Jersey International Air Display 2021

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Jersey International Air Display 2021
September 9th
St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom

Featuring
RAF Red Arrows - Hawk T.1A x 9
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Avro Lancaster & Spitfire x 2
Boeing 727 - Oil Spill Response/2Excel

[Flightline Uk]

First participants:

Red Arrows
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Avro Lancaster & Spitfire x 2
Boeing 727 - Oil Spill Response/2Excel

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2021/05/ai ... r-display/

[Adam]

Airshow line up (updated 06/09/21)

United Kingdom:
Red Arrows (x9 Hawk T.1A)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Lancaster, x2 Spitfire)
The Starlings (Extra NG, Cap-232)
RAF P-8A Poseidon MRA.1 (flypast) - airshow debut
RAF A400M Atlas C.1 (flypast)
RAF Chinook HC.6
RAF Typhoon FGR.4
Royal Navy Wildcat HMA.2
Oil Spill Response Boeing 727 role demonstration
Spitfire PR.XIX PS853
P-51D Mustang "War Horse"

Sweden:
SwAF Historic Flight Saab 29 Tunnan
SwAF Historic Flight Saab 32 Lansen
SwAF Historic Flight Saab 35 Draken
SwAF Historic Flight Saab 37 Viggen

France:
Patrouille Reva (x3 VariEZ)
Breguet 1050 Alizé
OV-10 Bronco
CAC Boomerang
Broussard & Electric Cri-Cri (mid-air launch)

United States:
USAF CV-22B Osprey (flypast)
USN P-8A Poseidon (flypast)

My last trip to JIAD was in 2018, and I'm looking forward to returning next month! The quartet of Swedish jets and the Alizé will be rare treats indeed.

[Adam]

The RAF will provide a flypast by a P-8 Poseidon. I believe it will be the type's first appearance at a public airshow in RAF service.

Edited to add: at the same time the airshow tweeted that they would be "having" an RAF A400M Atlas. I missed this announcement at the time I posted. I would assume they mean the aircraft will be doing a flypast but the wording isn't clear and I guess it could also reasonably mean that it will be attending the static display only.

[Adam]

PlanesTV will be live streaming Thursday's show.

[Flightline Uk]

As always with Jersey, a few drop-offs (notably the Alize) but a few flypasts added

Military Flying Displays

Red Arrows - BAE Systems Hawk T1 x 9
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Supermarine Spitfire x 2
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 - 29(R) Sqn/RAF Typhoon Display Team
Leonardo AW159 Wildcat - Army Air Corps/JHC
Boeing Chinook HC6/A - RAF Chinook Display Team
Boeing P-8A Poseidon MRA1 - 120 Squadron (Flypast)
Airbus DS A400M Atlas C1 - RAF Brize Norton (Flypast)
Boeing CV-22B Osprey - RAF Mildenhall (Flypast)
Boeing P-8A Poseidon - US Navy/ NAS Sigonella (Flypast)

Civilian Flying Displays

Supermarine Spitfire PRXIX - Rolls Royce Heritage Flight
North American P-51D Mustang - Rolls Royce Heritage Flight
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress - Sally-B
SAAB J32 Lansen - Swedish Air Force Historic Flight
SAAB J35 Draken - Swedish Air Force Historic Flight
SAAB AJS37 Viggen - Swedish Air Force Historic Flight
Rockwell OV-10B Bronco - Private
Starlings Aerobatic Team - Extra 330NG/Mudry CAP232
Patrouille Reva - Rutan Vari-Ez x 3
Max Holste Brossaurd/Electric Cri-Cri - Patrouille Trenchard

[Adam]

A challenging show for the organisers, I'm sure, hit hard by last-minute cancellations and weather delays, but also with some very memorable moments.

Sadly I think the talking points will be the aircraft that we didn't see. The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight were due to fly at the tail end of the showers that passed through and all three were scrubbed. The Breguet Alize and CA-13 Boomerang were cancelled in the days prior. The RAF A400M and USN P-8 were called off on operational duties. The USAF CV-22 diverted en-route to the show due to a technical fault. The BBMF's Lancaster/Spitfire/Spitfire 3-ship was changed for a Dakota solo. Both of the last-minute replacement acts brought in to replace those which cancelled were themselves cancelled.

But onto what did fly, and there was plenty. The show was opened by an RAF Poseidon MRA.1 - the type's airshow debut in RAF ownership. Some fantastic displays from the continent followed: an energetic Yak-3 solo, an utterly brilliant (and fully aerobatic) OV-10 Bronco display, and a thoroughly unique pairs display by a Broussard and electric Cri Cri, the latter being launched mid-flight from the top of the Broussard. B-17G "Sally B" put in a stirling show as the rain set in, and when the weather cleared it was mostly down to the RAF to close out the day. Sadly the Chinook and Typhoon were very distant, I imagine due to the shape of the bay, but the Red Arrows had great presence and looked fantastic in moody skies over Elizabeth Castle.

I have shamelessly pinched some recordings from PlanesTV's livestream, for which I manned one of the cameras. You can find the full stream in an earlier post.

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