Irish Air Shows 2015

Aerohead

Few new Air Shows for 2015, Shannon Airport and Abbeyshrule are on,


Midlands flightfest on 30th May-1st June

Shannon on 18th July

Bray on 19th July

Foynes on 26th July

Newcastle 8th August

Portrush 5th/6th September

Shannon757

Thanks for this info.
Any idea what would be at Shannon?

Storm 10

Saw this somewhere today, aircraft to be announced later

westdub

Shannon757 wrote: »

Thanks for this info.
Any idea what would be at Shannon?

http://shannonairdisplay.com/

EchoIndia

The Canberra PR.9 features on the Shannon site so that's one nice display act.
G-OMHD Canberra PR.9 by Irish251, on Flickr

airbusa320

O, briens flying circus down to display as well.

Negative_G

Great to see some new shows for the aviation community. It'll be interesting to see what develops with regard to Shannon, it would be promising if they could secure some of the better known acts.

No doubt EI-HUM and company will tag along to any semblance of an airshow with the same old routine for another year.

Storm 10

Negative_G wrote: »

Great to see some new shows for the aviation community. It'll be interesting to see what develops with regard to Shannon, it would be promising if they could secure some of the better known acts.

No doubt EI-HUM and company will tag along to any semblance of an airshow with the same old routine for another year.

Hopefully some US aircraft bound to be something in on the day

Negative_G

Storm 10 wrote: »

Hopefully some US aircraft bound to be something in on the day

That would be ideal. Hopefully some of the management down there made a few contacts given the amount of traffic that's passed through! Wishful thinking perhaps but I live in hope!

jasT1981

I am an admin on the Northern Ireland and Ireland airshows facebook page, and we are currently working on a website to cover all airshows throughout Ireland North and South. Was not aware of the Midlands flightfest, so thanks for that info

There is also to be an Armed forces day event in Antrim NI on the 27th June. While not an airshow as such, they usually have quite a few flying displays.

Bray has the following confirmed aircraft/display teams

The Patrouille Suisse
Strikemaster Display UK
O’Brien’s Flying Circus

Team Raven are confirmed for Shannon and Rose of Tralee (16/8)

Foynes has a Mig 15, Team Raven & breitling wingwalkers confirmed. They are also working on (last I heard) a MASSIVE coup in a former RAF aircraft.

Calibos

Lemme guess........The Vulcan!

'Rumoured' for every Airshow/Display every year

Nforce

Midlands Flightfest flyer

Shannon757

Nforce wrote: »

Midlands Flightfest flyer

Special guest........;)

Nforce

Shannon757 wrote: »

Special guest........;)

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Shannon757

See?

Nforce

Yep, I noticed that. Do you know who it might be?

airbusa320

http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/displays/displaydates.cfm

Reds for Newcastle and Portrush

Why are most of the acts named just using the pilots name not the aircraft ?

Personally I wouldn't be going to see a pilot perform it would be for the aircraft type and I imagine most punters would be wowed by the aircraft too.

Anyway, nice to see a corsair and Canberra displaying, much better variety now.

Nforce

Deleted User wrote: »

Why are most of the acts named just using the pilots name not the aircraft ?

Aircraft type is mentioned beside the names for the most

Artur Kielak flies an Xtremeair http://arturkielak.com/ and William Hillick...well we'll let him tell us as he posts on these forums

Storm 10

Special guest could be US ,like Salthill they had A10s Hercules and the Reds

Richard tea

Im about 45 mins drive from the midlands one so I might pop along. Really would like to see the red arrows though

jasT1981

Reds also displaying in Belfast on the 5 July at the Tall Ships Race

jasT1981

RAF Tutor confirmed for both days of Portrush.

Chris_5339762

Red Arrows confirmed for Newcastle, Portrush (both days) and also the Belfast Tall Ships.

Tenger

Deleted User wrote: »

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Personally I wouldn't be going to see a pilot perform it would be for the aircraft type and I imagine most punters would be wowed by the aircraft too.
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I would think the opposite, most punters wouldn't have a clue about aircraft, especially smaller stunt planes.

jasT1981

Haw T.2 Duo confirmed for both days of Portrush.

Pat Dunne

Tenger wrote: »

I would think the opposite, most punters wouldn't have a clue about aircraft, especially smaller stunt planes.

