- Air Display taking place on Thursday afternoon
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NEW regulations put in place following the Shoreham air crash will not affect this year’s Jersey International Air Display, which will once again take place in the sweeping natural amphitheatre
of St Aubin’s Bay on Thursday.
Check the latest Air Display forecast here
The British military aircraft due to participate in the display include the RAF Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire, which will perform their historic Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
An RAF training plane, the Tutor, will also be making a visit as will a Royal Navy Merlin helicopter which will be on static view in the People’s Park. RAF and Royal Navy Sea King helicopters will also perform in the display, and as the Sea King is due to be phased out of UK service, this may be the last chance to see them.
International guests include the Polish navy, who will return to support the static display with their Antonov AN-28 B1R Bryza, and the Swedish historic flight, who will return with Saab’s Draken, Viggen, Tunnan and SK60.
Other aircraft include the Lufthansa Ju-52, Yakovlev Yak-3, CAC Boomerang, a MiG 15, Breguet Alize, Magni M24 Orion gyrocopter and a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver amphibian, which the organisers are hoping to get on the water, weather permitting.
And the event wouldn’t be complete without the stunning Red Arrows display team, who are due to sweep across the bay and end the show at around 4.30 pm.
Once again there will also be two major static displays of aircraft – one at Jersey Airport and the other in the People’s Park.
For full details visit the display website.
TEMPORARY parking on Victoria Avenue will be allowed on Thursday during the Jersey International Air Display.
Drivers are due to be permitted to find a space between midday and 2 pm, but must be prepared to leave by 5 pm as the road is due to reopen at 5.30 pm.
Victoria Avenue will be closed to traffic from midday, and access to parking on the road will be from First Tower and Rue du Galet.
The parish has requested that cyclists do not use the cycle track from West Park to Bel Royal during the display, but they will be allowed to ride along Victoria Avenue.
Paris Lane, Tyneville Lane and Farley’s Lane will also be closed between midday and 5.30 pm. Once parking access has finished, Rue du Galet will be closed.
No public parking will be permitted in lay-bys one and two from 9 September at 5.30 pm for 24 hours. However, Victoria Avenue’s other lay-bys will be available for parking for the event. Drivers are asked to leave their cars in the lay-bys until the display has finished.
Cars will also be barred from parking on either side of St Aubin’s Inner Road from West Park to Bel Royal from 9 am to 5.30 pm on Thursday. Owners of any cars parked there could face a fine, or may have their vehicles towed away.
Parking will not be permitted in Gloucester Street from 7 am until 6 pm on the day of the air display.
The parish has also asked drivers not to park in Westmount Road or around Mount Bingham.
St Aubin’s beach is also due to be closed to the public from the western wall of the Elizabeth Marina to La Haule slipway from midday until 5.30 pm on both Wednesday and Thursday.
