{"id":3192,"date":"2025-07-10T14:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:38:34","slug":"another-stellar-air-show-comes-to-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/another-stellar-air-show-comes-to-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Stellar Air Show Comes to Bedford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Saturday 26 July will see yet another spectacular air show at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome near Biggleswade, Bedford. The Summer Air Show promises fantastic family entertainment and a stellar line up of aircraft for Shuttleworth\u2019s latest display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 9am to 9pm, the site at Shuttleworth will come to life with a huge range of free ground attractions around the star attraction \u2013 two incredible flying displays at 2pm and 7.30pm. From a fun fair to vintage bus rides, a vehicle parade to an interview with a pilot, and interactive Discovery Zones with exciting educational activities for budding pilots and engineers, there\u2019s enough to keep the whole family entertained from dawn until dusk. And best of all\u2026 these activities are included in the price of your ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking to the skies, the flying displays will offer a chance to see some truly remarkable aircraft as close as you can get in the UK. With an unparalleled flightline view, Shuttleworth\u2019s Summer Air Show sees the return of the Nieuport 23 (which made its UK debut at the venue\u2019s Festival of Flight last month) and a full display from the audience favourite Avro Lancaster. The Canadair F-86 Sabre will appear for the first time at Shuttleworth along with a return visit from the RAF Eurofighter Typhoon. Two visiting spitfires are also on the bill, as well as the Shuttleworth Collection\u2019s own genuine Mk Vc Spitfire \u2013 just one of the Collection\u2019s airworthy aircraft appearing. Then, for something a little different, visitors can enjoy the Jet Pitts: a classic piston engine propellor aircraft enhanced with two jet turbines on either side of the fuselage \u2013 making for a fun and unique display. Be sure to check out the full line up online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shuttleworth\u2019s new split flying display format also offers visitors a much greater chance of seeing the Collection\u2019s airworthy Edwardian aircraft. Dating back as far as 1909, these aircraft need very specific weather conditions to make an appearance. Last year, only one was seen throughout the entire season. So far, the new split flying displays for 2025 have already seen all five aircraft appear \u2013 and an Edwardian aircraft has appeared at two out of the three shows to date this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re looking for something extra special, visitors can book flightline tours where you can step foot on the airfield itself, getting within touching distance of the aircraft. Various operators also offer flight experiences at an additional charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Summer Air Show takes place almost a month to the day after Shuttleworth\u2019s biggest show of the season, Festival of Flight, which saw record-breaking attendance back in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Boult, Head of Visitor Operations, said,<\/strong> \u201cFollowing the overwhelming success of Festival of Flight last month we\u2019re excited to being yet another air show to audiences this summer. For the enthusiast, there are plenty of incredible displays to enjoy and for families, we\u2019ve got a brilliant range of entertainment to keep you busy for the entire day! If you\u2019ve not been to a Shuttleworth air show, I\u2019d recommend this one as the perfect introduction to what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shuttleworth\u2019s Summer Air Show takes place on Saturday 26 July. Tickets start from \u00a336.00 and children go free. You can book yours via www.shuttleworth.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday 26 July will see yet another spectacular air show at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome near Biggleswade, Bedford. The Summer Air Show promises fantastic family entertainment and a stellar line up of aircraft for Shuttleworth\u2019s latest display. From 9am to 9pm, the site at Shuttleworth will come to life with a huge range of free … Continue reading Another Stellar Air Show Comes to Bedford<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[341,49,10,352],"class_list":["post-3192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-341","tag-july","tag-news","tag-shuttleworth-summer-airshow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3192"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3196,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3192\/revisions\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}