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Details announced for the four day extravaganza of land, sea and air display entertainment at the UK\u2019s leading seaside resort… it\u2019s more than just an air show!<\/strong><\/p>\n 23rd<\/sup> June 2016: <\/strong>Back to impress the hundreds of thousands of avid fans who annually flock to the UK\u2019s leading seaside resort, the skies of Bournemouth will hosting displays from the awesome RAF Red Arrows<\/strong> and the mighty Typhoon<\/strong>, SallyB<\/strong> and The Blades<\/strong> , to name but a few, supported with a multitude of land, sea and air Royal Navy assets, Pier-to-Pier county show trading stalls and Wave105 staging three nights of music, including a \u2018proms on the beach\u2019 style concert, the best chart acts and a celebration of dance music.<\/p>\n New performances for 2016 come from the B25Mitchell Bomber<\/strong>, Strike Master<\/strong> and awe-inspiring Swiss Air Force Super Puma Helicopter Display Team<\/strong>. Display Pilot Captain Matthieu Ghiringhelli said; \u201cOn behalf of the Swiss Air Force I am delighted we will be participating at this summer\u2019s Bournemouth Air Festival – we have heard great things about the event on the air show circuit.\u00a0 I hope visitors will enjoy watching the incredible agility demonstrated by the Super Puma Display Team – see you in August!\u201d<\/p>\n The Red Arrows, <\/strong>supported by Morgan Sindall, will be performing at the festival and visitors can see the breath-taking team in action at the set time of 1545 (3.45pm) on all four days.<\/p>\n With the presence of Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the Royal Navy at last year\u2019s event, the Navy\u2019s ongoing commitment to the festival is confirmed with four warships, a large amphibious command ship complete with helicopters, Royal Marines and landing craft and Royal Navy Black Cats helicopter display team<\/strong>. The famous amphibious beach assault demonstrations and beachfront Royal Navy Village are back again, all bolstered tremendously by world class music from the Royal Marines Band, HM RM Band Collingwood.<\/p>\n Commander Steve Henagan said; \u201c2016 will demonstrate yet another superb concentration of Naval force. On land, at sea and in the air, we look forward to showcasing what we do best!\u201d<\/p>\n RAF assets alongside the Red Arrows and Typhoon will be the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight<\/strong> and fantastic interactive RAF Village. RAF Wing Commander Heather Ratnage-Black said; \u201cWing Commander Heather Ratnage-Black said; \u201cThe Air Festival is a high priority event for the Royal Air Force, in terms of audience numbers it\u2019s perfect for showcasing our aircraft and offers a first class arena for engaging with the public.\u00a0 The event allows the public the opportunity to talk directly to our personnel and discuss the opportunities to have a career within the Service, in over 50 roles ranging from engineering to catering.\u201d<\/p>\n Last seen in 2013, the Breitling Wingwalkers<\/strong> are returning with the ever-popular Tigers Parachute Team <\/strong>making daily jumps from an amazing 6,000feet freefalling at an incredible 120mph! Not forgetting the SallyB, Twister Duo <\/strong>and The Blades.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tigers Captain, Ian Wicks said; \u201cBournemouth is the highlight in our display year. The crowds are fantastic, the reception, the organisers and staff are awesome. It sets the precedent for all other air shows!\u201d<\/p>\n A revamped Night Air programme welcomes a mini tattoo on the East Overcliff (Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening) with the brilliant RAF Queens Colour Squadron<\/strong>, alongside the Royal Navy Beat Retreat<\/strong> sunset ceremony and unarmed combat displays by the Royal Marines. <\/strong><\/p>\n In the skies will be fantastic dusk displays from the Red Devils<\/strong> and O\u2019Briens Flying Circus <\/strong>starring Otto The Helicopter<\/strong>, as well as Team Fire Flies<\/strong> and Aerosparx<\/strong>, both bringing formation flying and pyrotechnics to the evening display programme. With day and night time entertainment on land, out at sea and in the air, displays from old favourites, a Bournemouth debut for some new faces as well as a great soon-to-be-announced Wave105 line up, the 2016 Air Festival is certainly set to be the event of the summer!<\/p>\n www.bournemouthair.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Details announced for the four day extravaganza of land, sea and air display entertainment at the UK\u2019s leading seaside resort… it\u2019s more than just an air show! 23rd June 2016: Back to impress the hundreds of thousands of avid fans who annually flock to the UK\u2019s leading seaside resort, the skies of Bournemouth will hosting … Continue reading Buckle Up – Bournemouth Air Festival Is Coming Into Land!<\/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":[263,208,46,10],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-263","tag-bournemouth-air-festival","tag-june","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","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=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>This year\u2019s Night Air<\/strong> entertainment, with Wave105, runs across three nights (Thursday 18, Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August). It includes fireworks at 10pm on Friday and Saturday, along with three fantastic music nights created to spread the entertainment across all generations.
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\n<\/strong>Thursday evening will be a very British affair with a \u2018Musical Spectacular\u2019 performed by the Band of Her Majesty\u2019s Royal Marines Collingwood, Friday night is \u2018Pop Night\u2019, sponsored by Shorefield Holiday Parks and Saturday night \u2018Sunset on the Beach\u2019 is the official, not-to-be-missed, beach party with Halo. Tickets start from \u00a310.<\/p>\n