mk II 'LS326' & Sea Fury FBII VR930 will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Airshow, Yeovilton
18.04.19
Westland Wasp HAS1 'XT420' will join the previously announced Navy Wessex for the opening flypast at the Royal Navy International Airshow. The Wasp will then display.
18.04.19
The 2019 display schedule for the Polish Air Force Aerobatic Team, 'Team Orlik' has been published. No UK displays have been listed.
18.04.19
Paul Stone has taken over from Dodge Bailey as Chief Pilot at the Shuttleworth Collection.
18.04.19
A Leonardo Merlin HM2 Royal Navy airborne submarine hunter is the latest addition to the helicopter static display at the RAF Cosford Air Show.
18.04.19
The Albatros, which had been billed to fly at this year's Shuttleworth Season Premiere, is no longer in the flying display list.
17.04.19
Navy Wings have announced that their Sea Fury T20 has been added to the flying displays and the show has announced that an RAF Puma HC2 will be in the static displays at the RAF Cosford Airshow.
17.04.19
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia (G-CFGJ) is the latest addition to the flying displays at Duxford's Flying Legends
16.04.19
A C-17A Globemaster III from the United States Air Force is the latest addition to the static displays at the Royal Navy International Airshow, Yeovilton.
16.04.19
Hispano HA-1112-M4L Buchon "Yellow 7" (G-AWHM) is the latest addition to the flying schedule at this year's Flying Legends.
13.04.19
Over 80 aircraft and 5 tethered balloons are due to appear at the Abingdon Air and Country Fair.
13.04.19
The RAF Typhoon Display Team have issued their 2019 display schedule, intitially via their social media.
12.04.19
A pair of Fairchild Argus aircraft will be at the RAF Cosford Airshow as part of the ‘Women in Aviation’ theme, one flying and one static.
12.04.19
The Finnish Air Force has published its display team schedules for 2019. They have listed their F-18 Hornet to display at RIAT but no other UK displays are scheduled for the F-18, the Midnight Hawks or the other Finnish Air Force teams
12.04.19
The Lithuanian and Slovak Air Forces will both send C-27J Transport aircraft for the static display at this year's RIAT.
11.04.19
Headcorn's Battle of Britain Airshow have published their flying display programme for both Saturday and Sunday 6th & 7th July.
10.04.19
The Belgian Air Force will have two SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 training aircraft at the RAF Cosford Air Show. One will make a flypast. The other will be on static display in the NATO 70th Anniversary area.
10.04.19
A debut by the RAF Typhoon has been added to Rhyl's displays, which also include the BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane, the RAF Tucano, Team Raven, Steve Carver and The Royal Logistic Corps Silver Stars Army Parachute Display Team.
09.04.19
The Slovak Air Force's first ever contribution to the RAF Cosford Air Show will be one of their LET-410 transport aircraft on static display in an area dedicated to celebrating 70 years of NATO.
09.04.19
Additions to the flying displays include a two DC3s, the P-47D Thunderbolt, Mustang 'Contrary Mary', the Bronco, Wingwalkers, Turbulent Team and Little & Large
09.04.19
The Army Air Corps Apache and the RAF Chinook have now been confirmed as flying by the show, which has also added an Army Air Corps Wildcat AH.1 and an RAF Puma HC.2 to the static display.
09.04.19
Patrouille de France have listed RIAT as their only UK display in 2019.
09.04.19
Richard Goodwin, the Strikemaster pairs display, the Tigers Parachute Display Team and The Blades have been added to the Dunsfold W&W line-up.
09.04.19
The Rafale Solo Display Team have published their calendar for the 2019 season. There are not currently any UK dates.
08.04.19
Red 3, Flt Lt David Simmonds, injured his knee playing football and will be unable to fly with the Red Arrows in 2019. His place will be taken by Flt Lt Mike Bowden, the 2018 Red 9, who will return for a 5th season.
08.04.19
Once again, the Soloturk team have issued their 2019 schedule via a YouTube video. There are not yet any UK dates but there is a 6-week gap in the schedule where RIAT and other major shows could fit.
06.04.19
The Black Cats are returning with a solo Wildcat display for 2019. Their programme takes them to just six public UK shows: Torbay, Yeovilton, Sunderland, East Fortune, Bournemouth and Southport.
05.04.19
Four more RAF teams are confirmed flying at RIAT: the RAF Typhoon Display Team, the Shorts Tucano & Grob Tutor display teams and the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
05.04.19
The RAF Cosford Air Show have confirmed that the Belgian Air Force A109 Display Team will be in the flying displays.
