I do like to be beside the seaside!

[Disaster Area]

Bournemouth Seafront has just played host to its annual Air Festival. Despite no Red Arrows this year it is estimated that over 812,000 people attended the 4 day event and this year featured some interesting aircraft, the main attraction being the SAAB Draken of the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight.
The Ultimate fighters also made their debut featuring a mix of WWII aircraft as well as the T33 of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Historic Flight which flew with the MIG 15. Below are a random selection of images taken at various locations over the 4 days.

SEDXR_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

ZK318_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

SEDXR_b by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

ZZ519 by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

ZK318 by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

SEDXR_c by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

ZA683_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

SEDXR_e by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GOFFO by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GZXLL by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

ZZ519_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

N104CJ_e by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

Strikes by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GIBSY by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GOFFO_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

SEDXR_d by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GINVN_a by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GTFSI by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

GRSAF by Chris Parsons, on Flickr

[Seacat192]

Nice selection.

Fair to say the Draken had a similar effect on people that the Vulcan used to. Saw several people just stop what they were doing and look skywards when the display started!

[John flightpath]

The Draaken flew over Bransgore when it was recovering to BOH and it looked impressive, just doing that.
Cheers
John

[marinergaz]

Fantastic pics, the weather looked perfect for you !

[Speedbird01]

812,000 spectators? Certainly the fantastic weather has helped a lot getting people to the beach

[jigsaw]

Excellent set, the sky is so clear too! The Draken underside and the Chinook are the two that stand out to me.

[Blackcat1]

Love the Draken!l

Great set in beautiful blue skies!