Take a look at the 'Earlier Shows' tab on this page for some examples, which have included quite a lot of prestige displays such as the B1 bomber and the Matadors flying the Disney Planes.
Also new to Airbourne was Tony De Bruyn flying his Rockwell OVB 'Bronco', which invariably fascinates the audience with the aircraft's very different 's design and Tony's energetic flying, showing every angle and demonstrating the versatility of the aircraft.
Displaying for the first time as a pair, not only in Eastbourne but anywhere, were the Jet Provost duo; Ollie Suckling in the last genuine Jet Provost T.
They have been practicing the routine for a year and it showed, with close-formation entry and tail chasing as well as synchro manoeuvres on all four Airbourne days.
A jet that was both a pleasure and a slight disappointment was the Sea Vixen. A pleasure, as it always is, to see such a magnificent aircraft in glorious condition. The approach appeared unusually slow and the reason was soon to be revealed. The pilot, Cdr. Simon Hargreaves, suspected that he had a problem with one of his flaps and made a wide circuit, returning to the display line so that the display director could check.
It was confirmed that there was, indeed, damage to the starboard flap. The disappointment was that the display could not, therefore, continue and 'Foxy Lady' made an exit over Beachy Head, returning successfully and safely to her base at Yeovilton, where the flap damage was further inspected and the damage confirmed. Pleasure without the disappointment came in the form of the Aircraft Restoration Company's Spitfire and Hangar 11's Mustang, now in its 'Red Tails' paint scheme, both welcome returnees to Eastbourne.
Other prop regulars were the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with the Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire, although not all at once on all of the days. The North American Rockwell OV was designed in the s as a light attack and observation aircraft and was widely used for forward air control during the Vietnamese war.
This particular aircraft is the OVB variant, a type produced for use in Germany as a target tug. As well as the BBMF, more of the ever-popular RAF teams displayed, including the Red Arrows on the Friday and Saturday and the crowd's new favourite, the lively, noisy, Typhoon in which this season's display pilot Flt Lt Mark Long ripped up the sky and set off the car alarms on Airbourne's last three days. The Chinook helicopter was to have displayed but all displays by the RAF Chinook Team had been cancelled a few weeks earlier, reportedly because of airframe fatigue.
An unscheduled surprise was a flypast by a Puma HC. Although introduced as a flypast, pilot Flt. Owen Varley made several turns as well as passes, including a farewell wave from the crew, before departing the way he arrived over Beachy Head.
The Puma was to make another flypast at Dunsfold about a fortnight later so the flypast was not unique to Airbourne. It was, nevertheless, a welcome and rare addition to the programme: a welcome contrast to the cancellations more common to airshows. The Blades did more-or-less their usual thing.
The reason it wasn't exactly their normal thing is that there were only three Blades on the first two days of Airbourne, one being then Flt Lt Kirsty Moore, the first and so far only Red Arrows pilot.
Now Kirsty Murphy, she is the wife of the former Red 1 who is currently another of the Blades. However, Ben was tied up with the Red Bull Air Race and although the Blades have a team of six from which to chose four, another two were also unavailable, one on duty at work as a commercial pilot and another with his new baby, so a trio it was.
Everything returned to normal for the weekend when all four Extra EAs were in the air. There is no doubting the pedigree of the Blades or their flying skills and they have their followers. However, they do seem to come every year with a very similar display, not only here, but at many other shows. It was therefore good to see some light aircraft aerobatics from other teams.
The Fireflies repeated their display on Sunday, with LED lights and pyrotechnics, in dusk flying, an increasingly popular addition to airshows and one that is surely here to stay. Eastbourne is good at attracting teams from abroad. The Vampires, an FB.
This may be because, as with most airshows in , there were some changes to the flying line that meant the displays were just a little bit further out to sea. Instead of flying over the pier, the aircraft skirted the end of the pier and stayed that far out all the way down the coast. This is an unfortunate, but unsurprising, legacy of the incident at Shoreham in , when the Hawker Hunter crashed into the A27, killing bystanders and road-users. The display rules had changed by the date of the show, although the final report of the Air Accident Investigation Board had not been issued, so distances and other regulations may well be changed by the CAA again before Airbourne We can only hope, but perhaps not expect, that they may go back to the display lines of old.
There are always one or two parachute display teams at Airbourne and this year The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment's Parachute display team, better known as The Tigers, made jumps on all four days, pulling off something a little different each time and landing, as usual, on the beach rather than in the arena. On the ground, non-air highlights included the Red Arrows 'Meet and Greet' on the Western Lawns; music on the Live Stage every day including Brit Award nominees and top 10 charting Stooshe on Saturday and Chloe Paige on Sunday; evening concerts in the bandstand along the promenade as well as a firework finale by the Wish Tower on Sunday following the night flying and Live Stage concert, proving this is not only an air display show, but a family show with entertainment for all.
After such a stonking set of displays this year it will be interesting to see what the organisers can do to top that when they celebrate the show's 25th anniversary in Airbourne, Eastbourne's International Air Show, is one of the best-enduring free seaside airshows and still claims to be the biggest free airshow in the UK. Also expect a parachute display each day - sometimes two, a good selection of aerobatic teams and contributions from abroad. WWII warbirds are generally well represented.
Other than , when the Lancaster pair were the star attraction and and , when the Vulcan stole the show, The Red Arrows are typically the highlight and may fly on three or even all of the four days of the airshow. Each of their full, rolling and flat displays are possible, depending on weather conditions, because there are none of the height restrictions imposed by the aviation authorities at some shows. Sometimes there is also a personal appearance on one of the days, when the pilots sign autographs and hand out promotional literature.
Most of the displays are single aircraft or aircraft teams performing on their own with a few minutes between displays. Occasionally a Messerschmitt and Spitfire or Hurricane will fly together or imitate a dogfight. There are also sometimes flypasts involving both a old and a new craft, such as the Mustang with an F16 in or a Spitfire with an F16 in Apart from these welcome but brief groupings there are relatively few joint displays and nothing like the mass flypasts much enjoyed at some shows.
The show has a good reputation for innovation. In it was the first UK family show to include the American long-range bomber, the B1, and at the same show the Eurofighter Typhoon made one of its first family show appearances. In , Eastbourne scooped the only family show appearance for the Royal Jordanian Falcons; in it had the launch of the Disney movie Planes with the Matadors flying in Planes liveries and in it had the first display at a free show of the Bristol Blenheim.
As well as these firsts and the regulars, the show has also given visitors a chance to see close up some of the larger commercial planes in various liveries, especially from the Boeing fleet. There have been display incidents. In one of the Falcons parachute display team had to land on an emergency parachute when his main parachute failed to open.
In the Falcons jumped in quite gusty conditions which lead to some interesting landings and one unfortunately serious injury. Since then the parachute display has been provided by other services and landings have been in the sea or on the beach rather than in the arena. Commentary used to be provided from a point on top of the Wish Tower, but now comes from a kiosk on the promenade. Anchor commentators are joined by specialists from some of the teams - always including Red 10 from the Red Arrows.
This is a free show. The effect was not to raise income, as intended, but to deter visitors who chose to watch from less ideal, but free, positions nearby. The experiment cost huge amounts of money because of the operational expenses associated with securing and controlling the paid-for area and policing the event.
A tremendous free family show and one that deserves the continuing support of local businesses, authorities and residents. The planned flying timetable used to be printed in the programme, subject to the inevitable variations, but recently the programme has tended to indicate a rough running order.
Programme holders can claim a daily flying list from programme sellers and selected information points. With parts having been sourced from myriad locations around the world.
During the full restoration one of the wings was salvaged from a hedge outside a pub near Exeter! It was intended as one part of a contract to supply ten to Sudan.
However, due to an arms embargo only three got delivered. A new plane was constructed using various stored components left over from the embargoed Sudan and other previous orders. The result was a complete Strikemaster without a set construction number or date. Strikemaster Mk. It commenced service with 1 Sqn. The prototype MiG first flew in and was series produced in the USSR between and , with some 18, built. The aircraft did only a few flights when in the US and was shipped back to Europe in The markings RED 18 represent the aircraft flown by famed Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before he became the first man to visit outer space in Now both are on the civil register, they are flown by Army qualified pilots on a voluntary basis and can occasionally be seen ground running at Middle Wallop as part of the maintenance program to ensure that oils run through the system and that no leaks have developed.
The aircraft are restricted to 50 hours a year. The airshow display circuit has missed seeing the AAC historic aircraft over the last couple of years, with the aircraft on the civil register and a new trust in place, the future looks very secure for these valuable, historic and rare aircraft.
The Scout operated in several conflict zones including the Falklands War and Northern Ireland before being replaced by the Westland Gazelle and Lynx helicopters.
Over sold worldwide. The rotor blades are completely free wheeling in flight, being driven solely by the air going up through the rotor disk. There is no mechanical drive to the rotors in flight, the phenomenon of autorotation drives them. Once airborne the rotors look after themselves and keep spinning, even if the airspeed indicator is showing zero! They were the first rotary wing aircraft to fly successfully under full, safe control.
Entirely self-funded, the team has striven to create a professional and effective display to showcase to you today at Eastbourne Air Show. All aircraft on display are self built aircraft, albeit only Ravens 2 and 4 have been self built by the team. They are all of aluminium construction and use standard Lycoming io, hp engines coupled to constant speed propellers, which given their light weight, results in an agreeable power to weight ratio.
