The Bournemouth Air Festival takes place over four days in August. The FREE four day spectacular is set against the backdrop of Bournemouth's seven miles of award-winning beaches, beautiful bay and glorious gardens.
The Festival includes amazing air displays (from classic flying machines to modern day speed machines!), Sea Displays, Interactive Static Displays, Fireworks, Familiy Fun Attractions, and Music & Live Entertainment.
The festival takes place between Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers and in the Lower Gardens and the number of visitors are anticipated to be in excess of up to 200,000 per day.
Click here to visit the Bournemouth Air Festival website.
2013 AIRSHOWS
29 August - 01 September
Bournemouth Air Festival 2013
Local hotels for the Bournemouth Airshow.
Incredible air displays, attractions and fantastic evening entertainment – don’t miss the UK’s biggest free aviation festival next summer.
Provisional Participating aircraft at the Bournemouth Air Festival 2013:
The Bournemouth Air Festival
29 August - 01 September 2013
Participation Details
Red Arrows (29th-31st)(F)
RAF Typhoon FGR4 (30th-1st)(F)
RAF Tucano T1 (29th-1st)(F)
RAF Tutor T1 (F)
RAF Chinook (30th-1st)(F)
BBMF - Lancaster, Spitfire, Hurricane (29th-1st)(F)
RN Merlin helicopter (F)
RN Black Cats Lynx helicopter (F)
RNHF Swordfish (29th) TBC (F)
Tigers Parachute Team (29th-1st)
The Blades aerobatic display team (29th-1st) (F)
The RV8tors (F)
SWIP Team (29th-30th)(F)
Patrouille Reva (29th-1st) TBC (F)
Among the ships will be the Type-23 frigates HMS Northumberland and HMS Monmouth. Also the French Navy training ship 'L’Etoile' In the air will be a Black Cat Lynx and Merlin helicopters, and the Royal Marines will storm the beach from a number of landing craft in their amphibious assault demonstration.