04.04.19
The German Navy will have a Sea Lynx and P3 Orion on static display. QinetiQ will have on static a A109E helicopter and their RJ70.
04.04.19
The Belgian Air Force F-16 solo display aircraft 'Dark Falcon' has new tail art to celebrate this year's 40th anniversary theme.
03.04.19
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight have published their 2019 display schedule for all aircraft including the Lancaster and the Dakota.
03.04.19
These are the 2019 public displays listed for the BBMF Lancaster
03.04.19
The Red Arrows have released their 2019 display schedule. Click this text to see it.
01.04.19
The map shows where the The Red Arrows are listed as displaying in the UK in 2019.
27.03.19
Daedalus, the Hellenic Air Force’s T-6A Texan II Team, will make its UK flying display debut at the Royal International Air Day, Yeovilton
01.04.19
The Bristol Blenheim has been added to the flying displays at the Flying Legends Airshow
01.04.19
The Red Arrows have been confirmed as displaying at the Weston-Super-Mare Airshow
01.04.19
The RAF Tucano Display Team have released their 2019 display schedule
01.04.19
The Tobay airshow have announced that the Red Arrows, Eurofighter Typhoon, Tucano and BBMF will all display at the show on 1st & 2nd June
01.04.19
The Guernsey Air Display has been moved from its usual September date to June 6th for 2019. The Red Arrows will be the headline display
29.03.19
'Team Daedalus' from the Hellenic Air Force will make their UK display debut at this year's RIAT.
29.03.19
The new Teignmouth Airshow has been allocated three RAF displays for their event on 6th July: the Eurofighter Typhoon, RAF Falcons and a BBMF Spitfire.
29.03.19
The German Air Force will provide two Tornados, three Eurofighter EF2000s and an Airbus A400M for the static display at RIAT
28.03.19
At the Southport Airshow, the RAF will fly:
Typhoon (Fri, Sat, Sun)
BBMF Dakota, Hurricane & Spitfire (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Tutor (Sat & Sun)
Tucano (Fri, Sat, Sun)
28.03.19
The third Spitfire confirmed for Flying Legends is Anglia Restorations' Mk Vc G-IBSY 'EE602'
28.03.19
The Wales Airshow have announced that the Red Arrows will display on both days, 6th and 7th July.
28.03.19
Shuttleworth's Sea Hurricane and six Hurricanes are listed in the flying displays at Old Warden's Military Airshow on 7th July
27.03.19
Old Flying Machine Company's Spitfire MH434 has been added to the flying schedule at Shuttleworth's May evening airshow
27.03.19
The Shuttleworth Collection's Flying Festival on 2nd June has the Red Arrows listed, although the RAF have not themselves confirmed.
27.03.19
Italy's National Team, Frecce Tricolori, have listed RIAT, 21st July, on their 2019 schedule. There are no other UK dates.
27.03.19
The British Army Apache Attack Helicopter Display Team (AHDT) have quite a short season with just 4 displays in 2019. They are at the Duxford Air Festival, RAF Cosford Airshow, Royal Navy International Air Day at Yeovilton and RIAT
26.03.19
RAF aircraft flying at the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight will be the Typhoon, Tucano and the Lancaster, Dakota, Spitfire and Hurricane from the BBMF
26.03.19
Supermarine Spitfire FR XIV 'MV268' will be at Duxford's Flying Legends
26.03.19
The Red Arrows will close the displays at the Plymouth Armed Forces Day on June 29th. There will also be an RNLI and coastguard rescue demo and Merlin & Spitfire flypasts
26.03.19
These RAF displays have been added to the RAF Cosford Airshow flying schedule:
Typhoon
Falcons
Grob Tutor T1
BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane
Tucano T1
25.03.19
Six RAF types have been added to the flying schedule at Yeovilton:
Red Arrows
Typhoon
BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire & Hurricane
Tucano
25.03.19
These displays have been added to the flying schedule:
AHDT Apache AH1
B-17G Sally B
Tiger 9
Westland Whirlwind HAR Mk 10 (Duxford Ai Festival debut)
Catalina
P47 Thunderbolt ‘Nellie’
Percival Provost T1
Jet Provost T3
Bader Bus Company (Piper PA-28 Warriors - show debut)
Army Historic Flight
25.03.19
Dunsfold Wings 'n Wheels have confirmed that The Red Arrows will display at what will be the very last show to be held at Dunsfold Aerodrome.
25.03.19
Joining the flying display from the RAF are a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire (flypast) and a season debut for the Tucano in its final year of service.
