Any recommendations?

[ConnieHarris]

For aviation enthusiasts, which upcoming airshows or fly-ins are you most excited about attending? Any recommendations for must-see events around the world?

[badeshka]

Ive only ever really been to Sun n Fun for airshows but I 100% recommend it if you can. It is next month, April 9-14th. Supposed to be a big warbird presence, plenty of military and a bunch of civilian performers. Ive never been to Oshkosh but i am going for my first time this year, but anyone ive ever talked to says its a must do if you are into aviation.

[passedgas46]

Worldwide, I'd like to think the Royal International Air Tattoo fits that to a tee. It's on my bucket list - heck, much of Europe is on mine.

Since most people who comment here are from the US, I would think the two big fly-ins would be the answer to your question. I've seen both the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds so many times over the decades going back to the late F-4 days (my earliest memories of the teams were of them in the A-4 and T-38, respectively, but there's slides of myself as a kid with the teams' F-4s). Have to thank my father for dragging me everywhere and seeing a good chunk of the country in the process.

But... two places he didn't take me to were Sun 'n Fun and Oshkosh. My wife and I are going to Oshkosh this year. For both of us it'll be our first time there and our first time in Wisconsin. Sun 'n Fun was also a thought for this year but between purchasing a house and moving, combined with other things that have already happened this year and will be happening, it wasn't going to happen.

If you take those two out of the equation, it seems like there's two must-see airshows in California this year: Sacramento and Huntington Beach. NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach has a really nice military lineup this year and that has me coming back for the first time since 2017. There's a few others but those three stick out in my mind.

[n33d4sp33d_85]

Here's a list of must-see airshows I highly recommend.

Europe
- Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford, United Kingdom (July 19-21) - Finnish AF Midnight Hawks, RCAF CF-18 Demo, CzAF JAS-39 Demo, Spanish Navy AV-8B Demo [more to be added]
- Airpower '24 in Zeltweg, Austria (September 6-7) - Spanish AF Patrulla Aguila, CzAF JAS-39 Demo [more to be added]
- Athens Flying Week in Tanagra, Greece (September 14-15) - Spanish AF Patrulla Aguila, HAF F-16 Demo, HAF F-4, HAF Mirage 2000 [more to be added]
- Air Legend in Melun–Villaroche, France (September 14-15)
- IWM Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow in Duxford, United Kingdom (September 14-15) - Formation of 15-20 Spitfires and Hurricanes

North America
- Luke AFB, Glendale, Arizona, USA (March 23-24) - USAF Thunderbirds, USAF A-10 Demo, USAF F-35A Demo, USAF C-17 Demo
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA (April 20) - USAF F-16 Demo, USN EA-18G Demo, USMC V-22 Demo, USAF C-17 Demo, German AF A400M Flyby, RCAF CF-18 Flyby, USAF B-52 Flyby
- MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, USA (May 11-12) - USN Blue Angels, USAF F-22 Demo, USMC AV-8B Demo, USMC Air-Ground Task Force Demo
- Chesterfield, Missouri, USA (June 8-9) - USN Blue Angels, USAF F-22 Demo, USN EA-18G Demo, USMC F-35B Demo, USN P-8 Demo, P-38, P-47, P-51
- CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada (June 22-23) - RCAF Snowbirds, Italian AF Frecce Tricolori, USAF F-35A Demo, RCAF CF-18 Demo, RAF Typhoon Demo
- CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada (June 29-30) - RCAF Snowbirds, Italian AF Frecce Tricolori, USAF F-16 Demo, RCAF CF-18 Demo
- Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA (July 20-21) - USAF F-16 Demo, F-5B, P-38, P-40, P-51
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA (July 22-28) - RCAF Snowbirds, Italian AF Frecce Tricolori, USAF F-16 Demo, USAF F-22 Demo, USN EA-18G Demo, USMC F-35B Demo, Polaris Ghost Squadron
- Milwaukee. Wisconsin, USA (July 27-28) - USAF Thunderbirds, Italian AF Frecce Tricolori, USN F/A-18F Demo, USMC F-35B Demo
- CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada (August 24-25) - RCAF Snowbirds, RAF Red Arrows, USAF F-16 Demo, RCAF CF-18 Demo
- Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (September 7-8) - RCAF Snowbirds, USAF Thunderbirds, RAF Red Arrows, RCAF CF-18 Demo
- NAS Oceana, Virginia, USA (September 21-22) - USN Blue Angels, USAF F-22 Demo, USN F/A-18F Demo, RCAF CF-18 Demo, Polaris Ghost Squadron
- MCAS Miramar, California, USA (September 27-29) - USN Blue Angels, USAF F-22 Demo, USMC F-35B Demo, USMC Air-Ground Task Force Demo
- Huntington Beach, California, USA (October 4-6) - USAF Thunderbirds, USAF A-10 Demo, USAF F-22 Demo, USN EA-18G Demo, USMC V-22 Demo, USAF C-17 Demo

[Chris Smallenberg]

If we're talking anywhere in the world, I would highly recommend the Australian International Airshow. It is a biannual event so doesn't occur until 2025 unfortunately.