The award winning Dawlish Carnival Airshow is one of the most spectacular aviation events in the UK.

Superb vantage points along this beautiful stretch of Devonshire coastline give unique views of regular display aircraft such as the Red Arrows.

Rarer displays make Dawlish special too and locally based Hawker Hunter XE610 was a breathtaking sight. Flying low over the sea its display was complete with the sound of its beautiful ‘Blue Note’.

The organisers of the Kemble Air Show in Gloucestershire are building up a big reputation for their early season show.

The MOD obviously thinks so too with their strong commitment of aircraft displays including Typhoon, Red Arrows, Blue Eagles (Apache and Lynx), Black Cats (Navy Lynx team) plus the BBMF and the RN Historic Flight.

Part of Kemble’s success has been its appeal to families who love the ‘wingwalkers’ and aerobatics but it’s the cavalcade of classic jets that set this airshow apart.

On the second Bank Holiday in May, London and East Anglia turned its attention skyward for the Southend Festival of the Air 2009. The event is organised by Southend on Sea Borough Council and is free so draws massive crowds!

PlanesTV recorded the show with powerful cameras in High Definition which, coupled with the fantastic clear blue sky, deliver stunning close-up action.
Good RAF support meant that Southend saw the Red Arrows’ debut display of 2009 but the best was left till last with a dramatic reheat driven display by the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The weather came up trumps for Abingdon’s tenth anniversary show; crystal clear air and beautiful fluffy clouds so our high-definition cameras captured some breathtaking images.

An RAF C17 flyby and landing for static display astonished everyone with airborne and ground agility surpassed only by its spirited departure later. At the opposite end of the power and weight scale Guy Westgate (with our cockpit camera) did the same with his Swift glider.

More RAF support came from the Tutor, Hawk and the Chinook. The powerful twin-rotor heavy-lifter performed an extraordinary routine.

The Sunderland International Airshow is one of Europe’s biggest and it’s free!

It takes place on the seafront at Seaburn and always attracts a big crowd; not just families looking for a day out and hoping to see regulars like The Red Arrows and Falcons Parachute Team but enthusiasts too drawn by rare appearances by Merlin, Apache and fast jets from Europe.

This year the star for everyone was the newly restored Vulcan bomber tearing the sky apart with its spine-tingling ‘howl’.

The Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival is one of the UK’s biggest shows and it’s free!

It takes place midweek during the summer holidays and always attracts a big crowd; not just families looking for a day out and hoping to see regulars like The Red Arrows and Battle of Britain Memorial Flight but enthusiasts too drawn by rare appearances by USAF Nighthawk helicopter and KC135 and fast jets from Europe.

This year the star for everyone was the newly restored Vulcan bomber tearing the sky apart with its spinetingling ‘howl’ backed by several other classic jets.

Despite a dire weather forecast, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton’s Air Day 2009 attracted a capacity crowd to see the Royal Navy celebrate 100 years of aircraft operation and an impressive series of displays.

Fortunately the worst of the weather held off and the 2 big set pieces, the big formation fly-by and the Commando Assault went on almost to plan.

To a cavalcade of regular displays add rare appearances like the Dassault Rafale, key historic types including the Sea Vixen and Seafire and almost every current navy type appearing at some point during the day.

Over 100 displays in a spectacular all-action cavalcade from 20 events, expertly captured by PlanesTV the UK’s most experienced airshow DVD producer. We had planned this as a Double DVD but we shot so much great material it's now on 3 DVDs and runs for nearly 6 hours!

2008 was an extraordinary year for British Airshows and will be remembered for some extreme weather conditions.