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
In a change from the original plan, it has been announced that Flt Lt Jim Peterson will continue as RAF Typhoon display pilot for the 2019 season.
30.01.19
The Royal Jordanian Falcons will be in the flying displays at the Royal Navy International Air Day, RNAS Yeovilton
29.01.19
The Black Cats used their new Instagram page to announce that, after a 2-year absence, they would be back for the 2019 season in 2 Wildcat helicopters. They also have a new web page.
27.01.19
The Red Arrows have confirmed that they will display on all three days at RIAT, after which they will leave for their summer a tour of the USA and Canada.
23-25.01.19
A German Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft will be in the flying display at the RAF Cosford Airshow. A German Navy Westland Sea Lynx Mk.88A will be on static display. There are more display details in our show preview.
22.01.19
There will be no Great Yarmouth Airshow in 2019 but the organisers say they will consider options for future years. In September they said they were looking at a possible series of smaller shows rather than one large one.
21.01.19
The Midlands Air Festival will be on 17th - 19th May, in a new location: Arbury Hall, Arbury Park, Nuneaton.
19.01.19
The official camp site 'Tangerine Fields', opposite the Red car park, is open for booking
19.01.19
A sortie from RAF Marham of 3 Tornados, one in camouflage and 2 with Squadron tail art, is planned for Wednesday 23rd January. Parking, nose-in, is possible on the verge along White Road (off A1122), Barton Bendish.
18.01.19
The Little Gransden Air and Car Show will be on 25th August this year
18.01.19
The Swiss Hornet will be joining the Harrier at RIAT and making its second UK appearance following it's British season debut at the RAF Cosford Air Show
17.01.19
At RIAT on Friday only there will access to the 'pit area', where flying display aircraft are parked before and after the flying display, subject to operational requirements.
15.01.19
The Swiss PC-7 team have published their 2019 international display schedule. The Sunderland International Airshow is the only UK date for the team in 2019.
14.01.19
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
Another five flying displays have been added to the line-up at the Abingdon Air and Country Show, including a DC3 as the Jump4Heroes jump platform. The full list is ontheir web site and our preview
13.01.19
An item on the Shuttleworth Collection's Twitter account suggests that Westland Bell 47G-4A G-MASH will be at their Season Premiere on May 5th.
11.01.19
RIAT have announced that the Spanish Navy Harrier is their first confirmed flying display for the 2019 Air Tattoo
There are more details about the show on our RIAT preview page.
10.01.19
Kentlive is reporting that preparations are underway for a possible return of an airshow at Folkestone.
10.01.19
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
Classic & Sports Car partnered with Flywheel Festival to form the Classic & Sports Car Show in association with Flywheel in 2018 but neither show will be going ahead in 2019.
01.01.19
The Newcastle Festival of Flight (Northern Ireland), usually held in August, is moving to 22nd June in 2019.
19.12.18
The Tucano display pilot for 2019 will be Flt Lt Liam Matthews. Liam only earnt his wings 2 years ago and is already an A2 Qualified Flying Instructor.
19.12.18
19.12.18
The Battle of Britain Airshow at Headcorn will be on July 6th & 7th 2019.
14.12.18
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 first UK displays by the Catalina have been announced. They are at the Shuttleworth Season Premiere, Duxford Air Festival, Wales Airshow and Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow.
09.12.18
The major US and Canadian display teams have announced their display schedules for 2019. No UK airshow dates have been included.
04.12.18
Aerosuperbatics WingWalkers 3 aircraft formation, The Fireflies and the Republic P47 Thunderbolt 'Nellie' will be in the flying and static displays. There will also be Twin Squirrel helicopter flights and Axceler-8 Hovercraft Rides.
02.12.18
Kennet Aviation will oversee the restoration of PR Spitfire AA810, which may be flying by 2023. They also hope to display their AD-4A Skyraider and Seafire Mk.XVII in 2019.
02.12.18
Dunsfold Wings and Wheels will move from its traditional August date to June 15th and 16th in 2019
28.11.18
The two Mirage jets of the Couteau Delta will be missing from the display circuit in 2019.
27.11.18
A Lithuanian Air Force Aero L-39C will make its UK flying display debut at the Royal Navy International Air Day on 13th July. Their C-27J Spartan and Mi-8UTV Hip will be on static display.
27.11.18
The Duxford Air Festival will be on 25th & 26th May 2019. The Battle of Britain Airshow will be on 21st & 22nd September. Flying Legends is on 13th & 14th July.
19.11.18
Flying Legends will be on 13th & 14th July 2019
17.11.18
The organisers have expressed a preference for 31st August as a date for a possible Kircaldy Airshow
15.11.18
Saturday Super Earlybird tickets for RIAT have sold out. Super Earlybird are still available for Friday and Sunday.
14.11.18
DevonLive is reporting that the Council has made a commitment to the Torbay Airshow, which will definitely go ahead, but it still needs financial help.
06.11.18
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
The Rhyl Airshow 2019 will be on 24th & 25th August.
