Bournemouth Air Show

[S10GTA]

Has anybody seen a timetable for 2016? I'm struggling to find one.

Thanks.

[MarkwG]

I think the idea is you buy the programme online & you'll get a code to access the timetable: no doubt it'll leak out in the next couple of days.

[SeeFive]

I would guess that the programme will be disrupted on Saturday. High winds in the forecast.

[ecsrobin]

SeeFive said:

I would guess that the programme will be disrupted on Saturday. High winds in the forecast.

And rain forecast Friday.

[JVaughan]

Incase no one is aware ...

[ecsrobin]

JVaughan said:

Incase no one is aware ...

Also the concerts and events on the beaches have been cancelled after being washed out last night with the spring tides and tidal surges caused by strong winds.

[Melman Giraffe]

So who's going this year? I'm only going on the Friday after attending every year for the whole weekend im starting to feel its getting a bit repetitive and nothing new .

Not trying to put a downer on it but every year feels the same with the same line up

[z06tim]

Melman Giraffe said:

So who's going this year? I'm only going on the Friday after attending every year for the whole weekend im starting to feel its getting a bit repetitive and nothing new .

Not trying to put a downer on it but every year feels the same with the same line up

Isn't the Draken a new visitor this year. I would have gone just for this, but unfortunately am unable to go this year.

[clarky92]

Friday night there will be a special one off dusk display from the Typhoon. I imagine it will be stunning to see.

Some of the other planes displaying I can recall include a Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Draken, Mustang, Thunderbolt and a Mig15 to name a few.

Should be one of the better years to go see it.

[MarkwG]

I believe a P8 Poseidon is doing a fly by on Friday, alhough you can't believe everything you read in the papers...

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17862514.p-...

[yellowjack]

I've heard small stuff displaying over the last couple of days, and caught sight of a Spitfire and Hurricane over the New Forest yesterday while out on my bike. Also heard an earsplitting military jet but I was uncer a forest canopy at the time so couldn't see which one. But the BBMF Lancaster is up right now, and it literally flew right over my house turning a big loop back toward the display area at the sea front. 4 snarling Merlins right above me and no camera to hand... grrr!

[bluey1905]

I may go down there for the dusk displays, the Typhoon should be quite spectacular.

[yellowjack]

The "awesome foursome" up right now. Just watched a P-47 leading a P-51 flanked on the left by a (Buchon) Me109 and on the right by a Spitfire. Great sight as they banked right into full sun and the light picked out the polished ali of the American pair, and the yellow nose on the Buchon.

It's going on just that little bit too far away to really enjoy it from home, but I've got the binos out and I'm getting some good glimpses either side of a neighbour's tree. Now where's that bloomin' chainsaw gotten to...?

[yellowjack]

The Evening Standard website has a timetable, which so far seems pretty close to actual running order if the noise I can hear is the Typhoon.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bournemouth-air...

Friday

1.30pm Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team
1.48pm Tucano T1
1.58pm Fireflies Aerobatic Display Team
2.12pm Royal Navy Black Cats
2.22pm Blades Aerobatic Display Team
2.40pm The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
3.55pm Ultimate Warbird Flights
4.15pm Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers
4.25pm RAF Typhoon
4.36pm Super Pitts Muscle Plane
4.48pm Strikemaster Pair
5.02pm RAF Chinook
5.16pm Saab Draken
7.35pm RAF Typhoon
7.48pm Spitfire
8.01pm Fireflies Aerobatic Display Team
8.14pm Otto the Helicopter & Piper Cub
8.30pm Red Devils Parachute Team
A US Navy Poseidon Surveillance Aircraft is expected to make an appearance on Friday afternoon

Saturday

1.37pm Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team
1.54pm MiG-15
2.04pm Fireflies Aerobatic Display Team
2.18pm Royal Navy Black Cats
2.28pm Super Pitts Muscle Plane
2.40pm Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
3.45pm Ultimate Warbird Flights
4.14pm Blades Aerobatic Display Team
4.22pm Hawker Sea Fury
4.34pm Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers
4.44pm Canadair T-33 Silver Star
4.54pm Strikemaster Pair
5.08pm RAF Chinook
5.22pm Saab Draken
5.33pm RAF Typhoon
7.45pm Spitfire
7.58pm Fireflies Aerobatic Display Team
8.11pm Otto the Helicopter & Piper Cub
8.26pm Red Devils Parachute Team

Sunday

1.00pm Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
1.20pm Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team
1.37pm MiG-15
1.47pm Fireflies Aerobatic Display Team
2.01pm Ultimate Warbird Flights
2.30pm Blades Aerobatic Display Team
2.47pm Hawker Sea Fury
2.59pm Royal Navy Black Cats
3.09pm Canadair T-33 Silver Star
3.19pm Super Pitts Muscle Plane
3.31pm Strikemaster Pair
3.45pm RAF Chinook
3.59pm Saab Draken
4.10pm RAF Typhoon

Edited by yellowjack on Friday 30th August 16:20

[Supercilious Sid]

After a poor start yesterday it turned out OK. For me the Draken was the star of the show. Very loud and very un-Nordic.

[yellowjack]

Went up today. Note to self: Go on an earlier day next time, because by leaving it until the final day I missed the Jug and the Draken.

The 'Ultimate Warbirds Flights' 4-ship comprised a Mustang, Spitfire, Buchon, and the p-47 Thunderbolt, or "Jug" on the first three days, but today they seemed to have subbed in another Spitfire in place of the P-47. And the Draken was slated to display right before the Typhoon closed the show, but it didn't appear at all.

Bonus of the day was the Mig-15 pairing up with the Canadair Silver Star later in the show than it's original billing of third up. Which meant I got to see it after all, because we arrived as the Fireflies display team were doing their display.

I definitely identified Spitfire Mk.Vc EE602 (coded DV-V) up there in the 4-ship display. I believe the other one might have been ML407, the Grace Spitfire, a Mk.IX (TR.9?) (coded OU-V). Nice touch at the end of their display too, when The Blades dropped in and flew alongside the WW2 foursome, a pair on either side, and did an 8-ship display for a few minutes, complete with smoke. Not seen that before.

Before we left the house we were treated to a low pass from the BBMF Lancaster which appeared to be following Castle Lane east to west positioning for it's display.

Beginning to wish I'd snuck out on Thursday or Friday to see the show now, and maybe gone to Night Air too, but to be honest there wasn't much that was jaw-dropping on the participant list really. My son got a better view of some of the participants operating out of Hurn on Saturday because his archery club shoots near the western end of the runway.