Below are the 2022 display dates & venues for the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team:
May 2022
• 01 May -
Peterborough Truck Fest
• 05 May - RAF Cranwell MIOTC 11
• 11 May -
Balmoral Park NI, Balmoral Show
• 12 May -
Balmoral Park NI, Balmoral Show
• 13 May -
Balmoral Park NI, Balmoral Show
• 14 May -
Balmoral Park NI, Balmoral Show
• 19 May -
RAF Brize Norton, Jon Egging Trust
• 21 May -
Cognac, France Air Show
• 22 May -
Cognac, France Air Show
• 28 May -
MOD Corsham Families Day
• 31 May -
Ipswich, Suffolk Show
June 2022
• 02 June -
Ragley Hall, Midlands Air Festival
• 03 June -
Ragley Hall, Midlands Air Festival
• 04 June -
Ragley Hall, Midlands Air Festival
• 04 June -
Bournemouth 7s Rugby
• 05 June -
Sandringham, Sandringham Show
• 09 June -
Wadebridge, Royal Cornwall Show
• 10 June -
Wadebridge, Royal Cornwall Show
• 11 June -
Wadebridge, Royal Cornwall Show
• 11 June -
Darlington, Teesside Airshow
• 12 June -
RAF Cosford Air Show
• 15 June - Worcester, RAF Heritage Engagement
• 18 June -
Duxford Summer Air Show
• 19 June -
Duxford Summer Air Show
• 19 June - Rendcomb Airfield, Air Pageant
• 22 June -
Lincoln, Lincoln Show
• 23 June -
Lincoln, Lincoln Show
• 23 June - RAF Cranwell, Grad Ball
• 24 June -
Edinburgh, Royal Highland Show
• 25 June -
Scarborough National Armed Forces Day - 10.30am
• 25 June -
Lowestoft Armed Forces Day
• 29 June -
Norwich, Royal Norfolk Show
• 30 June -
Norwich, Royal Norfolk Show
July 2022
• 01 July -
Silverstone, F1 Grand Prix Practice
• 09 July -
Tatton Park, ABF Anniversary
• 18 July -
Builth Wells, Royal Welsh Show
• 18 July -
Farnborough Air Show
• 19 July -
Builth Wells, Royal Welsh Show
• 19 July -
Farnborough Air Show
• 20 July -
Peterhead - Scottish Week
• 21 July -
Builth Wells, Royal Welsh Show
• 22 July -
Farnborough Air Show
• 23 July -
RAF Northolt Families Day
• 28 July -
RAF Marham Families Day
• 28 July -
RAF Honington Families Day
• 30 July -
Old Buckenham Airshow
• 31 July -
Old Buckenham Airshow
August 2022
• 03 August -
Swanage Carnival
• 04 August - RAF Cranwell, MIOT 13
• 06 August -
RAF Halton, Apprentices 100th
• 11 August -
RAF Valley Families Day
• 11 August -
RAF Shawbury Families Day
• 12 August -
Shrewsbury Flower Show
• 13 August -
Shrewsbury Flower Show
• 17 August -
York Racecourse, Ebor Festival
• 18 August -
York Racecourse, Ebor Festival
• 18 August -
RAF Benson Families Day
• 19 August -
RAF Odiham Families Day
• 20 August -
Gydnia, Poland Air Show
• 21 August -
Gydnia, Poland Air Show
• 26 August - Schaffen, Belgium Para 75th
• 27 August -
Malacky Air Base, Slovakia Intl Air Festival
• 28 August -
Malacky Air Base, Slovakia Intl Air Festival
September 2022
• 02 September -
Norwich Sundown Festival
• 03 September -
RAF Brize Norton Families Day
• 03 September -
RAF Digby Families Day
• 08 September - RAF Northolt CAS Commendations
• 08 September - RAF Cosford AFR
• 10 September -
Abingdon Air & Country Show - Cancelled
• 15 September - Imjin Barracks, HQ ARRC BoB
• 24 September -
Sywell, Pistons and Props
The RAF Falcons schedule is usually announced at the end of March each year.
60th Anniversary:
2021 marked the 60th Anniversary of the RAF Parachuting Display Team. Originally formed in 1961 by six instructors from the Parachute Training School formally based at RAF Abingdon, with a debut performance at Farnborough Air show. In 1965 the Team increased in size to twelve parachutists, it was also in 1965 that the Team were given their name of the 'RAF Falcons', taking the name from a bird of prey which represented their displays; swift, swooping, elegant and aerobatic in flight, all still prominent to this day.
• RAF Falcons News
RAF Falcons Receive Public Display Authority (PDA) for 2022 Season.
The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team is the only centrally funded, professional, military parachute display team in the UK. The RAF Falcons parachute display is both unique and flexible. This is necessary due to weather conditions that will dictate which of the three types of show the team may be asked to perform at very late notice:
• High show: 9000 ft - 12,000 ft above ground level
• Mid show: 5000 ft - 9000 ft above ground level
• Low show: 2500 ft - 5000 ft above ground level
The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team utilises a variety of aircraft, from which to jump, depending on aircraft availability and the nature of the display, including the C-130J Hercules, Chinook, Puma and Dakota.
RAF Falcons Display Team 2022:
Flt Lt Stu Philpott - Officer Commanding
Flt Lt Mike Reeve - Deputy Officer Commanding
Flt Sergeant James Bruce - Team Coach
Sergeant Gaz Nicholson - Deputy Team Coach
Sergeant Ben Sammut - Third Year
Sergeant Bobby Menarry - Third Year
Sergeant Doug Mcall - Second Year
Sergeant Paddy Guillois - Second Year
Sergeant Owen Collins - First Year
Sergeant Sean McCabe - First Year
Corporal Joe Finch - First Year
Corporal Ross Gill - Survival Equipment Technician
Corporal Gav Wright - Survival Equipment Technician
