Bray Air Display 2025

[JasonT1981]

Bray Air Display will return on Saturday August 2nd 2025

https://brayairdisplay.com/

[JasonT1981]

The first self confirm for Bray is  Team Raven who are moving to a  7 ship display.

[angry turnip]

As far as I'm concerned,Bray isn't worth the hassle anymore,it's a logistical nightmare,and like so many airshows,the lineup has declined in many respects.Display regulations haven't helped,I think the CAA need to re-evaluate the distance aircraft are from the crowdline.No point going to watch via binoculars or having to use a 600mm+lens.

[JasonT1981]

Aerosuperbatic wingwalkers self confirm for both Bray, and  Rush the following day.

But I  agree with you, AT. Bray, and even for me Portrush was  just too much hassle.

Though since I  started going to RIAT,  Cosford   and Duxford my enjoyment of seaside  shows  is  a  lot lower. I  am  doing Southport this year but this will be my first sea-side show   since Covid.

I  respect every single display, the pilots   and the work that goes  into them. But seaside  shows  come across like a  travelling circus these  days. Same  displays  at every location. Get the Reds  and   Typhoon and everything else is  an   after-thought. Crowdline at Bray the last time I  was there had everyone saying the Viggen and  Draken put on a great display for the people of North Wales

Portrush I  struggled with a 600mm on my last visit in 2019 yet RIAT, Duxford  and Cosford I  can get great shots with a 300mm every year since after covid. 

[JasonT1981]

Line-up

Aer Lingus Airbus A321XLR
AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers
Black Knights Parachute Team
Eddie Goggins – The Flying Dentist
Emerald Airlines
Irish Air Corps
Irish Historic Flight Foundation
Richard Goodwin
Search and Rescue display
Strikemaster
Team Raven

[sneaky_nikon]

That's particularly poor.

[JasonT1981]

I do  like the Wingwalkers, Team  Raven, Rich Goodwin and a Strikemaster, but I see them quite a lot, and  will  have seen them a  few times this summer by the time Bray comes  around.

It's now mostly Irish based displays with a few UK  seaside regulars.  Not worth the hassle of getting there and back. It's now just a copy/paste job every year with no creative thinking in the lineup.  Hardly the international  spectacle it was in the past.