Airshows and events

« May 2008 »

Gathering of Chipmunks, Zoersel (Oustmalle) airfield, Antwerp, Belgium; http://www.chipmeet.com

Holiday Inn-Airport, Brook Park, Cleveland, OH, USA; tel 001 440 234 2301, http://www.airrace.com

Bodmin, Cornwall; tel 01208 821419, e-mail pete@aeronca.co.uk

Rougham Airfield, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk; tel 01359 270524, http://www.roughamairfield.org

The Air Museum “Planes of Fame”, Chino, CA, USA; tel 001 909 597 3722, http://www.planesoffame.org

Gatineau Airport, Quebec, Canada; http://www.vintagewings.ca

Abingdon Airfield, Oxon; tel 01235 529142, http://www.abingdonfayre.com

Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Beds; tel 01767 627927, website http://www.shuttleworth.org

A chance for young people to experience flying in a light aircraft at airfields around the UK. Tel 01280 846786, http://www.laa.uk.com/Education/YA.html

Pittsburgh, PA, USA; website http://www.wingsoverpittsburgh.com

Popham airfield, Hants; website http://www.popham-airfield.co.uk

The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset; tel 01934 635227, website http://www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk

Saving Our Aviation Heritage - It's Not Just Aeroplanes You Know! Annual Presidents lecture: Steve Bond talks about our aviation heritage and what we need to do to save it. Kents Hill Community Centre, Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes. Doors open at 7.00 p.m., lectures begin at 8.15 p.m. For more details contact our Lectures Organiser Alistair Rivers. Email: arivers@innovata-llc.com; tel (home) : 01908-516313; or mobile: 07725-129422.

A London Society of Air-Britain event. The Victory Club, London W2; http://www.air-britain.com

Flying Ex-military Aircraft by John Romain. Aviation House, Gatwick, West Sussex; tel 020 7670 4372, http://www.raes.org.uk

Ships of the Sky — Flying-boats of Southampton by Colin van Geffen. Solent Sky, Albert Road South, Southampton, Hants; tel 020 7670 4372, http://www.raes.org.uk

RAF Henlow, Beds; tel 01442 862077, website http://www.dhmothclub.co.uk

Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Beds; contacts as May 4

The Air Museum “Planes of Fame”, Chino, CA, USA; contacts as May 3

Imperial War Museum, Duxford Cambs; tel 01223 835000, http://www.duxford.iwm.org.uk

North Weald airfield, Essex; Strictly PPR. Contact The Squadron, tel 01992 524510

100 Years of British Aviation by Sir Donald Spiers. Begbroke Science Park, Yarnton, Oxon; tel 020 7670 4372, http://www.raes.org.uk

Seaplanes over the Ribble. Personnel Lecture Theatre, BAE Systems, Warton, Lancs; tel 020 7670 4372, http://www.raes.org.uk

Flying the Vulcan by Group Captain John Laycock. 20:00 hrs; Holy Trinity Community Centre, Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4AU; tel 01636 707170; http://www.newarkairmuseum.org

Toronto Aerospace Museum, Ontario, Canada; http://www.torontoaero-spacemuseum.com

Special opening & viewing of some of the museum's fighters. Tel: 01636 707170; http://www.newarkairmuseum.org

Texel Airport, Netherlands; website http://www.texelairshow.nl

Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wilts; tel 01252 310304, website http://www.sopara.org.uk.

Goodwood, West Sussex; tel 01243 755055, website http://www.goodwood.co.uk

Southend seafront, Southend, Essex; tel 01702 390333, website http://www.southendairshow.com

Schoe-nefeld, Germany; http://www.ila-berlin.de

Dunkeswell, Devon; tel 01280 846 786, website http://www.laa.uk.com

Pre-booked places only limited to 12 participants. Entrance fee £15 per person includes welcome snack, escorted visits to museum aircraft including: Hastings, Shackleton, Varsity, Vulcan, Canberra and Phantom cockpit, plus special tour to see aircarft undergoing restoration or in long-term storage. Tel: 01636 707170; http://www.newarkairmuseum.org

La Ferté-Alais, France; website http://www.ajbs.fr