24.03.19
The fly-in and statics will include: Westland Wasp, Sud Allouette II, Boeing Stearman, Spitfire Mk26b, Yak 52 x2, Chipmunk x2, Bulldog, Hawker Hurricane Mk1, Gazelle, Vans RV-4, Renegade Sprit 912 Biplane, Beagle Terrier x2, CJ6 Nangchang, Auster x2, RAF C130J Hercules
24.03.19
The RJ Falcons' 2019 display schedule includes four UK dates:
Old Warden 7th July
Yeovilton 13th July
RIAT 20th & 21st July
Biggin Hill 17th & 18th August
23.03.19
Two Strikemasters, Mk 82A G-SOAF and Mk 80A G-RSAF will fly as a pair at the Royal Navy International Air Day, Yeovilton on July 13th.
21.03.19
The Breitling Jet Team will display at six UK venues in 2019. As well as the already-announced Duxford Air Festival and Biggin Hill Festival of Flight, they have listed RIAT on 20th-21st July, Blackpool 10-11th August, Eastbourne's Airbourne 15th-18th August and the Jersey Airshow on 12th September.
20.03.19
The Lincolnite local newspaper is reporting that Tobias Ellwood, the Minister for Defence, has named RAF Waddington, RAF Leeming (North Yorkshire) and RAF Wittering (Cambridgeshire) as possible future bases for the Red Arrows.
18.03.19
The Old Buckenham Airshow has been added to the Wildcat Aerobatics 2019 display schedule.
18.03.19
The Stampe Formation Team, often referred to as the 'Belgian Ballerinas', are the latest addition to the Midlands Air Festival flying list
17.03.19
Albatros DVa
Season Premiere, Old Warden May 9th
Wings and Wheels, Stow Maries May 19th
RAF Cosford Air Show Jun 9th
Stow at War Stow Maries 27-28 Jul
Goodwood Revival 13-15 Sep
Duxford 21-22 Sep
BE2e
Wings and Wheels, Stow Maries May 19th
Jam Order, Tiptree Jun 9th
Stow at War, Stow Maries 27-28 Jul
Nieuport 17
Wings and Wheels, Stow Maries May 19th
Military Airshow, Old Warden Jul 7th
Stow at War, Stow Maries 27-28 Jul
17.03.19
The Midlands Air Festival has added a SIAI Marchetti F260 to their air display
16.03.19
North American P-51D Mustang 'Contrary Mary' (formerly 'Miss Velma') will be at Flying Legends on 13th & 14th July
15.03.19
North American P-51D Mustang G-BIXL '472216 Miss Helen' is scheduled to display at the RAF Cosford Air Show
15.03.19
Following further negotiations, the Spanish Navy will now be sending not one but two Harriers to display on all three days of RIAT.
14.03.19
The Royal Norwegian Air Force will have a pair of their F-16s on static display at RIAT
14.03.19
The airshow debut of the world’s only flying Westland Wessex HU5 will be as the opening flying display at Yeovilton's Royal Navy International Air Day.
14.03.19
The Blades are the second display to be announced for the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight, joining the Breitling Jet Team.
14.03.19
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (G-THUN) 'Nellie' has been added to the display schedule at The Flying Legends Airshow, Duxford on 13th & 14th July
13.03.19
Three Mustangs, The Shark, Scat VII and Miss Helen, will escort the Dakota formation en route to France on 5th June.
10.03.19
The Strikemaster pair are the latest additions to the flying displays at the Midlands Air Festival
09.03.19
Historic Army Aircraft Flight Scout, Sioux, Beaver and Auster have been added to the flying displays at the Abingdon Air and Country Show. There will also be an AN-2 as a Parachute support aircraft.
09.03.19
The Attack Helicopter Display Team is back as a solo display for the 2019 season.
08.03.19
The airshowinfo.hu website is reporting that the Romanian Air Force intend to send a C-27J Spartan for the static display and 2 MiG-21 LanceR aircraft for static and flying displays at the Air Tattoo. This has not been confirmed by RIAT.
08.03.19
Andy Hill, the pilot of the Hawker Hunter that crashed at Shoreham in 2015, has been found not guilty of manslaughter.
08.03.19
British astronaut Major Tim Peake will be at RIAT on Friday 19 July. Tim spent six months in space and was the first UK astronaut to visit the International Space Station. On Friday he will be in the Techno Zone® to inspire young visitors as part of the airshow's 'Air & Space' theme.
07.03.19
As well as Tim Peake, an ExoMars rover prototype will also be in the Techno Zone® at RIAT and AirbusDefence will take a photo of the show on Friday from their Pleiades satellite 400 miles above Earth.
07.03.19
There will no longer be a public airshow over the weekend following the Farnborough Trade Show. The public will be able to visit on Friday, which will still focus on younger people.
