The UK Airshow Review Podcast

We get together on the UK Airshow review Podcast to actually review some UK airshows! We are joined by fellow UKARian Gordon Duncan to chat about Antidotum Leszno Airshow, the Florennes Air Show and Aerotorshow. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views a...

Apologies for the sound quality on this one! Apparently Sam's computer decided his PS5 controller was the perfect microphone... We get together on the UK Airshow review Podcast to actually review some UK airshows! We are joined by fellow UKARian Gordon Duncan to chat about Midlands Air Festival, Cosford Air Show and the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight. To read our reports, features and interviews...

In this episode Sam has a big rant about carry-on baggage while flying as a photographer, and Ian gives his thoughts on Cosford. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.

Well what do you know, the thing that Sam was predicted for months happened. RIAT has been cancelled. We discuss this as well as the now officially announced Red Arrows tour to the country that's wrecking our airshow season here. Tom tells us about his visit to the airshow at Namest air base in the Czech Republic. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.c...

In Episode 110 we bring back on occasional guest of the show Dan Ledwood to continue our chat about being an airline pilot - but this time he's got four stripes! We also review some aviation books in a new section in partnership with Crécy Publishing! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our for...

We discuss the recent, much-publicised Spitfire 90th Anniversary tour of Britain, and some interesting airshow social media decisions To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.

We get the gang back together - to discuss the apocalypse? A couple of weeks ago a bunch of us trotted over to watch a bunch of United States Air Force bombers at RAF Fairford, deployed there as part of one of the most catastrophic wars in living memory that is likely to have cataclysmic lasting effects across the globe. B-1s are quite cool though, in fairness. To read our reports, features and in...

Red Arrows shock! This summer, they plan to visit the United States of America, prioritising their Independence Day celebrations over British airshows. This controversial tour is discussed at length here. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opin...

The aviation enthusiast community has lost its mind recently with a self-imposed censorship of aircraft movements under the thoroughly misunderstood notion of OPSEC. We discuss. Apologies for the sound quality on this one. For some reason, Tom's microphone wouldn't work. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! The UKAR podcast enters 2026 with a bang - we kick off with a Christmas present roundup (don't get your hopes up) and then go into some of the highs and lows of aviation on the big and small screen! We look over the great scenes, the amazing footage and the dreadful plots that abound in aviation movies and shows. Link to the list of movies and shows discussed in this episode: https...

In this episode, maybe our last of the year, we go over the recent US display team calendar announcements and the somewhat questionable behaviour from some UK aviation enthusiasts that surrounded it, as well as a look ahead to a few announcements for the 2026 airshow season. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion,...

In this episode we are joined by one of the most decorated display pilots of recent years, Major Andrej Fiorelli, best known for flying the Slovenian Armed Forces' PC9M Hudournik Solo Display at many airshows, most recently winning the King Hussein Memorial Sword at RIAT 2025. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussio...

In this episode Sam and Dom are joined by Tom Gautier, day 1 podcast listener, aviation enthusiast and until recently an Air and Space Operations Specialist in the RAF. We've invited him to join us on the podcast to talk about this less discussed but vital role in the RAF, what his career looked like and some of his highlights. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to...

Following the heady heights of our 100th episodes we're back with a classic, good old airshow review. Sam and Dom are joined by Gordon Duncan to chat about their visit to the Hahnweide Oldtimer Fliegertreffen fly in in Germany, after chatting about the 2026 RIAT theme announcement.

Join us for PART TWO of our 100th episode. We're celebrating our ton by going through each of our personal top 5 airshow moments of all time, across time and space! Did our choices so far align with your own? Maybe there have been some surprises! Let us know what you think of our final choices! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to...

Join us for PART ONE of our 100th episode. We're celebrating our ton by going through each of our personal top 5 airshow moments of all time, across time and space! Did our choices so far align with your own? Maybe there have been some surprises! Join us in Part Two as well for the finale of our Top 5 countdown! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co....

For episode 99 we are joined by great friend of UKAR and the podcast, commercial and private pilot, obscure aircraft enjoyer and airshow participant, Paul Gibbs! If you don't know him by name, you will surely know him by plane - the owner and pilot of the Trago Mills SAH-1 and Tipsy Nipper T.66 that have attended UK shows as well as a pilot with AirTask who attended RIAT 2025 with the F406 and Das...

It's been a couple of weeks, we've relaxed, we've recuperated, we've recovered, we've deleted all our blurry, out-of-focus shots, and now we're here to round up the highs and lows of RIAT 2025. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expres...

The forecast is dire, but the chat is pure fire. It's our long awaited and much-demanded RIAT 2025 preview. We chat about the banger of a final update and what we're looking forward to seeing the most. Enjoy this on you drive over! If there's some annoying fan noise in the background, we make no apologies for podding in a heatwave. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head...

It's nearly time for RIAT, and that means Sam has a rant to go on...we talk about the state of accommodation around the show compared with others, and chat about some airshow updates. RIAT preview next week! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and o...

A nice, tidy, does what it says on the tin airshow review episode: Dom recounts the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight, probably one of the airshows of the year, and Tom tells us (a bit belatedly) about his trip to celebrate the 100th anniversary of BAN Hyeres on the south coast of France (not a bit jealous). To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If...

UKAR Staffer, occasional podcast guest and all round great northerner Nigel Watson joins us to talk about the RAF's last airshow, RAF Cosford Air Show. We also go over a handful of airshow updates! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions ex...

In this...surprising episode, Ian tells us about his weekend jolly to Miami for the Hyundai Air and Sea Show, which he told literally none of us about, and then we cover the Shuttleworth Military show and the Midlands Air Festival! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airsho...

Heads up: this episode is 2 hours long. We decided to just get it all out in one go rather than go on to a third part, so maybe take this one in a couple of sessions. But it's worth it at the end! Join us as Dan and Sam talk about the rest of their recent trip to the USA. Note to self: don't let Dan drive. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If...

Dan and Sam recently got their feet wet and tell us all about their recent trip to the USA. Or at least, half of it as they ended up having a lot to say. Part 2 to follow! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the i...