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Some interesting news about next years Sanicole Airshow if it happens

31SQN is proud to announce an XT-Roar-dinary Tiger Event, called ‘XTM Joint Jubilee 2021’.
This will be a condensed flying exercise starting as from the 7th of September and fading out on the 14th of September.

Main theme is 60 years Nato Tiger Association along with 70 years 31SQN & 50 years Sanicole Aeroclub.

Stay tuned for more intel!

https://www.31tigersqn.be/

This would be awesome if it goes ahead - hotel is already reserved after a brilliant first trip out last year. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for posting Gary

Update from the organisers

Our team has not been idle these past few months and we have been hard at work for the 2021 Sanicole Airshow which will take place from 10 until 12 September. This will be an edition that may still look a little different than the previous 41, but we are convinced we have come up with a setup that ensures another top edition, in all safety. Of course, we will let you know the details soon, but I can already tell you that this year, we will have three airshow days (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday), to spread the expected number of visitors over three rather than two days, while retaining a spottersday at Kleine-Brogel.

Encouraging news from Sanicole, fingers crossed that it will go ahead!

https://www.sanicole.com/en/best-wishes ... ur-airshow

BEST WISHES & SANICOLE AIRSHOW 2021
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Dear Sanicole Insider,

First and foremost, our very best wishes for the new year. We wish everyone a good health and we hope for lots of aviation joy this coming year.

Our team has not been idle these past few months and we have been hard at work for the 2021 Sanicole Airshow which will take place from 10 until 12 September. This will be an edition that may still look a little different than the previous 41, but we are convinced we have come up with a setup that ensures another top edition, in all safety. Of course, we will let you know the details soon, but I can already tell you that this year, we will have three airshow days (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday), to spread the expected number of visitors over three rather than two days, while retaining a spottersday at Kleine-Brogel.

Be sure to keep an eye on your mailbox these coming weeks, because we already have exciting news coming up about our first participants!

Sincerely,

Geoffrey Buekenberghs
Airshow Director
International Sanicole Airshow

Flightline UK wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:17 am

Update from the organisers

Our team has not been idle these past few months and we have been hard at work for the 2021 Sanicole Airshow which will take place from 10 until 12 September. This will be an edition that may still look a little different than the previous 41, but we are convinced we have come up with a setup that ensures another top edition, in all safety. Of course, we will let you know the details soon, but I can already tell you that this year, we will have three airshow days (Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday), to spread the expected number of visitors over three rather than two days, while retaining a spottersday at Kleine-Brogel.

Whoops sorry mate for double post! Great minds and all that...

Best wishes

Patrouille Suisse have self confirmed.

And they'll be joined by another Swiss air force demo: the Swiss F-18 solo display team is heading our way too

The Czech airforce will bring an unique collection of helicopters to Sanicole, displaying all its currently active combat types over our airfield.

First of all, they will perform a simulated Combat Search & Rescue mission with two icons from the Cold War, the Mi-17 transport helicopter and the Mi-24. These helicopters are part of 221 squadron based at Namest in the south of the country and are members of the NATO Tiger Association.

Completing the Czech air force line-up is a very rare display outside its border of a little-known helicopter, the Polish-built W-3 Sokol which will surprise you with its stunning agility in a search & rescue demonstration

WOW W-3 display

Unfortunately the full article is behind a paywall, but the Sanicole organisers have publically released plans on how this year's airshow will be kept COVID secure under the regulations in Belgium.

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf202102 ... h_i=&imai=

Not only will the show be held over three days for the first time (Friday Evening show plus two full days at the weekend to spread the audience out) but everyone will be allocated their own COVID Secure 'bubble' space in a series of stands (raised staging) along the crowdline. Each stand area will have its own entrance, catering and facilities.

-Saturday added to spread the crowd across 3 days.
-Instead of 40000 visitors, we are working to 5000-7500 each day.
-The audience will be placed seated on 5 properly separated stages. Each of these will have a maximum of 1500 seats.
-Social distancing will be implemented as necessary according to social bubbles.
-Distancing between will be guaranteed with prior assigned seating.
-Each of these 5 stages will have its own catering and toilets to limit contact to the bare minimum.
-Depending on requirements at the time, each of the 5 section may also have its own entrance.
-If allowed, there will be a tradestand boulevard behind the sections with compulsory walking directions like we have at local outdoor markets.
-When not seated, a mouth-nose mask is compulsory.
-If allowed, static display will be at both the east end and west end of the showground. If required by authorities, this can be with timeslots.
-To avoid restless children on the stage, there will still be a playground.

We are very pleased that the Hungarian airforce will make a welcome return to Sanicole after 8 years with its JAS-39 Gripen solo display promising us lots of afterburners and flares!

re the show this year Chrisse...will weekend tickets be available for enthusiasts?

Crawley01 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:51 pm

re the show this year Chrisse...will weekend tickets be available for enthusiasts?

The exact date still has to be set, but you'll be looking at June probably.

We're very happy to welcome the French navy in the flying programme with an E-2 Hawkeye.

Chrisse wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:38 am

We're very happy to welcome the French navy in the flying programme with an E-2 Hawkeye.

Now that’s a great catch

Red Arrows added this morning

Also French air force Equipe de Voltige was added last week

Mind you, Red arrows only on Friday evening for the sunset airshow! They have displays to perform in the UK during the weekend

We're looking to start ticket sales around mid-June. We'll communicate the setup of this year's show officially in the next few weeks prior to the start of ticket sales.

Some of the latest info on our plans for this year:
https://www.sanicole.com/en/the-2021-sa ... airshow-f/

We welcome this pair of Rafales to our show:
https://www.sanicole.com/en/two-powerfu ... kG1QZGuI38

We added the Fury ISS to the flying display today!
https://www.sanicole.com/en/rare-iraqi- ... Hns3pb2Kow