British Airshow news and insight from around the United Kingdom
The 2021 edition of the bi-annual Paris Air Show at Le Bourget has been officially cancelled due to uncertainty over the on-going Coronavirus Pandemic. The Board of Directors of the GIFAS (French Aerospace Industries Association), the Board of Directors of the Paris Air Show say that they have taken the [read more]
The team behind the UK based PBY Catalina flying boat are appealing for help after it became stranded in Loch Ness last week when an engine problem meant it couldn’t take off. ‘Miss Pick Up’ had landed back on the Loch after being used for filming but became stuck after [read more]
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), The Red Arrows, have announced a new Red 1 for 2021. Squadron Leader Tom Bould, a former frontline Typhoon Pilot, takes over the role from outgoing Red 1 Martin Pert on the 12th October. 39-year-old Tom Bould hails from Bradford, West Yorkshire joined [read more]
A pilot from the Bremont Great War Display Team has had a miraculous escape as his replica Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c nose-dived into the ground at Sywell Aerodrome during a practice display. The pilot, named as Matthew Boddington, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is understood to have [read more]
Today marks the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s famous speech to the French people from London in a bid to build support for the resistance against the German occupation of France in World War II and the occasion is being marked by a historic flypast. For the first time [read more]
The Royal Air Force Aerboatics Team (RAFAT) The Red Arrows will fly over london tomorrow in formation for their French counterparts, La Patrouille de France. The historic flypast will take place to mark 80 years since Charles De Gaulle’s historic speech to Occupied France from London in order to rally [read more]
The Royal Air Force has confirmed that the 2020 RAF Cosford Airshow has been officially cancelled. The organisers originally postponed the event hoping to run the airshow later in 2020 but say they are now clear that the precautions necessary to safely run the airshow under guidelines to prevent the [read more]
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) The Red Arrows will move to RAF Waddington in 2022. The team and famous Red Hawks are currently based at RAF Scampton but the base is due to be closed and sold off in cost-cutting [read more]
The organisers of the Bournemouth Air Festival have confirmed that this years show has been cancelled as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic. The UK’s largest air festival usually attracts thousands of visitors every year Bournemouth’s beaches to watch displays from aircraft of all types including the Red Arrows. [read more]
A special flight has just got underway from Goodwood airfield and will see Supermarine Spitfire MkT IX (G-ILDA) carryout flypasts saluting heroes at key points around South East England. The flight, organised by the Daily Mail and given special dispensation to operate, will first head north from Goodwood flying over [read more]
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