Midlands Air Festival 2021
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 11:36 am
Midlands Air Festival
Ragley Hall, Alcester, UK
4th-6th June 2021
www.midlandsairfestival.com
The third Midlands Air Festival will be held in the gardens of the Ragley Hall Estate. Friday 4th June will feature a hot air balloon "night glow", fireworks and a 90-minute evening pyro air display, while Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June will feature a full 5 hour flying display. The event will also include parachute displays, character kites, large RC model aircraft and mass launches of around 100 hot air balloons.
Performers (last updated 02/06/21)
Red Arrows (x9 BAE Hawk T.1A) FRI/SAT **And flypast on Sunday**
RAF Typhoon FGR.4 SAT/SUN
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Spitfire x2) SAT/SUN
Team Raven (x5 Vans RV-8) SAT/SUN
Tiger Nine Aeronautical Display Team (x9 Tiger Moth) SAT/SUN
Stampe Formation Flying Team (x4 SV-4 Stampe) SAT/SUN
Turbulent Team (x4 Druine Turbulent) SAT/SUN
Airborne Pyrotechnics (Grob 109b) FRI/SAT/SUN
Airborne Pyrotechnics (SA180 Twister) FRI
Vintage Pair (x2 Chipmunk) SAT/SUN
B-17G Flying Fortress "Sally B" SAT/SUN
PBY-5A Catalina "Miss Pick-Up" SAT/SUN
Spitfire Mk.IX PT879 (Peter Teichman's "Russian Spitfire") SAT/SUN
Westland Wasp HAS Mk.I FRI/SAT/SUN
Chris Jesson (SV-4 Stampe) FRI/SAT/SUN
Paul Freeland (F.260 Marchetti) FRI/SAT/SUN
Peter Davis (Rotorsport Calidus autogyro) FRI/SAT/SUN **TBC - self-confirmation**
Rich Goodwin (Pitts S-2SE) Fri/SAT/SUN
Brendan O'Brien (Schweizer 300 "Otto the Helicopter") FRI/SAT/SUN
Gipsey Pair (Auster AOP.6 & DCH-1 Chipmunk) FRI/SAT/SUN
Westland Scout SAT/SUN
Bell Sioux SAT/SUN
RAF Falcons parachute display team SAT/SUN
Other aerial attractions
Lindstrand Airship FRI/SAT/SUN
55% scale RC Yak-54 FRI/SAT/SUN
TJD Display Team RC warbirds battle re-enactment SAT/SUN
30 "special shape" balloons (Fox, Newspaper, Up!, Lager Bottle, Lightbulb, Benji, Guinea Pig & more) FRI/SAT/SUN
Schedule (Friday)
16:00 - gates open
16:00-17:00 - character kites
17:00-18:00 - large model aircraft
18:00-19:00 - air display part 1
19:00-20:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
20:30-21:45 - air display part 2
21:50-22:15 - hot air balloon night glow
22:20-22:30 - fireworks
23:30 - gates close
Schedule (Sat/Sun)
05:00 - gates open
05:30-07:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
08:00-09:00 - character kites
09:00-11:00 - large remote-control model aircraft
12:30-18:00 - full air display
18:00-19:00 - character kites
18:30-20:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
21:30 - gates close
2018 highlights video:
Ragley Hall, Alcester, UK
4th-6th June 2021
www.midlandsairfestival.com
The third Midlands Air Festival will be held in the gardens of the Ragley Hall Estate. Friday 4th June will feature a hot air balloon "night glow", fireworks and a 90-minute evening pyro air display, while Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June will feature a full 5 hour flying display. The event will also include parachute displays, character kites, large RC model aircraft and mass launches of around 100 hot air balloons.
Performers (last updated 02/06/21)
Red Arrows (x9 BAE Hawk T.1A) FRI/SAT **And flypast on Sunday**
RAF Typhoon FGR.4 SAT/SUN
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Spitfire x2) SAT/SUN
Team Raven (x5 Vans RV-8) SAT/SUN
Tiger Nine Aeronautical Display Team (x9 Tiger Moth) SAT/SUN
Stampe Formation Flying Team (x4 SV-4 Stampe) SAT/SUN
Turbulent Team (x4 Druine Turbulent) SAT/SUN
Airborne Pyrotechnics (Grob 109b) FRI/SAT/SUN
Airborne Pyrotechnics (SA180 Twister) FRI
Vintage Pair (x2 Chipmunk) SAT/SUN
B-17G Flying Fortress "Sally B" SAT/SUN
PBY-5A Catalina "Miss Pick-Up" SAT/SUN
Spitfire Mk.IX PT879 (Peter Teichman's "Russian Spitfire") SAT/SUN
Westland Wasp HAS Mk.I FRI/SAT/SUN
Chris Jesson (SV-4 Stampe) FRI/SAT/SUN
Paul Freeland (F.260 Marchetti) FRI/SAT/SUN
Peter Davis (Rotorsport Calidus autogyro) FRI/SAT/SUN **TBC - self-confirmation**
Rich Goodwin (Pitts S-2SE) Fri/SAT/SUN
Brendan O'Brien (Schweizer 300 "Otto the Helicopter") FRI/SAT/SUN
Gipsey Pair (Auster AOP.6 & DCH-1 Chipmunk) FRI/SAT/SUN
Westland Scout SAT/SUN
Bell Sioux SAT/SUN
RAF Falcons parachute display team SAT/SUN
Other aerial attractions
Lindstrand Airship FRI/SAT/SUN
55% scale RC Yak-54 FRI/SAT/SUN
TJD Display Team RC warbirds battle re-enactment SAT/SUN
30 "special shape" balloons (Fox, Newspaper, Up!, Lager Bottle, Lightbulb, Benji, Guinea Pig & more) FRI/SAT/SUN
Schedule (Friday)
16:00 - gates open
16:00-17:00 - character kites
17:00-18:00 - large model aircraft
18:00-19:00 - air display part 1
19:00-20:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
20:30-21:45 - air display part 2
21:50-22:15 - hot air balloon night glow
22:20-22:30 - fireworks
23:30 - gates close
Schedule (Sat/Sun)
05:00 - gates open
05:30-07:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
08:00-09:00 - character kites
09:00-11:00 - large remote-control model aircraft
12:30-18:00 - full air display
18:00-19:00 - character kites
18:30-20:30 - mass hot air balloon launch
21:30 - gates close
2018 highlights video: