I have been talking about exactly this with some display pilot friends here in the UK in recent days, including a big chat about our 2021 season with my own team last night. One chap is planning to do no airshows at all this year to avoid the uncertainty and almost nobody has signed any contracts ye...

Wonder if we'll see the other Swiss AF acts (and, indeed, some of the other continental display teams) adding one of the Duxford shows, or maybe the rescheduled Cosford show, to their 2021 schedules following the cancellations of RIAT and RNIAD. Any mid-sized show that manages to go ahead this year ...

Sad, but not in the least surprising. I had expected they might hold on until next Monday for the PM to announce his "road map" out of lockdown, but the chances are that won't add much certainty anyway. As notices of cancellation go, this is a very good one. Sincere, detailed and apologeti...

From the top of my head, the last time WOW managed to wing over a B-52 long-range bomber it parted departed out of Barksdale, from the Tail code if you have noticed in the video on the website saying "LA", that must be Barksdale as I thought it to myself, I'm predicting it might depart fr...

Excellent start. Has RIAT ever hosted both teams in the same year before? Or, indeed, as any non-Swiss airshow hosted both teams in recent years? I certainly can't think of anything off the top of my head. Stellar support from our Switzerland partners once again.

Being optimistic, if this works, could it be the shot in the arm (no pun intended) that the show needs to become a two-day event in the longer term? Now it's the only RAF-hosted airshow, there surely must be the appetite for it.

Things looked pretty dicey for the B-1 from some angles! Behind the others at the start, and then passing underneath the B-2 at the end! A friend and I were debating why it looked a bit messy. He suggested that the B-1 had to fly faster than the other two, so it was a carefully coordinated overtake ...

With great regret, we must announce that the Royal Navy International Air Day (RNIAD) will not take place this year as scheduled at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, on Saturday 10 July. Due to the ongoing uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic and currentgovernment policy on large outdoor gatherings, the ...

More from today. Firstly, details are out of that opening ceremony flyby, all doing a stright-and-level flyby unless specified: 1. x3 Mi-17, carrying flags 2. x1 Light Utility Helicopter and x2 Dhruv 3. x3 Light Combat Helicopter 4. x4 Dhruv Mk.4 5. x1 Tejas, x1 i-Hawk, x2 HTT-40, x1 HJT-36 Sitara, ...

Some interesting aerial performances coming up, for sure. Current highlights include: 41-aircraft opening flyby, due to feature the Su-30MKI, Tejas, Rafale, C-17, An-32, C-47, Jaguar, Hawk, Mi-17 & more Aero India flying display debuts of the Chinook, Apache & Rafale in IAF hands (not clear ...