UK Airshow Calendar 2003

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It was announced that the Mildenhall Air Fete which was to have taken place on May 24-25th 2003 was cancelled due to increased operational requirements in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The last Mildenhall Air Fete was held in 2001.

The RAF Cosford Air Show which was to be held on the 8th June 2003 was cancelled for the first time since the event began 25 years ago. The organisers made the decision because they did not know whether there will be enough military aircraft to take part in the event as a result of the Iraq crisis. The air show's organisers said the decision has not been taken lightly, but that uncertainties over events in the Gulf have made the action necessary. A spokesman said the early cancellation would safeguard future funding and enable the event to continue in years to come.

The Sleap 2003 airshow was cancelled due to two reasons. Firstly, the huge loss that was made last year and secondly, the landowners are making the road access to the airfield twice the width. This work was due to start in August, which is when the show would have been happening.

May 2003:

      04 - 4th Abingdon Fayre - Abingdon Airfield, Oxfordshire.
      04 - Duxford Spring Airshow - Duxford, Cambs.
      04 - Shuttleworth Spring Air Display - Old Warden, Beds.
      04 - Cold War Jets Day - Bruntingthorpe, Leics.
09-11 - Great Vintage Flying Weekend - Kemble, Glos.
16-18 - Aerofair 2003 - North Weald, Essex.
      17 - Allied Memorial Air Day - Perranporth, Cornwall.
17-18 - Tribute to the Spitfire - Newark Museum, Notts.
25-26 - Open Weekend - Vulcan XL426 Taxi-Run - Southend Airport.
25-26 - Southend Airshow - Southend-on-Sea.
31-01 - Coventry Classic Airshow - Coventry, Warks.
31-01 - Portrush Airshow - Portrush, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

June 2003:

      01 - Shuttleworth Military Pageant - Old Warden, Beds.
      07 - Classics on the Wings 2003 - RAF Lynham, Wilts.
07-08 - DH Moth Club Charity Flying Weekend - Old Warden, Beds.
07-08 - 41st Biggin Hill International Air Fair - Biggin Hill, Kent.
      15 - Kemble Classic Jet Airshow - Kemble, Glos.
      15 - Vulcan XM655 Fast Taxi Run - Wellesbourne Airfield, Warks.
      18 - 75th Ann. of Atlantic crossing Amelia Earhart - Burry Port, South Wales.
      27 - Duxford Centenary of Flight Vintage Air Tour - Duxford, Cambs.
28-29 - RAF Waddington 2003 - RAF Waddington, Lincs.

July 2003:

05-06 - Festival of Free Flight - Kemble, Glos.
      06 - Shuttleworth 1930s Air Display - Old Warden, Beds.
      06 - Salthill Air Show 2003 - Salthill, Galway, Rep. of Ireland.
11-13 - PFA Rally 2003 - Kemble, Glos.
      12 - Trip the Flight Fantastic Airshow - East Fortune, East Lothian.
12-13 - Flying Legends Air Show 2003 - Duxford, Cambs.
      16 - Culdrose International Air Day - RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.
18-20 - Royal International Air Tattoo 2003 - RAF Fairford, Glos.
      25 - Llanidloes Air Day - Llanidloes, North Wales.
25-27 - Helidays Spectacular 2003 - Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.
      26 - Duxford Flying Proms - Duxford, Cambs.
26-27 - Sunderland International Airshow - Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
      28 - Careers & Aviation Enthusiast's Day - Exeter Airport.
31-01 - Lowestoft Air Festival - Lowestoft, Suffolk.

August 2003:

      02 - Fly to the Past - Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.
      02 - Music in the Air 2003 - Middle Wallop, Hants.
      03 - Shuttleworth Military Pageant - Old Warden, Beds.
07-10 - International Balloon Fiesta - Ashton court, Bristol.
08-10 - Blackpool Skyshow - Blackpool, Lancs.
      14 - Dawlish Carnival & Airshow - Dawlish, S.Devon.
14-17 - Eastbourne International Airshow - Eastbourne Sea Front, East Sussex.
      15 - Charity Photocall - RAF Valley, Anglesey.
16-17 - Air Display 2003 - Rougham, Suffolk.
16-17 - DH Moth Club International Moth Rally - Woburn Abbey, Beds.
      17 - Redhill Airshow & Vintage Fly-in - Redhill, Surrey.
21-22 - Clacton Airshow - Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
23-24 - The Glenn Miller Festival - RAF Twinwood, Bedfordshire.
24-25 - Yorkshire Airshow - Elvington, N.Yorks.
      25 - Caernafon Airpark Airshow 2003 - Caernafon, N.Wales.
30-31 - Shepway Airshow 2003 - Folkestone Sea Front, Kent.
30-31 - Shoreham Air Show - Shoreham, West Sussex.
      31 - Families Day Out & Vintage Vehicle Show - Little Gransden, Cambs.
      31 - Heli-Air Day - Kemble, Glos.

September 2003:

06-07 - Duxford Centenary of Flight Airshow - Duxford, Cambs.
06-07 - Southport Airshow and Military Tattoo - Southport Seafront, Lancs.
      07 - 50th Anniversary of world speed record - Tangmere, Sussex.
      07 - Shuttleworth Anniversary Pageant - Old Warden, Beds.
      11 - Battle of Britain Air Display - Guernsey, Channel Islands.
      11 - Jersey International Air Display - Jersey, Channel Islands.
      13 - Leuchars Airshow 2003 - RAF Leuchars, Fife.
      13 - Yeovilton Air Day 2003 - RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset.
23-25 - Helitech 2003 - Duxford, Cambs.
      28 - Delta Jets Open Day - Kemble, Glos.

October 2003:

      05 - Shuttleworth Autumn Airshow - Old Warden, Beds.
      05 - Open Day - Bruntingthorpe, Leics.
      12 - Duxford Autumn Airshow - Duxford, Cambs.

Cancellations in 2003:

Mildenhall Air Fete on 24-25 May
Cosford Airshow on 8th June
Ulster Airshow on 14th June
Shropshire Air Show in Sleap on 24th August

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