G-EWIZ has been specially modified to provide the ultimate biplane for air show entertainment. Watch this special biplane hover like a Harrier, perform double-hammerheads and the amazing Tower of Power, complete torque rolls, backwards flight and highalpha knife-edge flypasts! The original Pitts first flew in The new colour scheme is based on the Union Jack; fitting for a man who served in the Royal Air Force as a Tornado GR1 ground attack pilot and flew in combat.
An afternoon display featuring close formation aerobatics, opposition and synchro work with white smoke filling the sky, and a fully aerobatic dusk display, with the use of pyrotechnics to create a truly unique spectacle.
Weighing in at an empty weight of approximately kg the RV4 is fitted with a 5. Normal cruising speed is about mph but during the display the Fireflies make the most of the entire flight envelope and will be travelling at everything from zero to over mph.
Jon flies the lead aircraft of the Fireflies, guiding the team through their dynamic sequence of manoeuvres, ensuring that every display is as safe as it is exciting. The team, led by Peter Wells, are very versatile performing daytime aerial ballets and unique evening displays with specially developed pyrotechnic effects and are the only formation team in Europe performing this style of display.
On Sunday 20th August you will be able to witness the acclaimed pyro display in the skies above Eastbourne ahead of the firework finale!
As well as the wingtip pyrotechnics, the aircraft also feature high powered spot lamps to illuminate the display smoke and coloured LEDs along the aircraft fuselage. The Silence Twister started life as a world beating radio controlled aerobatic machine simply known as the Twister. The production technique used in the Twister bucks the trend in light aircraft as it uses a honeycomb core rather than a foam core to separate the thin layers of glass fibre for the fuselage and wing to make the structure lightweight and very tough.
The team now provide additional support to the Army with an active role in recruitment and image promotion. Your kind donations are crucial to keep the Air Show flying and also do amazing things for local charities and good causes too. Well-being is at the heart of everything that we do. Our aim is to achieve well-being for everyone involved with our organisation so that all can enjoy a contented state of happiness, health and prosperity.
Hand-in-hand with the concept of well-being is the underlying determination that all our activities and services should aspire to excellence being delivered in a culture of continuous improvement. Our organisation will aspire to be inclusive to all sections of society. We will promote equality, value diversity and will treat everybody with dignity and respect. We will conduct our business with a high degree of integrity, openness and honesty and will act ethically in all that we do.
Memory Lane is a registered Charity set up to provide social activities for people with dementia and their carers to attend together. They provide facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of people with dementia and other associated conditions.
Donation points are located across the event site see map on page 6 for locations plus Rotary and EHA Volunteers will be walking ready to collect your kind donations. Thank you to Don Perman and Steve Newman who are co-ordinating the bucket collections this year, with Eastbourne , Sovereign Harbour and Hailsham Rotary Clubs, whose members are also providing much needed support. Our thanks also go to Southern Railway for their support in adding Eastbourne Station as a collection point this year.
Please give generously to the circulating bucket collections at the event, a little definitely goes a long way. Thank you for your support! Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this publication, EBC cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracies or cancellation of flying displays.
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All businesses, companies, attractions and restaurants featured are advertisers and are not recommended over any other not featured. Eastbourne Borough Council would like to give special thanks to… Our key sponsors Thanks also to all the volunteers who have given their time to assist in this process.
All donations are gratefully received to help support these important causes. The following companies who have contributed towards making Airbourne a success.
And finally… all the exhibitors and traders who support the show and all the pilots and display crews of the aircraft taking part in Airbourne For more information on how to order custom Breitling watches for your squadron please email: militarysales breitling-uk.
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Don't wait! The local Green Party said the event 'has had its day'. However the council said there were no plans to pull the plug on the airshow and new sponsors were being sought.
A number of smaller sponsors were found and this incredibly popular event continues to to be held at Eastbourne. In , Eastbourne Borough Council controversially decided to charge a five pound admission fee, in order to meet the show's rising costs, having failed to find a major sponsor. However, with visitor numbers down on previous years, and the additional cost of security during the event, the organisers were left with a k pound operational loss, and an inquiry was ordered. Lessons were learnt and the air show has continued to be held at Eastbourne.
The Blades and Breitling Wingwalkers are regulars at Eastbourne and are always amongst the most popular performers at the event. Team Raven were really impressive over all four days of the show filling the sky with their six-ship of Vans RV4 and RV8 aircraft. The team are relatively new to the scene but have really developed their display into a real crowd pleaser. Peter clearly had great fun despite the lumpy conditions make full use of his dispensation to fly closer to the ground entertaining everyone from the Pier to the Western Lawns.
As has become a tradition at Eastbourne, the flying displays were brought to a close on Sunday evening by pyrotechnic displays. In this 25 th Anniversary year the evening display was doubled with two displays. The Fireflies returned and were joined by the Twister Aerobatics Team to round off a spectacular four days on the South Coast.
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