In this episode we discuss a plethora of airshow announcements including some real treats for the UK skies this summer.

Starting off with the big annoucement that Midlands Air Festival announced a MIG-17 as part of their flying display as well as a Sea King and Whirlwind from Historic Helicopters.

We also discuss the AH1 Cobra attending the Headcorn International Airshow which will definitely be a crowd favourite.

Cosford have started their announcements with the Red Bull Display Team which will fit the smaller airfield really well with their crazy aerobatics.

Hampshire Air Festival announced their first night time display act being The Fireflies as well as some other very cool day time acts.

Finally we finish off with our RIAT predictions!

In this episode we have special guest, Helen Webb coming on to talk on behalf of the Hampshire Air Festival, a new airshow to the UK circuit in 2026.

We discuss what the show is about, how the show will work over the weekend and discuss some of the participants announced so far.

Later in the episode we discuss with Helen about her career in aviation including her time at RIAT as head of marketing and how she has set up her own marketing and consultancy company in the aviation world.

In this episode we discuss the idea of the Flying Bulls coming to the UK for part of the 2026 airshow season with Shuttleworth confirming their debut at their Festival of flight airshow.

We discuss the Hampshire Air Festival, a new airshow in 2026 with two very contrasting but fitting acts to start off their announcements.

Midlands Air Festival gets a brief mention with show favourite Extra 300.

And finally we discuss Old Buckenham and their mega set of announcements including a new P51 Mustang!

In this episode of the podcast we discuss some of the first airshow announcements of the 2026, the new theme for RIAT26 and allow you to get to know the hosts a little bit more!