Croydon Airport Airshow, 1988

I remember going to an airshow at Croydon in I think May 1980.
Heavy input from the Tiger club at nearby Redhill.
I’ve a photo somewhere of a line up of Turbulents. Also there was an BN-2 Islander para dropping.

Was this possibly The red devils.?

Did they have annual shows then, and if so when did they stop.?

Here’s some cine footage of the 1980 event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Amy Johnson’s solo flight to Australia: –

According to the comment posted by the uploader of the 1988 show, these were the only two events to be held there.

Cheers

Paul

I remember going to an airshow at Croydon in I think May 1980.
Heavy input from the Tiger club at nearby Redhill.
I’ve a photo somewhere of a line up of Turbulents. Also there was an BN-2 Islander para dropping.

Was this possibly The red devils.?

Did they have annual shows then, and if so when did they stop.?

It is not called the Campaign Against Aviation for nothing………!!!!

Found this gem of a video on You Tube: –

Of course, and event like this would never happen now, given it was in/close to a large built up area, but it at least it shows it could be done then!

I was at that show, having just spent all night on the phones at the first telethon.

It was very close to some flats and my abiding memory is of take offs and landings being temporarily stopped by a woman pushing her child in a buggy across the runway. The runway was well fenced off, she must have pulled it down at the point where she crossed. Then again, it was Croydon so I wasn’t surprised.

That aside, it was a lovely show, wish there were more like it. The CAA fees alone would stop it happening now.

As a point of interest, at least some of the accelerator strips are still there.