Ah now that's a little harsh, I for one would never underestimate the enthusiasm for aviation amongst the general public. Not been disingenuous, but its hardly like the pilots are household names? :cool:

Tenger

I'm not making that inference either. I'm into commercial and military aircraft, for me those small stunt planes are just that. I appreciate the skill of the pilots and the drama of the display.....but I can hardly tell the difference between the actual airframes.

knucklehead6

Tenger wrote: »

I'm not making that inference either. I'm into commercial and military aircraft, for me those small stunt planes are just that. I appreciate the skill of the pilots and the drama of the display.....but I can hardly tell the difference between the actual airframes.

I have to admit, I'd be the same.

An aerobatic display would be applauded, but to me it wouldn't be a major draw. If, on the other hand I heard that a Vulcan (just to use a popular one on the wishlist) or a B-17 or something a bit more exotic than a Pitts Special then that , to me, WOULD be a draw.

I apologise to any and all stunt pilots I have insulted, not my intention

jasT1981

RAF Typhoon confirmed for Newcastle and both days of Portrush

jasT1981

BBMF Confirmed for Newcastle and Portrush

Sat 08 Aug - Newcastle Festival of Flight, County Down, Northern Ireland [Lancaster]

Sat 05 & Sun 06 Sept - Airwaves – Northern Ireland International Airshow, Portrush, Coleraine, Northern Ireland [Hurricane, Lancaster, Spitfire]

Aerohead

jasT1981 wrote: »

RAF Typhoon confirmed for Newcastle and both days of Portrush

Now there is a draw , great display always.

Nforce

Re: Midlands Flightfest... David Bruton picked up a Sukhoi Su-26 over the weekend and will be flying it during the show.

westdub

Aerohead wrote: »

Now there is a draw , great display always.

I find the Typhoon tends to be displayed too far away from the display line...

Duffer2010

westdub wrote: »

I find the Typhoon tends to be displayed too far away from the display line...

I agree. Be interesting to see what vintage aircraft they book this year in Newcastle.

Storm 10

Salthill was the place to see the Typhoon display , up close and personal

jasT1981

Jet Aerobatics – Jet Provost Mk5 XW324 has a listing for both days of Portrush. http://jetaerobatics.weebly.com/airshows.html

jasT1981

Team Raven confirmed for Newcastle on 8th August.

airbusa320

jasT1981 wrote: »

Team Raven confirmed for Newcastle on 8th August.

Not a typical Newcastle act . But saw them in Bray last year and they put on a nice display.

jasT1981

Been pretty bored recently, so I have been working on a small website for airshows in NI & Ireland to go with the facebook page as many had been asking about one. I hope for it to work similar to how Airshows of the UK website works, not connected to any show, but providing details of each show, news etc.

https://airshowsni.wordpress.com/

I have been very careful to make sure it is known that the site is not connected to any organizers and is just an information website, linking to the official website of the show in each section etc etc.

I have used wordpress as it is a very easy interface, hopefully will have a proper domain sorted soon as a friend runs a hosting company. Thought I would share it with you guys before I put it fully live. Still a few things to work on for it.

Nforce

Latest Midlands Flightfest poster..

jasT1981

Baby Mig (Mikoyan-Gurevich Aviatika 890 )added to Foynes

jasT1981

Vampire pair added to Foynes

Nforce

jasT1981 wrote: »

Vampire pair added to Foynes

Corsair off the list for Abbeyshrule, but an L29 Delphin added.

jasT1981

Nforce wrote: »

Corsair off the list for Abbeyshrule, but an L29 Delphin added.

That's a shame. But understandable given the age of the aircraft.

I am not expecting Newcastle to have more announcements at the end of May as NMD Council is currently promoting the Irish Open, unless the announcement comes from aircraft operators themselves and not NMD council

airbusa320

BD 5 added for Foynes

jasT1981

Bristol Blenheim for Newcastle

New Flight director is Rick Peacock-Edwards and has served on the FCC of many huge airshows across the water.

Madme

Be great to see the Blenheim this year, hopefully will fly in formation with the BBMF Lancaster!

Chris_5339762

Nice.

Red Arrows at the Belfast Tall Ships on the 5th July, not sure if thats been mentioned on here already.

airbusa320

Bray website being updated
Ryanair and Cityjet are coming this year.

g0g

Bray Air Show 2015 @BrayAirShow 13/05/2015
We've added a few pictures to the website but there are still 3 Loud Jets to be announced before the end of May....

Any ideas?