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Windermere Air Festival 2011
Windermere Air Festival 2011
Event held:
23 Jul 2011, 24 Jul 2011
Time:
10:00 am - 6:00pm
Promoter/Organiser:
Bluestone Events
Organiser's website:
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Venue:
The Lakeside
Town:
Bowness-on-Windermere
County:
Cumbria
Postcode:
LA23 3HE
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Windermere Air Festival 2011
Your Guide 2 Events in Bowness & Windermere
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Latest News:
The Windermere Air Festival 2012 Cancelled
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The Windermere Air Festival 2011
-
formerly known as the Windermere Airshow -
will
be a spectacular event
with
a total of 16
f
lying displays over two afternoons*. Plus
exciting showground displays to keep every child and adult enthralled!
O
ver 40,000 people attended the tenth anniversary Air Show event last year,
despite the cancellation through bad weather of the first day's programme of events.
The flying programme varies each day with
non-stop ground entertainment for all the family on the Air Base. Ground attractions will include a military village and
battle re-enactments
by
Earl of Montagu's Regiment of Foote.
Moky Fit will show you how to create some fun dance routines, the local Ju-Jitsu group will be demonstrating their martial moves and running some 'have a go' sessions and Kendal Majorettes will show their marching and cheerleading capabilities. The YMCA will be bringing a climbing wall, there will be Kids Go-Karts and face painters and jugglers will make their way round the Air Base.
The organisers are promising more fun than ever before and the name of the event has been changed from Windermere Air Show to the Windermere Air Festival to reflect the expanded activities and entertainment.
Entry to the Air Base on The Lakeside is just
£5
for adults,
£2.50
for children between 5-15 years and free for 4 years and under.
The printed programme will not be available until closer to the event, with copies available to purchase on the day.
Its price has been reduced from £10 to £5, so more people will be able to learn about the planes, pilots and the Air Base activities on the ground.
Latest News: The Windermere Air Festival 2012 Cancelled
(updated 3/12/2011)
The Windermere Air Festival 2012 has been cancelled due to the current economic climate and lack of grant funding and sponsorship revenue. Further details
here
.
The Red Arrows performing over Bowness
during the Windermere Air Festival 2011
The 2011 Windermere Air Festival was a great success with some 40,000 people descending on Bowness-on-Windermere to enjoy a weekend of entertainment and air displays. It is estimated that the event generated millions of pounds for the local economy.
£10,650 was raised for local and military charities with 32 different charities represented on site.
Some of the 40,000 visitors who descended on Bowness
for the Windermere Air Festival 2011
The official charity of the festival was The Rotary Club of Windermere who took away £6,000 from the weekend, all of which will go towards worthy causes including the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team and local youth projects. The Windermere Air Festival asked the Rotary to provide volunteers for the weekend and the charity was then paid for their man hours. They also received a large proportion of the proceeds from the festival Car Park on top of running the children's games on the Air Base and the usual bucket shaking.
YouTube video of the mighty Avro Vulcan XH558
during the Windermere Air Festival 2011
Previous News and Programme:
The mighty Avro Vulcan XH558 is making a welcome return to Windermere for the Air Festival. The magnificent aircraft last wowed visitors back in 2009 and has been a major talking point ever since. The Vulcan will be performing a full nine minute display over the stunning backdrop of Lake Windermere on Saturday 23rd July.
The mighty Avro Vulcan XH558
is returning to dazzle visitors at the Windermere Air Festival 2011
The full air display line up will give visitors and viewers a spectacular presentation of pure grace and raw energy, with pilots flipping, swooping and dancing their ways around the skies.
The Air Festival kicks off on Saturday with an action-packed flying programme welcoming back the breathtaking acrobatics of the
Breitling Wing Walkers
. They'll perform a sequence of manoeuvres and handstands whilst strapped to the top wings of the team's beautiful Boeing Stearman biplanes.
Visitor will also be awed by the
RedHawks
' air show act with a slow, gentle and graceful four-minute, three-dimensional aerial ballet performed to soothing music by a pair of 42-years-old, wooden, high-efficiency aeroplanes, designed by French musician, artist, ceramicist and sculptor Réné Fournier.
One of Saturday’s highlights will be the
RAF Falcons
parachute display team. Now in their 50th anniversary year, the Falcons are sure to perform a unique, colourful and courageous aerial display as they parachute down onto the Air Base.
The
Battle of Britain Memorial Flights
will be gracing the Windermere Air Festival with their presence on both days with special flights from the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster Bomber. The RV8tors will be flying their remarkably fast Vans RV-8's with powerful smoke systems, performing an exciting and memorable display. Combining close formation aerobatics with speeds up to 230 mph, the display makes large manoeuvres that fill the sky and leave large smoke trails.
Breitling Wing Walkers will be appearing at the Windermere Air Festival 2011 performing a
breathtaking sequence of formation loops and rolls in biplanes travelling at speeds of up to 150mph
The Air Festival is bringing to the show both the
RAF Tucano
and the
RAF Hawk
. Both spectacular in their own right the Hawk display team will demonstrate the professional excellence of the RAF while the Tucano display consists of 21 manoeuvres including an offset barrel roll, stall turn, oblique loop and reverse wingover.
On Sunday the
Twister Duo
will create a display of formation barrel loops, rolls and gravity defying zoom climbs.
The highlight of the weekend is set to be
the
Red Arrows
, the
Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team.
Having missed last year's Air Show,
the Red Arrows
are returning to Windermere
and will headlining on Sunday 24th.
The RAF Red Arrows
are the world’s best formation team and
have been wowing audiences for over forty-five years with over 4,000 displays held in an amazing fifty-two countries.
Today the Red Arrows are renowned throughout the world, acting as ambassadors for Great Britain when displaying overseas. They also support UK industry by demonstrating the capabilities of British equipment and expertise.
The Red Arrows' reputation is built on commitment and professionalism, combined with their RAF skills, training and equipment. Many of the Red Arrows' pilots and support staff have recently returned from
Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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Windermere Air Festival Tickets
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Plane-tastic Competition
The Plane-tastic challenge is open to anyone between the ages of 4-14 years. All they need to do is design and build their own plane from recycled household items such as milk cartons, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, cardboard boxes, cardboard tubes, tin foil, cling film, lolly pop sticks, lids, tins, paper, cocktail sticks etc.
Some fantastic prizes are on offer courtesy of some generous local businesses including The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, Silverband Falconry and Go Ape. To enter, budding aircraft designers simply need to email two pictures of their Plane-tastic creation to the organisers. Full details are
Here
. All entries will be displayed on the Air Festival website and the lucky 12 who are shortlisted will receive a free Weekend Family Ticket to the Air Festival. The shortlisted entries will be on display at the Air Festival with the winners being picked by some of the talented pilots flying in the air displays
.
Windermere Air Festival Website
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10am to 6pm
(flying displays from 1:30pm
*)
Admission:
£5.00
,
children up to 16 free
*
weather permitting
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