05.03.19
Hawker Hurricane P3717 will perform a special flying display as part of a WWII set-piece at the RAF Cosford Air Show on June 9th.
05.03.19
Brendan O'Brien in Otto and Peter Davies with his Autogyro have been added to the flying schedule at the Midlands Air Festival.
02/3.03.19
The Breitling Jet Team will display at the Duxford Air Festival for the frst time in 14 years. They and the Chinook Display Team are the first two displays to be announced.
28.02.19
A C-17 Globemaster from the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Papa, Hungary will be on static display at RIAT.
28.02.19
A German Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion, the type that won the 'Best Fixed Wing Static Display' award last year, will be on static display at the Royal Navy International Air Day again this year.
27.02.19
The Czech Air Force will display their SAAB JAS-39C Gripen and a pair of Aero L-159 ALCA aircraft at the RAF Cosford Air Show.
26.02.19
The Chinook dispay team have published their schedule for the 2019 season. The venues are listed and shown on a map on our Map of Chinook Displays page.
25.02.19
The airshow weekend will be 5th - 7th July but is still dependant on funding. The airshow element may be on Saturday only, with music and other family events on the Friday and Sunday.
24.02.19
The latest flying additions to the Midlands Air Festival are Terry Martin's Westland Wasp, Team Raven and a dusk display by Brendan O'Brien in his Cub
23/4.02.19
The Breitling Jet Team will display at the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight.
22.02.19
The Slovenian Air Force will return to the Air Tattoo with a PC-9M Swift solo flying display and a Let L410 on static display.
21.02.19
The Belgian Air Force A109 display schedule has been published. There are no UK dates.
20.02.19
The Belgian F-16, The 'Dark Falcon', flown by Captain Stefan 'Vador' Darte, is scheduled to display at two UK airshows in 2019: The Royal Navy International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton and RIAT at RAF Fairford.
19.02.19
Plane Sailing's Catalina PBY-5A and Will Greenwood's Yak-3 are the latest additions to the flying schedule at the Midlands Air Festival.
16&17.02.19
FRIAT packages - Mach 1, Mach 2 and Mach 3 - have nearly sold out. Literally just a few remaining, which may also have gone by the time you read this. Details on the RIAT web site
16.02.19
Historic Helicopters Westland Wessex HU.5 XT761 G-WSEX has flown again, for the first time since 6th of November 1986. Photo credit Lee Howard.
15.02.19
A highlight of the Season Premiere at Old Warden will be both Lysanders from The Shuttleworth Collection and the Aircraft Restoration Company flying as a pair. Other additions to the flying list are on their web site (and ours).
15.02.19
The Display Team Captain is Squadron Leader Jon ‘JT’ Turner and his Co-pilots are Flight Lieutenant Anthony ‘Ant’ Jewitt and Flight Lieutenant Aaron Kerry. Further information and the rest of the team are detailed on the Chinook Display Team web page.
14.02.19
The Blades are the only addition to the Air Tattoo line-up so far this week. It will be their first time at RIAT
14.02.19
Rare 2-seat Hispano HA-1112-M4L Buchon ‘Red 11’ G-AWHC is due to fly at Sywell Classic Pistons & Props (September 21-22)
13.02.19
As well as the flypasts on 19-21 February, there will also be a 9-ship from Marham on the afternoon of 28 Feb. The formation will also conduct a flypast at RAF College Cranwell.
11.02.19
The first aircraft listed for the Vintage Airshow on 1st September are Spartan Arrow, Mustang ‘Contrary Mary’, 2 Chiltons, Miles Messenger (G-AKIN) and Shuttleworth-based Hawker Hurricane (G-HITT).
11.02.19
Tickets for the Southport Airshow will be available from 10 a.m. Friday 15th February.
11.02.19
There will three days of flypasts to mark the end of service by the Tornado. There are maps and lists of places to be overflown on RAF Marham's social media
11.02.19
Tickets for the Duxford Air Festival, Flying Legends and Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow are now on sale.
11.02.19
Bob Grimstead will be back at the Midlands Air Festival in his Fournier RF4
10.02.19
Tickets are now available for Daks over Normandy at Duxford on 4-5 June and at Caen-Carpiquet Airport on 7-8 June. No tickets are required for the cross Channel jump at Ranville on 5th June. Tickets, where required, are available through their web site
09.02.19
The Government have released details of some of the displays by the Red Arrows in America and Canada. There are details on our Red Arrows Tour page.
