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Bournemouth Air Festival 2021

Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:24 pm

Bournemouth Air Festival 2021
September 2nd - 5th
Bournemouth Seafront, Dorset, UK

Featuring
RAF Red Arrows
RAF Typhoon FGR4 Demo
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane
Royal Navy AW159 Wildcat Demo
Belgian AF Agusta A109 Demo
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Post by Flightline Uk » Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:31 am

PLANS are being made for this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, which BCP Council hopes will still be able to go ahead.

The town's blue ribbon summer event, which pre-Covid attracted millions of people to the area and brought in around £30 million income to local businesses a year, was one of the many festivals to fall victim to coronavirus last year.

Council bosses were forced to cancel the 2020 event in response to government guidance on outdoor public gatherings.

However, civic chiefs have now confirmed they are planning for the 2021 event to go ahead.

BCP Council member for tourism, leisure and culture Cllr Mohan Iyengar said: “We are remaining positive and making plans for the festival later this year.

“However, what we can do will be determined by government guidelines, which we are regularly reviewing as measures change.”

Confirmation the air festival is still being planned will provide some consolation to struggling hospitality businesses, which are reeling from the loss of income due to repeated Covid lockdowns since the start of the Covid crisis.

Speaking last year, after the cancellation of the air show, BCP said it was committed to delivering a ‘refreshed air festival in 2021.’

Usually the Bournemouth Air Festival takes place over four days, with displays from favourites such as The Red Arrows, The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and a number of fast jet display aircraft, stunt aircraft, historic flights, helicopters, wing-walkers and parachute teams

There are also a number of dusk and night air displays along with live music performances.

Events take place all along the promenade and in the Lower Gardens and Pier Approach

The RAF, British Army and the Royal Navy also play a major roles in the air show, with a number of demonstrations throughout the weekend and navy ships anchored off the beach.

Last year, due to cancellation because of the pandemic, the first ever virtual Bournemouth Air Festival took place. This consisted of three days of broadcasting on the festival’s social media accounts, which featured pilot interviews, armed forces and entertainment from years gone by.

In 2019 the festival welcomed around 820,000 visitors.

The 2021 air show is due to take place September 2-5.
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Post by Flightline Uk » Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:02 pm

Fingers crossed that BAF may get some international participation this year with the A109BAi from the Belgian Air Force.

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2021/06/ai ... dule-2021/
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Post by Flightline Uk » Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:24 pm

Good to see the Wildcat Demo Team have Bournemouth on their very short calendar!

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2021/06/ai ... team-2021/
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Post by Flightline Uk » Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:27 am


*STAND BY - RAF Red Arrows DISPLAY TIMES*
Watch the world famous display team perform at 3PM EVERYDAY at the Bournemouth Air Festival 2021!
Thur 02 Sep - 3PM
Fri 03 Sep - 3PM
Sat 04 Sep - 3PM
Sun 05 Sep - 3PM
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Post by Flightline Uk » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:40 am

Some additions to the lineup released this morning:

Royal Air Force - Chinook HC6 - Chinook Display Team
British Army - Tigers Parachute Display Team
Pitts S-2S Special - Rich Goodwin
Ultimate Fighters - P-47D Thunderbolt, TF-51D Mustang, Spitfire IXT, Hispano Buchon
Blades Aerobatic Team
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Post by Flightline Uk » Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:58 am

he return of the Bournemouth Air Festival was another significant moment for the UK air display community. It was the first large seaside airshow to return in full form attracting an audience of 800,000 over four days. As such it boasted some superb support from the UK armed services with large ground exhibitions supporting the flying displays. It was however not without incident with one of the AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers’ Boeing Stearman performing a controlled ditching into Poole Harbour during the Saturday, fortunately without serious injury to the pilot and wingwalker. More images and a full review can be found HERE.

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https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2021/09/re ... estival-3/
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