02.11.18
Four pilots will join the Red Arrows for the 2019 season. They are Flight Lieutenants Damo Green (Red 2), David Simmonds (Red 3) and Gregor Ogston (Red 4), who are joining the Red Arrows for the first time, and Squadron Leader Steve Morris (Red 5) who returns for his second tour.
02.11.2018
Mike Ling, ex-Red 10, was due to join the Blades last year but reverted to the Red Arrows to substitute for Red 3 throughout the 2018 season. His delayed membership of the Blades really has now begun.
31.10.18
A rare North American NA-64 Yale will be in the flying and the static displays at the Abingdon Air and Country Show on May 5th.
28.05.18
UPDATE 30th Jan 2019: Jim Peterson will continue as display pilot for the 2019 season.
Flt Lt Jim Peterson has handed over to Flt Lt Nick Callinswood, the new Typhoon display pilot for the 2019 season.
12.10.18
Four Red Arrows pilots have retired from the team including Squadron Leader Mike Ling, the longest-serving Red Arrows pilot, who completed 10 seasons as pilot or supervisor, made 2,585 flights, flew 699 displays and has flown the Red Hawk in 46 countries.
12.10.18
The Southport Airshow 2019 will be on 6th - 8th September
05.10.18
Shuttleworth House will not be open to the public on October 7th, the day of the Season Finale. The vintage buses will still be running and will make a round trip to the house and back.
28.09.18
The World War One Aircraft Heritage Trust (WAHT) has brought an Albatros DVa back to the UK. It has been at Old Warden since Wednesday 19th September.
19.09.18
Mk 1 Hurricane V7497, recently restored by Hawker Restorations Ltd., is now at ARC in Duxford.
14.09.18
The Typhoon will perform a flypast on each of the two days. There will be no other jets at the Biggin Hill FoF. A provisional timetable has been published.
14.08.18
Norwegian Spitfire Foundation's Mustang 'The Shark' has been added to the flying displays at the Jersey International Air Display
04.08.18
Two pilots in personal jetsuits from Gravity will be flying at the Bournemouth Air Festival. One pilot has been seen at Goodwood Festival of Speed and Farnborough International Airshow.
04.08.18
G-Force Aeros, The full-size and model Extras flying together, will return to the Biggin Hill Festival of Flight this year.
25.07.18
The Fireflies and the Twisters will perform a joint display at Bournemouth.
25.07.18
The Westland Whirlwind is amongst the latest additions to the flying list at Dunsfold Wings 'n Wheels. The full list is on their web site.
24.07.18
The full programme for the three days of the Sunderland International Airshow is on their web site.
23.07.18
The flying list for the Battle of Britain Airshow has been released. It is on the show's web site
20.07.18
Spitfires G-BUOS and G-IBSY are the latest additions to the display aircraft. 15 Spitfires are now due to fly: 51 aircraft in total.
11.07.18
The Wales Airshow will be held in Swansea Bay on 6th and 7th July next year.
09.07.18
02-06.07.18
The full flying line-up for Airbourne has been announced. See it on their web site and on ours.
02.07.18
Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden, who made the first spacewalk in deep space, will be at the Air Tattoo this year. See him in the Techno Zone.
02.07.18
28-30.06.18
The Breitling Jet Team, the world’s largest professional civilian flight team flying jets, are due to perform three daytime displays and one dusk display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. These are the only displays the team are currently due to perform in the UK in 2018.
27.06.18
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian is due to take off from its base in North Dakota for a 4,000 mile journey to land at RAF Fairford on 11th June in time to become a static display at RIAT. It will be the first civilian-registered Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to make a transatlantic flight and land in the UK.
25.06.18
A former Royal Navy Search and Rescue Sea King HU5, now operated by HeliOperations, has been added to the static displays at Yeovilton Air Day
25.06.18
The Curtiss-Wright P-36C, G-CIXJ, has been withdrawn from the flying displays at Flying Legends
25.06.18
Aerobatic Tactics: Boeing Stearman and Wingwalker, has been added to the flying displays at the Old Buckenham Airshow
25.06.18
The Fireflies have announced their schedule of daytime and twilight displays. The schedule is on the Fireflies web site.
18.06.18
North American P-51B Mustang 'Berlin Express' has been withdrawn from Flying Legends
18.06.18
The 2019 Abingdon Air and Country Show will be on 5th May
16.06.18
The following displays have been added since 11th June (flying unless stated)
11-17.06.18
The RAF Cosford Air Show 2019 will be on June 9th. See our review of the 2018 RAF Cosford Air Show.
10.06.18
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 is going 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
The ban on straight-wing ex-military jets performing aerobatic manoeuvres will end when the CAA issues a revised safety notice on 28th February. The ban on aerobatics by swept-wing jets will remain in place.
15.02.18
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 'Hurribomber' previously owned by Peter Teichman (Hangar 11) was sold just before Christmas.
It has now been registered by Hawker Restorations Ltd., based in Ipswich, the company that owned it prior to Hangar 11 and that restored it. There had been fears that the Hurribomber would go abroad.
17.01.18
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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