A bonus mini-announcement today: music throughout Antidotum Airshow Leszno 2024 will be performed live by the orchestra of the Polish Air Force.

The penultimate Friday update:
Christophe Simon CAP-10C (Last year's Bill Hartree Trophy winner for the most entertaining display)
Rich Goodwin Pitts S2S

Not necessarily anything to do with the demo team sadly. The Bavarian Tigers usually have at least one special scheme on the go, but they have almost never been used for airshows.

Latest addition: hot air balloon mass flypast

Some alterations to their display routine during Springhawk:

- Mirror Flat replaced by the Mirror Roll in the full/rolling show
- They have been practicing drawing the number '100' in red and white to mark RCAF 100 at the end of (some) shows

Worth noting for anyone lucky enough to see the Patrouille de France this year, there are some really nice new or modified manoeuvres in this year's sequence. Some standouts: - Sherif à Huit (8-ship Diamant formation pass with the front four aircraft erect, the two outer wingmen knife edge, and the ...

Today's addition: Grupa Akrobacyjna Żelazny

A trio of Mustangs, two classic jets and some Air Force assets recently added to the flying display: - P-51D "Frances Dell" (Flying Legend) - P-51D "Little Rebel" (Steven Stead) - P-51D "Nooky Booky" (Flying Bulls) - Lim-2 (Squadron Foundation) - Vampire FB.6 (Patrice F...

Now, that is lovely!

Vampire T.11 withdrawn due to technical problems and replaced by a Folland Gnat T.1