RAF St Mawgan

The british weather occasionally wreaks havoc, preventing some displays and curtailing others. So it seemed at RAF Brize Norton and RAF St Mawgan. But in other respects the conditions meant fast jets like the Buccaneer and Tornado created a thrilling spectacle with the vortices and condensation. The clouds even opened dramatically at Brize for several items including home based VC10s and Tristar. St. Mawgan's Nimrods were less lucky, but in appearing in both events the viewer is guaranteed some spectacular footage.

Unlike many countries in the world the Royal Air Force proudly displays many of the aircraft tasked with our defense at a series of airshows at both RAF and civilian airfields. The UK has a thriving aircraft preservation movement too and the RAF's history is well represented at these events alongside the modern military metal. There are important contributions from foreign aircraft as well, but we concentrate here on those that have served the RAF.

RAF St. Mawgan 1989

2 separate tactical attacks by Buccaneers and Jaguars contrast with rare and separate displays by an RAF Hunter T7 and Navy Hunter FGA9. Another rare visitor is an Air Seychelles Boeing 707 and the maritime theme presents an Atlantique, Shackleton and Nimrod.

RAF Valley and RAF Abingdon 1989

Strong winds at Valley and rain at Abingdon force us to combine these 2 events but there is plenty of exciting material including a Hawk tactical attack.

Over 200 displays in a spectacular all-action cavalcade form 27 events, expertly captured by Aviation Action, the UK's most experienced airshow video producer by far. You'll see aircraft from every era in this video from the pioneers and warbirds at the Shuttleworth Collection's idyllic grass airfield to the heavy metal action at the big RAF and USAF bases. We feature in particular the USAF's official 50th anniversary show with the B2 'Stealth Bomber' and the Thunderbirds display team.

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