Air show organisers predict record year (From This Is Wiltshire)

Air show organisers predict record year

2:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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TICKETS are selling fast in the build-up to the Cotswold Air Show.

Organisers say they are delighted with the response during the first few days of ticket sales for this year’s two-day spectacle.

Tickets have been on sale since March 5 for the Cotswold Air Show, previously known as the Kemble Air Show, which supports the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.

The event, on June 19 and 20, will include the Red Arrows aerobatic display team, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and a C17 Globemaster aircraft, which will be on static display and open to the public.

The theme of the two days will be the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

Other display aircraft confirmed so far are Team Viper, with their Strikemaster Jet aircraft, the Yakovlevs display team and Guy Westgate with the Swift Glider Aerobatic Team.

Cotswold Airport operations manager and air show organiser Glen Moreman said: “Sales have got off to a fantastic start and, if the early signs are anything to go by, we are gearing up for a record year.

“Last year was the first time we have staged the air show over two days and, judging from the response we have had, it appears as though the new format is extremely popular.

“People always say that one of the things they like about the Cotswold Air Show is that, whilst it is one of the key dates on the air show calendar, it retains an intimate family atmosphere.”

Tickets for the event are £19.50 for adults or £25 on the day. They cost £5 for children aged six to 16 years, while under fives will be admitted free.

Tickets can be purchased through the air show website at www.cotswoldairshow.com.

Alternatively they are available from tourist information centres in Swindon, Cheltenham, Chippenham, Cirencester, Corsham, Malmesbury, Stroud, Tetbury, Warminster, Bath, Bourton-on-the-Water, Melksham, Trowbridge, Gloucester and Tewkesbury.