English Riviera Airshow 2022

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English Riviera Airshow 2022

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Listed as 2nd to 5th of June
Looks like flying will be on the Sat/Sun only
Red Arrows confirmed
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BBMF confirmed as well

They've only announced displays for the Saturday and Sunday but the BBMF and the Reds have self-confirmed for the Friday as well. Not sure if that's a mistake, or if there might be some kind of display on that day as well.
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I'll be there on the Sunday, can anyone recommend some alternative viewpoints, ideally with some elevation?

Thanks, Jake.

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I still have no idea what an English Riviera is, let alone where it's located!

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cg_341 wrote:
Sun 22 May 2022, 11:09 am
I still have no idea what an English Riviera is, let alone where it's located!
https://englishrivieraairshow.co.uk/

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Re: English Riviera Airshow 2022

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Lineup was published a few days ago:

BBMF (Lancaster, Hurricane & Spitfire)
Blades
Chinook
Tigers Parachute Team
Rich Goodwin Pitts Special*
Spitfire (probably RR232)
Strikemaster
Yak-50s (Yakovlevs Display Team?)
Red Arrows

Same displays both days but a slightly different running order on the Sunday with the Reds and the Yaks on first and the Blades and Chinook at the end of the programme. 1pm start on Saturday and 12pm on Sunday.
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Re: English Riviera Airshow 2022

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All flying today has been cancelled due to most of the flying acts being weathered in at Exeter.

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Fairly local to me so I went both days.

We got a full display in Saturday despite horrible weather in the morning. Was good it a little disjointed, with a couple breaks thrown haphazardly into the programme. I'm assuming they were given slot times for the BBMF and the Reds that were too far apart to fill the gap, so understandable but I'd have preferred a single, longer, break in the middle instead of one at lunchtime and then an hour gap between the penultimate display and the Reds.

Weather didn't really cooperate all weekend, nor did I see a single remotely accurate forecast even on the morning of the display days themselves. Cut my losses on the Sunday a couple hours before they finally called it as it was clear not much was going to fly. The cynic in me does wonder if they made the decision to cancel earlier on when they announced that the Chinook (supposed to be on near the end of the flying display) wasn't going to display.

A shame, and completely beyond the organisers control. There were decent crowds there both days, but not as many as I've seen in previous years. I hope they made enough to cover their costs and continue running this display next year.

A final note, while the commentary was fine, whatever radio station was sponsoring the show probably should have used the money to buy some more records so they don't have to play the same 15 tracks on loop all weekend. Especially grating was Bill Withers' "Lovely Day" at the top of their playlist, which was heard five or six times and invariably when it started raining.
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