Bournemouth Air Festival, 29 August — 1 September 2019

Photos by Andy Ross, Sunday, September 1, 2019
 

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Avro Lancaster bomber lumbers over Poole Bay, its four Merlin engines thrumming evenly
 

Muscle biplane Pitts S2S G-EWIZ pilot Rich Goodwin starts his aerobatics display by drawing a smiley in the sky
 

Lars Martinsson pilots Swedish Air Force Historic Flight Saab 35 Draken over the bay — a supersonic interceptor from 50-odd years ago
 

British Aircraft Corporation Strikemaster Mk 82A pair — the type is a reincarnation of the RAF Jet Provost trainer from 50-odd years ago
 

RAF Boeing Chinook Mk 6 heavy support helicopter, as used everywhere — including on combat operations in Afghanistan
 

A glimpse of the crowds of holidaymakers and spectators on the beach beside Bournemouth Pier, as well as all the boats in Poole Bay
 

"Spitfire's in its heaven, all's well with the world" — it's always good to hear that Rolls-Royce Merlin engine purring smoothly overhead
 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI, this one a Polish-built SB Lim-2 made in 1952 and recently painted to resemble Yuri Gagarin's aircraft
 

The Ultimate Warbirds, today consisting of two Spitfires, a Hispano Buchon (Spanish license-built Messerschmidt 109), and a TF-51D Mustang
 

The two Spitfires (one a Mk V, the other a Mk IX) briefly separate from the other two Ultimate Warbirds to intercept the "Messerschmidt"
 

The four Ultimate Warbirds are joined by The Blades, a team of four Extra EA-300 aerobatics planes flown by former RAF Red Arrows pilots
 

The day's flying ends with a thrilling (9g) and thunderous aerobatics display by an RAF Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 flown by Jim Peterson