Bournemouth Air Festival 2016

[Harvo266]

SUNDAY 21ST AUGUST 2016
12:30 - RM & RN Beach Assault
13:23 - Swiss Super Puma Display Team
13:40 - The Great War Display Team
14:00 - Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight
14:17 - B-25 Mitchell
14:27 - Sally B
14:39 - Tigers Parachute Display Team
14:56 - BAC Strikemaster
15:06 - Breitling Wingwalkers
15:23 - The Blades Aerobatic Team
15:45 - RAF Red Arrows
16:19 - Xtreme
16:29 - RN Black Cats
16:40 - RAF Typhoon Display Team
17:00 - Departure of Royal Navy Ships - Including 2 Royal Navy Hawk T.1

[planenuttoo]

If youi have a chance,

"17:00 - Departure of Royal Navy Ships - Including 2 Royal Navy Hawk T.1 "

this is worth watching. In the past, the attending vessels, proceed in line astern parallel to the beach, then with horns blasting, turn sea ward and move away. It's different and good, not observed by many.

[GazBOH]

Thanks for the timings harvo.

Shame Sea Vixen isn't displaying, there was a comment by the team on Twitter this weekend confirming it couldn't display due to Pilot availability.

The lineup is really missing some classic jets. Sea Vixen, Miss Demenour, Vulcan, meteor, vampire, Canberra, mig, hunters, all past attendees. Plus the absence of Chinook, Hawk demo, Tornado role demo. It's a shame to see such a thin line-up.

[DeanW]

Sea Vixen, Miss Demenour, Vulcan, meteor, vampire, Canberra, mig, hunters, all past attendees. Plus the absence of Chinook, Hawk demo, Tornado role demo. It's a shame to see such a thin line-up.

Would be a fair comment if it was 2013 and the majority of those were actually flying, but it's 2016 and many on that list aren't available for displays..

[GazBOH]

Of course, and not just Bournemouth missing those display items, like you say, most aren't flying. That was my point, there's not a great deal of availability this year.

Just reminiscing how good previous years have been

[GazBOH]

I should have said, Strikemaster is a good addition this year. I've seen the display a couple of times, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The team's social media presence has been excellent too.

The gnat display team and Norwegian vampires/Mig-15 would have been welcome additions imo.

Either way, still looking forward to the show over the 4 days, and a mixture of airport/beach/cliff top.

[keety]

Tempted to give this year a miss.... might pop along for the night air but not sure I can be bothered to sit on the beach all day for whats displaying (having been spoiled rotten by RIAT)

[Harvo266]

Don't quote me on this but there are many sources stating that the Beach Assault this year is due to include Merlins (2+) and 2 Navy Hawk T.1's

[GazBOH]

Don't quote me on this but there are many sources stating that the Beach Assault this year is due to include Merlins (2+) and 2 Navy Hawk T.1's

That would be awesome. It's great how they've developed the beach assult in recent years into a multi-role demo with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

[Adie1980]

Anyone got any solid information (other than rumours) that the display line is going to be further away this year than previous years?

[clearstone]

Dipslay Lines are the same as previous years, the Maritime Exclusion Zone has been enlarged - CLICK HERE

[kwebb1]

i sent a message asking bournemouth if the rumour about the hawks and merlins for the beach assault,there answer today was 2 hawks and 1 merlin for sat/sun beach assault

[GazBOH]

Thanks for the map share. I could be wrong, but have they shifted the centre display datum east slightly? I thought in previous years it was centred on the Cumberland hotel?

[Adie1980]

Dipslay Lines are the same as previous years, the Maritime Exclusion Zone has been enlarged - CLICK HERE

I'm still not convinced the display line hasn't moved back from previous years looking at that map???
Fast jet line 230m from THE PIER END??? That's miles away if you're on the beach/cliffs

[Harvo266]

Dipslay Lines are the same as previous years, the Maritime Exclusion Zone has been enlarged - CLICK HERE

I'm still not convinced the display line hasn't moved back from previous years looking at that map???
Fast jet line 230m from THE PIER END??? That's miles away if you're on the beach/cliffs

As far as i'm aware it's always been 230m from Pier end as the regs say that it needs to be 230m from the crowd and since crowd can form on the pier, it needs to be from pier end. The boats have been pushed out as it is an overfly area for the aircraft

[Aviation94]

Thanks for the map share. I could be wrong, but have they shifted the centre display datum east slightly? I thought in previous years it was centred on the Cumberland hotel?

