AIRSHOW CALENDAR by World Airshow News Canadian Editor Kerry J. Newstead This listing contains U.S.A. and International airshows beginning in January, <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> through mid-May <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>. Go to www.airshowmag.com for complete U.S. and international listings. BA = Blue Angels • CF = Canadian CF-18 • SB = Snowbirds • TB = Thunderbirds 1/10-1/13: Havasu Balloon Festival & Fair, Havasu City, AZ, (877) 505-2440, hbffhelp@gmail.com 1/12-1/13: Great Eastern Fly-In, Evans Head NSW, Australia, info@greateasternflyin.com, greateasternflyin.com 1/19-1/19: Imperial Aviation Day, Imperial, CA, (683) 655-6444, expo@sebringairport.com 1/23-1/26: US Sport Aviation Expo, Sebring, FL, sport-aviation-expo.com 1/25-1/27: Festival Aéreo de Villarrica, Villarrica, Chile, festivalaereovillarrica@ gmail.com, festivalaereovillarrica.cl 1/26-1/27: Show Aéreo Ilopango <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, San Salvador, El Salvador, info@ilopangoairshow.com 2/15-2/27: Montebello Winter Fly In, Montebello, QC, Canada, (613) 236-49<strong>01</strong>, copa@copanational.org 2/17-2/17: 19th Annual Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular, Laredo, TX, Jet:a10, (956) 722-0589, wbca@wbcalaredo.org, wbcalaredo.org 2/19-2/10: Buckeye Air Fair, Buckeye, AZ, (623) 349-6000 2/20-2/22: AeroExpo <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Toluca, Mexico 2/20-2/24: Aero India <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Bengaluru, India, mediaregn.dpr-mod@gov.in, aeroindia.in 2/22-2/24: Wings over Wairarapa, Masterton, New Zealand, info@wings.org. nz, wings.org.nz 2/23-2/13: Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Plant City, FL, (813) 754-3707, info@ plantcity.org 2/23-2/23: Los Angeles Air Raid, San Pedro, CA 2/26-3/3: Avalon <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> - Australian International Airshow, Geelong VIC, Australia, airshow@amda.com.au, airshow. net.au 3/2-3/2: JASDF Komaki Open Base Air Festival, Aicihi, Japan, mod.go.jp 3/7-3/10: Aero Club Airweek, Middleburg, South Africa, alan@aeroclub.org.za, Lowveld Kishuga AirshowLowveld Kishuga Airshow 3/9-3/10: Yuma Airshow, MCAS Yuma, AZ, Jet:a10, (928) 269-3109, mcasyuma_media@usmc.mil, yumaairshow.com 3/9-3/10: Swellendam Fly In and Sport Aerobatic Championship, Swellendam, South Africa, pventer@vgv.co.za, vgv. co.zavgv.co.za 3/15-3/17: Space Coast Warbird AirShow, Titusville, FL, (321) 268-1941, warbirds@ valiantaircommand.com 3/16-3/16: NAF El Centro Air Show, NAF El Centro, CA, Jet: BA, (760) 339-2673, nafecpao@gmail.com 3/16-3/17: Lake Boga Airshow & Splash In, Lake Boga VIC, Australia, museum@ flyingboat.org.au 3/22-3/24: AAAA National Fly-in, Echura VIC, Australia, president@antique-aeroplane.com.au 3/23-3/23: FASHKOSH - Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, gm@stelfly. co.za, stelfly.co.za 3/23-3/24: Thunder and Lighting Over Arizona, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, Jet:TB/ f22/a10, (520) 228-3406, 355wgpa@ us.af.mil 3/23-3/24: California International Air Show, Salinas, CA, Jet: BA, (844) 647-7499, info@salinasairshow.com, salinasairshow.com 3/26-3/30: LIMA ‘19 - Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition, Langkawi, Malaysia, norliza.manap@ limaexhibition.com, limaexhibition. com 3/30-3/31: Melbourne Air and Space show, Melbourne, FL, Jet:F35, (321) 395- 3110, pr@air.show 3/30-3/31: NAS Key West Southern most Air Show, NAS Key West, FL, Jet: BA/f16, (305) 293-2503, mwrnaskw@gmail.com, airshowkeywest.com 3/30-3/31: Thunder Over the Bay, Travis AFB, CA, Jet:TB/f22 4/6-4/6: Shaw AFB Wing Event, Shaw AFB, SC, Jet:F16 4/6-4/7: Hunter Valley Airshow <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Cessnock NSW, Australia, contact@ aerohunter.com.au, huntervalleyairshow. com.au 4/6-4/7: Sun-N-fun Fly-in Expo, Lakeland, FL, Jet: BA, (863) 904-6833, fly-info@ flysnf.org 4/6-4/7: Heart of Texas Air Show, Waco, TX, Jet:TB, info@heartoftexasairshow. com, heartoftexasairshow.com 4/10-4/13: Aero Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany, aero-expo.com 4/12-4/13: Festival d’Avion, Pinehurst, NJ, (910) 215-0861, info@festivaldavion. com 4/13-4/13: Marvel of Flight Fly-in & Expo, DeFuniak Springs, FL, (850) 892-2000, airport@defuniaksprings.net, marvelofflight.com 4/13-4/13: Valley View Air Display, Geraldton WA, Australia 4/13-4/13: Thunder Over Louisville, Louisville, KY, (502) 584-3378, KDFPressOffice@kdf.org 4/13-4/13: Uitenhage Festival, Uitenhage, South Africa 4/13-4/14: Wings over Southern Texas Air Show, NAS Corpus Christi, TX, Jet: BA/ a10 4/16-4/18: ABACE<strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, Shanghai, China, info@abace.aero 4/17-4/20: Qatar Airshow, Doha, Qatar, nikhil.kavlekar@qatarairshow.q 4/19-4/21: Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Blenheim, New Zealand, info@omaka.org.nz, classicfighters.org. nz 4/20-4/20: Rand Airport Easter Fly In, Rand, South Africa, events@randairport. co.za, randairport.co.zarandairport 4/24-4/27: FAMEX <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Santa Lucia, Mexico, Jet:a10, f-airmexico.com.mx 4/27-4/27: Cross City Airport Fly In, Cross City, FL, (352) 498-1403, cheyenne.stemple@dixie.fl.gov, visitdixie.com 4/27-4/28: MCAS Beaufort Air Show, MCAS Beaufort, SC, Jet: BA/f22, (854) 322-8767, scmccs@usmc-mccs.org, beaufortairshow.com 4/27-4/28: CAF Dixie Wing WWII Heritage Days, Peachtree City, GA, (770) 655-3315, marketing@dixiewing.org, wwiidays. org 4/27-4/28: Den ve vzduchu Plasy, Plasy, Czech Republic, jpoor@4pro.cz 4/27-4/28: Wings over Wayne Open House, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC, Jet:TB, wingsoverwayne@gmail.com 4/28-4/28: Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, Half Moon Bay, CA, (650) 726-2328, tim@miramarevents. comAirshow2<strong>01</strong>8!J249 4/28-4/28: Old Buckenham Wings & Wheels, Old Buckenham, England, airfield@oldbuck.com, oldbuck.com 5/4-5/4: SAAF Museum Airshow, AFB Swartkop, South Africa 5/4-5/4: <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> Manassas Airshow, Manassas, VA, Jet:a10 5/4-5/5: Planes of Fame Air Show, Chino, CA, Jet:F16, (909) 597-3722, harry.geier@ planesoffame.org 5/4-5/5: Fort Lauderdale Air Show, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jet: BA/f22, (321) 395- 3110, pr@air.show, fortlauderdaleairshow. com 5/4-5/5: Thunder over the sound:The Keesler and Biloxi Air and Space Show, www.airshowmag.com 52 January/February <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> Keesler AFB, MS, Jet:TB 5/4-5/5: Festival letectva Piestany, Piestany, Slovakia 5/4-5/5: Wings over Illawarra, Wollongong NSW, Australia, admin@wingsoverillawarra.com.au 5/5-5/5: Abingdon Air & Country Show, Abingdon, England 5/5-5/5: Shuttleworth Season Premiere Airshow, Old Warden, England, enquiries@ shuttleworth.org, shuttleworth.org 5/6-5/6: <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong> Aero-Auto Jumble, Classic Car Rally, & Vintage Fly-in, Popham Airfield, England, pophamairfield@ btconnect.com 5/9-5/9: Victory Day Parade, Moscow, Russia, info@mil.ru 5/10-5/11: Battlefields Fly In, Battlefields, South Africa, gm@battlefields.co.za, battlefields.co.zabattlefields.co.za 5/11-5/11: Corsicana Airsho, Corsicana, TX, coyotesquadron.org 5/11-5/11: Lowveld Kishuga Airshow, Lowveld, South Africa, monica.fourie@ kishugu.com 5/11-5/11: AirExpo <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Muret - Lherm, France, contact@airexpo.org, airexpo. org 5/11-5/11: Estrella Warbirds, Wings & Wheels, Paso Robles, CA, (805) 238-9317, peterv@ewarbirds.org, ewarbirds.org 5/11-5/12: JB Andrews Airshow, JB Andrews, MD, Jet: BA/tb/a10, (240) 612- 4428, usaf.jbanafw.afdw-staff.mbx.11- wg-pa@mail.mil, andrewsairshow.org 5/11-5/12: Chennault Interrnational Airshow, Lake Charles, LA, Jet:F16, info@ chennaultairshow.com, chennaultairshow. com 5/16-5/17: Heli Russia <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Moscow, Russia, fedor@helirussia.ru, helirussia. ru 5/17-5/17: Spottersday NATO Tiger Meet, Mont de Marsan, France, spottersday. ntm<strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>@gmail.com 5/17-5/18: Helicopter Show <strong>2<strong>01</strong>9</strong>, Hradec Kraliove, Czech Republic, helicoptershow@ dsa.cz, helicoptershow.cz 5/17-5/19: Warbirds Over the Beach, Virginia Beach, VA, (757) 721-7767 5/18-5/18: Kirtland AFB Air Snow, Kirtland AFB, NM, Jet:TB, kirtland.af.mil 5/18-5/18: May Evening Airshow, Old Warden, England, enquiries@shuttleworth. org, shuttleworth.org 5/18-5/18: Stow Maries Wings and Wheels, Stow Maries, England, info@ stowmaries.org.uk, stowmaries.org.
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