The Story so far...

It's not yet April.

Those who've been kindly supporting us for the last few years know that we tend to announce acts in little groups and usually, we're still announcing things in May or indeed June.

That probably won't be happening this year because we know who will be filling the coveted final slots and we know that it's going to be an epic year. For a start, we have a lot of debuts, so there'll be plenty no one has seen here.

Keeping the scores, then for our 20 act per day extravaganza:

1. The RED ARROWS, BOTH DAYS. We're not going to get bored of saying that.

2. Sally B - BOTH DAYS - our theme is the 50th Anniversary of the B-17 Flying Fortress displaying in the UK, the 50th year in which her operator, Elly Sallingboe, has kept an impossible miracle going. We will be going suitably overboard celebrating both icons.

3. Stampe Display Team, BOTH DAYS - making their debut.

4. The VE80 Spitfire Formation - BOTH DAYS - What's better than one Spitfire? Lots of them.

5. Bob Grimstead, BOTH DAYS - making his Old Buckenham Debut, Bob does things with gliders no one else can.

6. Team Raven, BOTH DAYS - Another debut, Team Raven will bring 6-7 of their RV8's to demonstrate formation aerobatics, but this time the aircraft are white and the speeds about half that of the Reds.

7. P-51 Mustang "Marinell", BOTH DAYS making a return after 10 years and in the hands of her new owner, the renowned Isobel Rutland.

8. Bronco Display Team BOTH DAYS, another debut, this time of one of the most interesting and versatile aircraft to grace an airshow

9. Aero SuperBatics. Guess what, another debut, two aircraft from the greatest wingwalking team on earth.

10. BBMF Lancaster SATURDAY ONLY, we think only the second time two four engined bombers have been here since WWII. Then also slot 10: BBMF Dakota, SUNDAY ONLY, a D Day veteran and one of the finest examples of, probably, the most important transport aircraft of the 20th century.

11. RAF Tutor, BOTH DAYS and another debut. This is the training aircraft today's fighter pilots all learn on.

12. F86 Sabre BOTH DAYS and, you've guessed it, a debut.

13. RAF Typhoon BOTH DAYS, making an unprecendented fiifth appearance with us.

14. World War 1. BOTH DAYS, and another debut. Paul Ford in, more or less, the Red Baron's Fokker will go head to head with Clive Denney in a British SE5. Aerial combat, over a century old from two pilots who are...

15. Richard Goodwin Jet Pitts, BOTH DAYS. Rich stole the show last year with his absurd three engined jet and propeller driven aerobatic monster. He'll have a hard time stealing the show again, but he'll give it a try.

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So that's three left to announce. We also have two additional slots for the newest display pilots in the UK, so expect five more to be announced, and soon.