08.02.19
The first aircraft to be announced for the Family Airshow on August 4th are Dragon Rapide (Mark Miller), Dragonfly, Habicht and Little and Large
08.02.19
Dakota C47 'Drag Em Oot' is the third aircraft to be confirmed for the 2019 Battle of Britain Airshow at Headcorn on July 6th & 7th.
08.02.19
ARC's Lysander is amongst the flying displays announced for Shuttleworth's Season Premiere. Also listed are the Catalina, Dakota, Bronco, Huey, Bird Dog and Hawker Hurricane G-HITT
07.02.19
The Shuttleworth Collection have published a provisional list of the first displays at their Military airshow on 7th July. It includes four Hurricanes, the Sea Hurricane and Thunderbolt 'Nellie'.
07.02.19
The first static display at RIAT 2019 is a Flyvevåbnet EH-101 Merlin from Eskadrille 722 based at Karup Air Station, Denmark.
07.02.19
Mustang 'Miss Helen'; Beech 18; Extra 330SC (Mark Jefferies); Yak 3 (Will Greenwood); T6 Harvard 'Wacky Wabbit'; Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun; Global Stars; Extra 300S with model (Little &Large); Spartan 7W Executive; Hurricane V7497; TravelAir Mystery Ship; Pitts Special S2A (Dr Kirk Patrick) and paramotors are due to fly at the Little Gransden Air & Car Show.
06.02.19
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 'Nellie' will be at Sywell Classic Pistons and Props on Sept 21-22.
05.02.19
Tickets for the Midlands Air Festival are now on sale. Details on the Midlands Air Festival web site.
05.02.19
Mk IX Spitfire TD314, Hurricane P3717 and De Havilland Devon VP981 are the first aircraft to be announced for the Battle Of Britain Airshow at Headcorn on July 6-7
01&05.02.19
Four more displays have been added to the line-up at the Abingdon Air and Country Show: Fairchild Argus, Silence Twister solo, Gazelle Helicopter pair and P51 Mustang (Miss Helen)
04.02.19
Saturday SuperEarlybird and Earlybird tickets for RIAT have sold out.
02.02.19
Danish Blue will be at the RAF Cosford Airshow. This will be their first ever display at RAF Cosford and their first at any UK show since 2014.
01.02.19
BBMF Hurricane Mk IIc PZ865, currently in South-East Asia Command 34 Squadron colours, is due to be repainted following a major service towards the end of 2019. The current proposal is that it will be repainted as an all-black night fighter of 247 Squadron in time for the 2020 season.
14.01.19
Meteor NF11 G-LOSM took off from Coventry at around 13.00 and landed at Bruntingthorpe after its (probably) last ever flight. The Meteor will now be maintained in fast-taxi, but not airworthy, condition.
05.01.19
The RN Historic Flight is being transferred to the civilian register.
From 1st April 2019, Navy Wings will own and be financially responsible for all the aircraft, which will be renamed the Navy Wings Heritage Flight.
04.01.19
The RAF will display the Grob Tutor and Short Tucano at British Airshows in 2019. The Tucano will be from 72 Squadron and the Tutor pilot will be Flt Lt Neil "Ski" Owczarkowski.
11.12.18
The two Mirage jets of the Couteau Delta will be missing from the display circuit in 2019.
27.11.18
Shoot Aviation have announced that their Messerschmitt Bf108 has been repaired, modified and registered as G-OTME and will fly in the 2019 display season. They already have a similar aircraft, G-ETME.
05.11.18
There will be no Northumberland Wings & Wheels in 2018 but the organisers hope to bring it back in 2019.
21.03.18
The French Mustang F-AZXS has gone to a new owner in the USA. Although based in France, Moonbeam McSwine was seen at UK airshows. This picture is from Flying Legends 2015.
10.03.18
The building and testing of 'The People's Mosquito', a de Havilland Mosquito FB.Vl, has been entrusted to Retrotec Ltd.
05.03.18
Ex-Hangar 11's 'Hurribomber' BE505 "Pegs" is to be converted into a 2-seater Hurricane by Hawker Restorations, with the prospect that passengers will one day be able to buy flights.
01.03.18
This North American P-51D Mustang, until recently operated by the Old Flying Machine Company and based at Duxford alongside their Spitfire MH434, has been sold and now belongs to a private owner in Turkey.
18.01.18
The team hoping to restore RB396 to flight have purchased a genuine four blade Typhoon/Tempest spinner, thought to be the only one in the world, and a complete rear empennage, tail unit and rudder. Other items, including a complete anti shimmy tail wheel set up and the tail wheel doors from a Tempest ll, were also purchased.
It is hoped that the build could start in the first half of 2018.
There is more on this project on their own website.
17.11.17
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