Dawlish Air Show

What a wonderful day we had at Dawlish watching the air show Thousands of people turned out to watch. As Dawlish Town Councillors we  entertained  the visiting V I Ps. These included Lord and Lady Devon from Powderham Castle The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayores of Exeter, Councillor  Sylvia Russell the Chairman of Teignbridge Council and her husband Bill. The Mayor and Mayoress of Dawlish and various visiting Mayor's and sponsorrs of the Air Show .

 

We had a few showers during the afternoon but the sun was so warm we soon dried out. The fly past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight had to be called off due to high winds but everything else went ahead. 

 

We watched  a search and rescue demonstration by Exam Lifeboat and the Sea King helicopter which play a very important role in our everyday lives here living on the coast. There were demonstrations by various helicopters and low flying aircraft 

 

The highlight of the afternoon was the display by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team the Red Arrows Their display was fantastic with new maneuvers for this season.

 

At the conclusion of their display they did a formation fly past with the Vulcan bomber and dedicated it to the past Chairman of the Carnival Brian Heath  who started the air shows when he was Chairman and worked extremely hard to get it all together. Brian sadly died early in the year. It was very emotional.

 

 The Vulcan did a short display  and dedicated a fly past to all the soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

 This is the last Vulcan bomber flying and has been restored by the Vulcan to the Sky Trust and public donations