I think you're spot on there. I wonder if it's anything to do with the cliff collapse because the centre display datum was just slightly east of the cliff railway and as you said has now moved about another 400m east. This puts it closer to the next zig zag down the cliff (think they call it the toft zig zag?!). Makes me wonder if the commentary position has moved to this position as well as opposed to on top of the cliff railway?

[The Baron]

Never ceases to amaze me that no matter how dull a line up give the general public the Red Arrows, Typhoon and to a lesser extent the BBMF and they'll think it's a great day out.
Makes me wonder why people like Kennet Aviation, Hangar 11, (former) Classic Air Force etc bother to restore unique, interesting, rare or different airframes as so few people seem to appreciate them.
Thank God some of us do and these people exist to operate them.

[Harvo266]

We have the Strikemaster, B-25, GWDT, which are all old aircraft from new companies so the event organizers are bringing new stuff in. Classic jets are not really selling themselves as they are under tight scrutiny as a result of Shoreham.

[The Baron]

Compare Bournemouth's line up to Eastbourne, Herne Bay, Torbay, Blackpool or Southport. They're almost identical with the exception that almost without exception they're all better than Bournemouth.
The only seaside show that looks outside the box is Jersey.

[Harvo266]

Let me just say that this coming week something pretty cool is going to be confirmed for Friday evening, so keep an eye out. Tease over

[Aviation94]

Let me just say that this coming week something pretty cool is going to be confirmed for Friday evening, so keep an eye out. Tease over

Such a tease! Any clues?

[Harvo266]

Let me just say that this coming week something pretty cool is going to be confirmed for Friday evening, so keep an eye out. Tease over

Such a tease! Any clues?

I don't want to give anything away, just make sure you are present at the beach before 20:15

[Thumper]

I'm afraid this line up is not good enough for me to attend this year and I go to Bournemouth every year. I know it's a hard year following Shoreham but considering we've lost the Vulcan and there's a massive chunk of money available it's a very poor line up.

Can I just ask Harvo, what is the point of the whole "I know something you don't know", are you part of the marketing team for Bournemouth or something? The way it should work is to advertise what is happening "before 20:15" on the Friday, not to keep it a secret and just hope that people will turn up for this lucky dip. People have work and families to juggle so it would be helpful to know if this "thing" that's happening on Friday is worthy of sorting out time off work or babysitters, is it an aircraft or is someone going to dance around the beach with a sparkler?!

[Harvo266]

I'm afraid this line up is not good enough for me to attend this year and I go to Bournemouth every year. I know it's a hard year following Shoreham but considering we've lost the Vulcan and there's a massive chunk of money available it's a very poor line up.

Can I just ask Harvo, what is the point of the whole "I know something you don't know", are you part of the marketing team for Bournemouth or something? The way it should work is to advertise what is happening "before 20:15" on the Friday, not to keep it a secret and just hope that people will turn up for this lucky dip. People have work and families to juggle so it would be helpful to know if this "thing" that's happening on Friday is worthy of sorting out time off work or babysitters, is it an aircraft or is someone going to dance around the beach with a sparkler?!

I am not part of any marketing team, however I was given info straight from the pilot saying what is going to happen, and he said not to tell anyone until it's announced by the Bournemouth AF team. If I was on the receiving end of this 'secret news' I would be wanting to know, but I only say it so people may try and keep that evening free if possible. Some people may find the news boring and others may love it. Since you're on the topic of Shoreham, it surely is the complete opposite thing to do by neglecting the show and not supporting the airshows while they are at a difficult state?! I understand we go to airshows based on the line-up but it really isn't that bad - Reds, Typhoon, Swiss Super Puma, Lanc, Strikemaster and more! It could be a whole lot worse. I can't make you attend the airshow but I would recommend it. With further regards to Friday night, the only thing I'll say, and the last hint I'll say is that it isn't a new aircraft for the display, just a dusk display from one of the current items. I hope you can make your mind up and do the right thing.
If you do go, I hope you enjoy the show..

[Harvo266]

An 85 year old woman, called Dawn is going to do A Wingwalk on a Stearman on Thursday. It is scheduled for 13:20