Image © Paul Johnson/Flightline UK
The Romainian Air Force deployed a number of MiG-21 Lancers to the UK during the summer, and the veteran cols war fighter made appearances at Waddington and RIAT. The RAF Jaguar GR3 also gave it’s final year of solo displays before it’s perhaps premature retirement and the closure of RAF Coltishall. Another farewell came from the Royal Navy’s Sea Harrier which gave a low-key final display appearance at RNAS Yeovilton in September. Elsewhere, the swedish SAAB B17A also made it’s UK display debut at Flying Legends and we welcomed the new Dunsfold Wings and Wheels airshow.
- Fly! The London Air Show, Earl’s Court, London – 8th-10th April
- 6th Abingdon Fayre Air and Country Show, Abingdon, Oxfordshire – 1st May
- VE Day Anniversary Air Show, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 7th-8th May
- Red Arrows First Display 40th Anniversary, Biggin Hill, Kent – 12th May
- Southend Airshow, Southend-on-Sea, Essex – 29th-30th May
- Brooklands Wings and Wheels, Dunsfold Park, Surrey – 4th June
- Shuttleworth VE Day Anniversary Air Display, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – 5th June
- EUjet.com Flight Thanet Air Show, Margate, Kent – 18th-19th June – by Michael Rivett
- Shuttleworth Evening Air Display II, Old Warden, Befordshire – 18th June
- Kemble Air Day 2005, Kemble, Glouscestershire – 19th June
- International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth, Hampshire – 30th June-3rd July
- RAF Waddington International Airshow, RAF Waddington – 2nd-3rd July
- Flying Legends, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 9th-10th July
- Royal International Air Tattoo 2005, RAF Fairford, Glouscestershire – 16th-17th July
- Wings and Things 2005, Woodchurch, Kent – 7th August
- Airbourne 2005, Eastbourne, East Sussex – 11th-14th August
- Redhill Airshow 2005, Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey – 14th August
- Shuttleworth Evening Air Display IV, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – 20th August
- Little Gransden Air and Vintage Vehicle Show, Cambridgeshire – 28th August
- Shoreham Airshow 2005, Shoreham, West Sussex – 3rd – 4th September
- International Air Fair 2005, Biggin Hill, Kent – 3rd-4th September
- RAF Leuchars Airshow 2005, RAF Leuchars, Fife – 10th September
- RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset – 17th September
- HeliTech 2005, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 27th-29th September
- Autumn Air Display, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – 2nd October
- Autumn Airshow, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 16th October
