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AIRSHOWS 2018 AIRSHOWS 2018 It’s That Time Of The year Again. Let’s See What’s Flying And Where Oh, I love this time of the year. Of course, for the Sandbag Times it is more of a work day than a swan. Yeah, really! I love heading towards the shows, picnic in the boot. Camera ready, Maybe even a beer or two if I can convince someone else to drive. All I need then is blue skies and nice sunshine and my day is complete. pay tribute to Jonathan. Other usual suspects will be there too, BBMF, the Wingwalkers (totally bonkers), the Chinnok etc. This year we also see the welcome return of an RAF Tornado GR4, always a crowd pleaser and a good one for setting off all of the car alarms. We have a Typhoon showing off as well as one of my old WW2 favs the Blenheim Bomber. What a graceful bird that is. I must put out a public warning though. You will get sick to the sight of the Jaguar jets. They are absolutely everywhere. Don’t get me wrong, I love them when they fly but Cosford is a bit of a Jaguar dumping ground. Mark my words, you will have had enough of them by the time the displays finish. So, to start this year we head to RAF Cosford. This, by far, is my favourite show. Not only because of the great flying displays but also the museum. On any other day, the RAF Cosford Museum if open free of charge to enjoy and, I must say it is up there in my top ten of places to go in the UK. Four hangers of aircraft to dream over, with just about every British aircraft you can think of. But the real head turner is the Cold War museum. ONG, a real treat. Anyway, to get back on subject, lets talk about the airshow there for this year. Much to my delight, we will be seeing the Mig 29 Fulcrum. Never seen one before and feeling very excited. Also on display are the Reds. Even though they experienced a tragedy just a short while ago with the death of one of their ‘Circus’ engineers, Cpl Jonathan Bayliss, the show must go on. And what a way to So, what else have we got? I suppose we need to talk about the big one. The Royal International Air Tattoo. (RIAT) promises to be yet another awesome event. There are a serios amount of fighter jets flying including the F35B, F/A 18 Hornet, F16 Falcon, GR4 Tornado SU22, to name but a few. I have no idea how they get so many displays in there. Pop over to their website and take a look at the full round up. I think the only besier airspace in the country will be Heathrow Airport. If you are going to be unable to afford the delights of these airfields, worry not as there are a few free airshows around that are just as good. To start with, one of my old favourites, Airbourne. Set on Eastbourne beach front, the whole airshow package rocks up to the public arena. For those who do not live in the South east there is also Bournemouth, Blackpool and Weston Super-Mare. Where ever you are in the UK, you can be sure there will be an Airshow close to you. Grab the kids, dog and picnic and go enjoy those magnificent men in their flying machines. | 14 www.sandbagtimes.co.uk
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