Shoreham Airshow took place annually in the late summer at

Brighton City Airport Brighton City Airport , also commonly known as Shoreham Airport, is located in Lancing, West Sussex, Lancing near Shoreham by Sea in West Sussex, England. It has a Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom), CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence tha ...

(commonly known as Shoreham Airport), on the south coast of England. It was organised by volunteers from the local branch of the

Royal Air Forces Association The Royal Air Forces Association, also known as RAF Association or RAFA, is a British registered charity. It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth, and to their dependents. The ...

(RAFA), and held in aid of the RAFA Wings Appeal. The

airshow An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without which they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The largest air ...

began in 1989. It had flying and static displays by a variety of aircraft such as fast jets, military helicopters, aerobatic aircraft and historic aircraft. There were ground displays by organisations such as local flying clubs and the armed forces, and of classic cars and vehicles. The show raised more than £2 million for the RAFA over 25 years. Following the

2015 Shoreham Airshow crash On 22 August 2015, a former military aircraft crashed onto a main road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow at Shoreham Airport, England, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others. It was the deadliest air show accident in the Uni ...

, it was announced in January 2016 that the 2016 event was cancelled, and it has not been held since.

Incidents

* The next year's show featured a special tribute to Brown. * *

References

External links

* * {{Official website, http://www.shorehamairshow.co.uk/ Shoreham-by-Sea Airshows in the United Kingdom