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2006 was a good year for the big July shows. The Russians returned with the incredible MiG-209OVT displaying at RIAT and Farnborough with it’s thrust-vectoring antics. The Canberra PR9 also took it’s final bow in 2006 with memorable displays at Waddington and RIAT and a number of shows celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Spitfire. It was also the final year of the Utterly Butterly Barnstormers who were rebranded Team Guinot at the end of the year.
- 70th Anniversary of the Spitfire’s First Flight, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 5th March
- 1st Action Afternoon, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – Good Friday, 14th April
- Fly! The London Air Show, Earl’s Court, London – 21st-23rd April
- 7th Abingdon Fayre Air and Country Show, Abingdon, Oxfordshire – 30th April
- Spring Air Display, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – 7th May
- AirSpace Airshow, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 21st May
- Southend Airshow 2006, Southend, Essex – 28th-29th May
- Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Biggin Hill Airport, Kent – 3rd-4th June
- RAF Northolt Charity Photocall, Middlesex – 11th June
- Shuttleworth Evening Air Display 2, Old Warden, Bedforshire – 17th June
- Kemble Air Day, Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire – 18th June
- RAF Waddington International Airshow, Lincolnshire – 1st-2nd July
- International Air Day, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset – 8th July
- Flying Legends 2006, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 8th-9th July
- Royal International Air Tattoo 2006, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire – 15th-16th July
- Farnborough International 2006, Farnborough, Hampshire – 17th-23rd July
- Wings and Things, Woodchurch, Kent – 6th August
- Airbourne 2006, Eastbourne Seafront, East Sussex – 17th-20th August
- Shoreham Airshow Press Preview, Shoreham Airport, West Sussex – 18th August
- Redhill Airshow 2006, Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey – 20th August
- Dunsfold Wings and Wheels 2006, Dunsfold Park, Surrey – 27th August
- Spitfire Anniversary Airshow, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 2nd-3rd September
- RAF Leuchars Airshow, Fife, Scotland – 9th September
- Shoreham Airshow 2006, Shoreham Airport, West Sussex – 16th-17th September
- Autumn Air Display, Old Warden, Bedfordshire – 1st October
- Autumn Air Show, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire – 8th October
