What Are Your 2024 Airshow Plans?

[DannyFez]

NAS JRB New Orleans Air Show
Tampa Bay AirFest
Beyond The Horizon Air & Space Show
Sywell Airshow
Royal International Air Tattoo

[kalamazookid]

I plan to be at the following:

April 13 - Purdue
May 17-18 - TBM Reunion
May 25-26 - Breckenridge
June 1-2 - Terre Haute
June 8-9 - St. Louis
July 4 or 6 - Battle Creek
August 10 - Muskegon (and maybe Chicago the same weekend)
September 7 - Waukegan
September 14-15 - London
September 28 or 29 - Wings by the Wabash

Maybe:
August 17 - Mattoon
Hopefully a local Red Arrows appearance
Additional small shows TBD

Unfortunately looks like I'll miss out on the Frecce Tricolori. I don't see a realistic trip that fits budget/schedule wise. Also won't make Oshkosh this year due to other travel. Hoping the rumored Red Arrows tour comes through and I can catch one of those shows.

[Adam]

So far, I'm expecting to be at:

- May 31-Jun 2: Midlands Air Festival, Ragley Hall or Duxford D-Day Airshow, UK
- Jun 9: RAF Cosford Airshow, UK
- Jun 21-22: Antidotum Airshow, Leszno, Poland
- Jun 29-30: Quinte Airshow, Trenton, Canada
- Flying Legends, UK (if it happens)
- Jul 16-22: Royal International Air Tattoo, UK
- Jul 23: Farnborough International Airshow, UK
- Sep 6-7: Airpower Zeltweg, Austria (maybe)
- Sep 13-15: Air Legend, Melun, France
- Sep 20-22: NATO Days, Ostrava, Czechia
- Oct 5: Duxford Flying Finale, UK
- Oct 5: Wings over Western Kentucky, Madisonville, USA
- Oct 11-14: Thunder over the Heartland, Topeka, USA

Plus probably a show in the Middle East at some point, and various other smaller shows in the UK, but it's a bit early to say which ones.

A nice mix of filming work, commentary/announcing and just-for-fun trips lined up.

[JA Boomer]

So what would be considered the top military airshows this year? Who's got the most demo teams scheduled?

[RyanS]

So what would be considered the top military airshows this year? Who's got the most demo teams scheduled?

https://airshowstuff.com/v4/airshow-cal ... -calendar/

Take a scroll down the calendar page and see who has the tallest row. Cherry Point looks pretty good because of the USMC assets, and you get a MAGTF as well. Possibly the final USMC Harrier demo ever unless they do Beaufort in 2025.

Bagotville and Trenton both look pretty good for Canadian shows.

Of course there are many more gaps to fill in as things get closer.

[Nate_Burrows]

Here’s what I’m looking at, could definitely change.

May 18: TBM Gathering, Peru, IL
June 8-9: Chesterfield, MO
June 22-23: Davenport, IA
July 13-14: Whiteman AFB, MO
July 22-28: Oshkosh, WI
Aug 24-25: Offutt AFB, NE
Sept 14-15: St Joesph, MO
Oct 12-14: Topeka, KS
Nov 8-10: Stuart, FL (maybe)

[Dan Gagnon]

Here are my plans (schedule subject to change due to inflation and being poor)

June 8-9 Chesterfield, MO (Tentative - might swap this for Offutt AFB...or just do both)

June 29-30 CFB Trenton, ON

July 13-14 Whiteman AFB, MO

August 3-4 Rochester, NY (depends on logistics)

August 24-25 Offutt AFB, NE ( Tentative - might swap this out with Chesterfield...or do both)

Aug 31- Sept 2 Toronto, ON

September 13-15 London, ON

[Ken91]

Current plans:
Mar 29-30 MacDill AFB, Tampa FL
Apr 9-14 Sun 'n Fun, Lakeland FL
May 3-5 Vero Beach FL
Oct 19-20 NAS JAX, Jacksonville FL
Nov 8-10 Stuart FL

[n33d4sp33d_85]

Here's my new itinerary for next year.

Planned
May 18-19: Dover AFB, Delaware (Thunder Over Dover)
June 7-9: Reading, Pennsylvania (WWII Weekend)
July 19-21: RAF Fairford, United Kingdom (Royal International Air Tattoo)
September 21-22: NAS Oceana, Virginia (NAS Oceana Airshow)
September 28: Leesburg, Virginia (Leesburg Airshow)
October 12: Culpeper, Virginia (Culpeper Airfest)

Maybe(s)
June 12-18: Baltimore, Maryland (Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover)

Hopeful(s)
May 11-12: MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina (MCAS Cherry Point Airshow)

Airshow of Interest
June 29-30: CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada (Quinte International Air Show)
August 3-4: Rochester, New York (Rochester International Airshow)*
August 10-11: Orange County Airport, Montgomery, New York (New York Air Show)*
October 5-6: Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia (Warbirds Over The Beach)

* = trying to decide between Rochester and Montgomery as both shows are slated to have the Frecce Tricolori

As always, this list is subject to change.

[RyanS]

First impressions, but we'll see how things play out:

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March 1-10 - Heritage Flight Conference, Winter Training, Yuma
March 23-24 - New Orleans

April 6-8 - San Antonio and Eclipse?

May 11-12 - Cherry Point Airshow
May 17-18 - TBMs

June 1-2 - Terre Haute
June 29-30 - Trenton

July 5-7 - Battle Creek
July 20-28 - Elmendorf, Oshkosh, Milwaukee

August 10-11 - Abbotsford
Aug 30-Sept 2 - Cleveland

Sept 14-15 - London

Oct 5-6 - Reno?
Oct 19-20 - NAS Jax
Oct 26-27 - Topeka