RAFA Battle of Britain Airshow, Shoreham

Richard Flagg Photography

17th September 2006

SHOREHAM AIRFIELD

Date:
17th September 2006

Event:
The Royal Air Forces Association Airshow

Location:
Shoreham (Brighton City) Airport
West Sussex
United Kingdom

ICAO / IATA Code:
EGKA / ESH

Known as:
= Shoreham
= Shoreham Municipal Airport
= Brighton City

Google Earth Co-ordinates:
50°50'7.95"N 0°17'38.16"W

Related Website Links:

My Shoreham Airfield webpage

Shoreham Airport official website

Shoreham Airshow

Royal Air Force Association (RAFA)

Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight

Boeing B-17G ‘Sally B’

Royal Air Force official website

The Catalina Society

Real Flying Company

Denny Dobson Aerobatics

2 Excel Aviation ‘The Blades’

De Havilland Aviation Ltd

De Havilland Sea Vixen

Supermarine Spitfire

Notes:
Shoreham is the oldest licensed aerodrome in the UK and its art-deco terminal building is a grade II listed building.

The weather was good as always at Shoreham, but you will have to excuse some of the pictures from later in the day. With the crowd line on the east of the display line, I was taking photos directly into the sun in the afternoon and consequently haven't got some of the results I would have hoped for. Despite this, in my opinion this was the best Shoreham Airshow that I have been to and one of the best airshows I've been to this year.

Firsts and Lasts;

This was the last appearance on the display circuit for the Utterly Butterly Stearman / Kaydet Display Team in the Utterly Butterly colours as they will have a new sponsor next year.

A first appearance at Shoreham was the Curtis P-40N Kittyhawk from Duxford.

A first full display for the Eurofighter Typhoon as it only flew past last year.

The Merlin is new to shoreham as well and put on a really good display, one to almost rival that of the Chinook!

The 2 Excel Aviation Display Team, "The Blades" are new to Shoreham. The UK's newest display team with three ex-Red Arrow pilots and one top aerobatic ex-competition pilot. They fly their custom made Extra EA300's and they are the only display team to be a licenced airline!

Another point of interest is the Pilot of the Sea Vixen, Brian Grant, made his last take off and landing at Shoreham fifty years ago to the day and he was given special dispensation to perform a touch and go with the Sea Vixen on Runway 20.

And finally, this is to be my last planned airshow of the 2006 season, more to come next year!

