We’ve been able to host some of Europe’s best air displays and provide a wide-ranging flying programme that covers all aspects and eras of flight.
Highlights of years past include:
Fast jets in the form of the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon and the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Demo Team
Locally based RAF aircraft, including TriStar and VC-10 refuelling aircraft & latterly C130 Hercules and C17 transports from RAF Brize Norton and Puma / Merlin & latterly Chinook transport helicopters stationed at RAF Benson
World War II aircraft including the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster & B17 Flying Fortress bombers, Dakota transport aircraft, various Spitfires, Mustangs, Buchon, P47 Thunderbolt and Hurrcianes,
Aerobatics from the Twister Duo, Yak50, Extra 300, Rich Goodwin’s ‘Muscle Biplane & The Blades Aerobatic Display Team’
Helicopter displays from the Army Air Corps’ Historic Flight, the Royal Navy’s Black Cats, the Vietnam-era UH-1 ‘Huey and Historic Helicopters Sea King’
Red Arrows Gnats, the Vulcan bomber & Canberra PR.9 jet reconnaissance aircraft, to the RAF Red Arrows flypast and Great War World War One Display Team.