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Caroline Barry

Full list of Battle of Britain Memorial flights for 2022

The Royal Airforce (RAF) has announced details of where spectators can view the Battle of Britain Memorial flights this summer. The list, which includes shows in the Midlands, outlines what time the displays will take place.

The show can be viewed as part of the Midlands Air Festival which takes place at Ragley Hall, Alcester in Warwickshire this weekend from Friday, June 3 until Sunday, June 5. The event will also feature hot air balloons, Nightfire and a large model aircraft display.

Midlands Air Festival is celebrating its fourth year and also a special Jubilee event this year with an extra special selection of shows and trade stands. The Nightfire show includes aircraft streaming pyrotechnics from their wings or even themselves while performing loops and rolls. The RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, will be headlining the Air Festival, bringing two displays to the Platinum Jubilee special show.

File photo dated 11/07/17 of two Hurricanes (bottom), a Spitfire (top) and an Avro Lancaster bomber from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight during a display over RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, to mark the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's 60th anniversary. (Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

The display will take part at events such as The English Riviera Airshow in Torbay, Cosford Airshow, Isle of Wight Airshow and the Duxford Summer Airshow. It will also spend time in Eastbourne at the Airshow there later in June.

The display usually runs from May until the end of September each year. Pre-season work-up flying for the crews who take part normally takes place in April. Although all shows are set to take place over the summer when good weather is more likely, flying is subject to conditions and aircraft serviceability.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight usually flies over 100 displays and around 800 flypasts at events across the UK and Northern Ireland during the display season. This adds up to around 1,000 individual aircraft appearances each year.

After the season ends, the majority of the aircraft are kept on the ground for maintenance to prepare them for the next season and make sure they are preserved as much as possible. At least one aircraft is scheduled to undergo 'major' maintenance per year.

Here is the list in full

02/06/2022
Midlands Air Festival

03/06/2022 English Riviera Airshow - Torbay
03/06/2022 Midlands Air Festival
04/06/2022 English Riviera Airshow - Torbay
05/06/2022 English Riviera Airshow - Torbay
11/06/2022 Teesside Airshow
12/06/2022 Cosford Airshow
17/06/2022 Isle of Wight Festival
18/06/2022 Duxford Summer Airshow
24/06/2022 Headcorn Airshow
25/06/2022 Headcorn Airshow
26/06/2022 Headcorn Airshow
25/06/2022 Scarborough National Armed Forces' Day
25/06/2022 Weston Air Festival - Weston-super-Mare
26/06/2022 Weston Air Festival - Weston-super-Mare
02/07/2022 Wales National Airshow - Swansea
02/07/2022 Teignmouth Airshow
01/07/2022 Silverstone - British F1 Grand Prix
03/07/2022 Wales National Airshow - Swansea
09/07/2022 Southport Airshow
10/07/2022 Southport Airshow
16/07/2022 Royal International Air Tattoo
17/07/2022 Royal International Air Tattoo
20/07/2022 Peterhead - Scottish Week
24/07/2022 Bray Airshow
06/08/2022 East Kirby Airshow
13/08/2022 Blackpool Airshow
13/08/2022 Whitby Regatta
14/08/2022 Whitby Regatta
14/08/2022 Blackpool Airshow
18/08/2022 Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow
19/08/2022 Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow
20/08/2022 Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow
21/08/2022 Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow
21/08/2022 Folkestone Air Display
25/08/2022 Clacton Airshow
26/08/2022 Clacton Airshow
26/08/2022 Sidmouth
27/08/2022 Rhyl Airshow
28/08/2022 Rhyl Airshow
01/09/2022 Bournemouth Air Festival
02/09/2022 Bournemouth Air Festival
03/09/2022 Bournemouth Air Festival
04/09/2022 Bournemouth Air Festival
08/09/2022 Guernsey Air Display
08/09/2022 Jersey International Air Display
10/09/2022 Causeway International Airshow, Portrush, Northern Ireland

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