AgustaWestland EH-101 Merlin HC.3 (ZJ131 / P) #01 - 17th September 2006	AgustaWestland EH-101 Merlin HC.3 (ZJ131 / P) #02 - 17th September 2006	Avro Lancaster B.1 "Mickey the Moocher" (PA474) - 17th September 2006
Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight: Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX "The Last!" (PS915), Avro Lancaster B.1 "Mickey the Moocher" (PA474) & Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc (PZ865) - 17th September 2006	Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Sally B" (G-BEDF) - 17th September 2006	Boeing Stearman N2S-4 Kaydet (N54922) "Utterly Butterly" - 17th September 2006
Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (N5057V) "Utterly Butterly" - 17th September 2006	Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (N707TJ) "Utterly Butterly" - 17th September 2006	Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (N74189) "Utterly Butterly" - 17th September 2006
Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (N74189, N5057V, N707TJ) & N2S-4 Kaydet (N54922) "Utterly Butterly" - 17th September 2006	British Aerospace Harrier GR.7 (ZD322 / 03) #01 - 17th September 2006	British Aerospace Harrier GR.7 (ZD322 / 03) #02 - 17th September 2006
Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk3-2 Trislander (G-BEDP) - 17th September 2006	Canadian Vickers Canso PBY-5A Catalina (G-PBYA / 433915) - 17th September 2006	Christen Eagle II (G-OEGL) - 17th September 2006
Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk (G-KITT / 49) #01 - 17th September 2006	Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk (G-KITT / 49) #02 - 17th September 2006	De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 (G-BBND / WD268) - 17th September 2006
De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 (G-BZGA / WK585) - 17th September 2006	De Havilland DH-89A Dragon Rapide (G-AEML) - 17th September 2006	Douglas DC-3 Dakota / C-47 Skytrain (ZA947) - 17th September 2006
Eurofighter Typhoon T.1 (ZJ805 / BD) - 17th September 2006	Extra EA300 (G-EIII) #01 - 17th September 2006	Extra EA300 (G-EIII) #02 - 17th September 2006
Extra EA300L (G-IIEX) - 17th September 2006	Extra EA300L (G-OFFO) - 17th September 2006	Extra EA300L (G-ZEXL) - 17th September 2006
Extra EA300L (G-ZXCL) - 17th September 2006	Extra EA300L (G-ZXEL) - 17th September 2006	Grob G115E Tutor (G-BYXN / XN) - 17th September 2006
Hawker Hurricane I (G-HUPW / R4118) #01 - 17th September 2006	Hawker Hurricane I (G-HUPW / R4118) #02 - 17th September 2006	Hawker Hurricane I (G-HUPW / R4118) #03 - 17th September 2006
Hawker Hurricane IIc (PZ865) - 17th September 2006	Hawker Hurricane XII (G-HURI / Z5140) - 17th September 2006	Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (VR930 / O / 110) - 17th September 2006
Hawker Siddeley DH-110 Sea Vixen D.3 (G-CVIX) #01 - 17th September 2006	Hawker Siddeley DH-110 Sea Vixen D.3 (G-CVIX) #02 - 17th September 2006	Hawker Siddeley DH-110 Sea Vixen D.3 (G-CVIX) #03 - 17th September 2006
Hawker Siddeley DH-110 Sea Vixen D.3 (G-CVIX) #04 - 17th September 2006	Hawker Siddeley DH-110 Sea Vixen D.3 (G-CVIX) #05 - 17th September 2006	MDM-1 Fox (JKC) - 17th September 2006
Nanchang CJ-6A Chujiao (G-BVVG / 68) - 17th September 2006	Nord 1002 Pingouin II (G-ETME / KG+EM) #01 - 17th September 2006	Nord 1002 Pingouin II (G-ETME / KG+EM) #02 - 17th September 2006
North American P-51D Mustang 'Jumpin' - Jacques' (G-SIJJ / 44-72035) #01 - 17th September 2006	North American P-51D Mustang 'Jumpin' - Jacques' (G-SIJJ / 44-72035) #02 - 17th September 2006	North American P-51D Mustang 'Jumpin' - Jacques' (G-SIJJ / 44-72035) #03 - 17th September 2006
North American T-6G Texan (G-TEXN / 3072 / 72) - 17th September 2006	Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (G-BFFP) - 17th September 2006	Shorts Tucano T.1 (ZF169 / 169) - 17th September 2006
Stampe-Vertongen SV-4C (G-AYCK) - 17th September 2006	Sukhoi SU-26M2 (G-IIIS) - 17th September 2006	Sukhoi SU-26M2 (G-IIIZ) - 17th September 2006
Sukhoi SU-26M2 (G-SIID) - 17th September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #01 - 17th September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) #02 - 17th September 2006
Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF.IXb (G-PMNF / TA805) #01 - 17th September 2006	Vickers Armstrong Spitfire LF.IXb (G-PMNF / TA805) #02 - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire FR XVIII (G-BUOS / SM845) #01 - 17th September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire FR XVIII (G-BUOS / SM845) #02 - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.Vb (G-MKVB / BM597) #01 - 17th September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF.Vb (G-MKVB / BM597) #02 - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI (G-MKXI / PL965 / R) - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX "The Last!" (PS915) - 17th September 2006
Vickers Supermarine Spitfires. From left to right: LF.Vb (G-MKVB / BM597), LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248) & LF.IXb (G-PMNF / TA805) - 17th September 2006	Vickers Supermarine Spitfires. From left to right: LF.Vb (G-MKVB / BM597), LF XVIE (G-OXVI / TD248), LF.IXb (G-PMNF / TA805) & IX.T (G-CCCA / IAC-161) - 17th September 2006	Yakovlev Yak-50 (G-YAKM / 61) "The Yakovlevs" - 17th September 2006
Yakovlev Yak-50 (G-YAKU / 49) "The Yakovlevs" - 17th September 2006	Yakovlev Yak-50 (G-YAKZ / 33) "The Yakovlevs" - 17th September 2006	Yakovlev Yak-52 (G-YAKN / 66) "The Yakovlevs" - 17th September 2006