2017

This edition was on the 6th & 7th May – the 1st edition to be held completely in May and with the new finale – the Wall of Fire!

After a 1-year absence, the adjunct Illawarra Light Railway Museum returned as part of the air show.

The below flying program shows what was scheduled before the event began. When the event began, weather, mechanical issues with the aircraft or military requirements may have amended the program in its final displayed form at the Airport.

6th & 7th May

• 9am – Gates Open
• 10:30am – Opening Ceremony
• 10:45am – The Red Berets
• 11am – The Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes
• 11:15am – de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou
• 11:30am – Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune

6th May

• 11:42am – RAAF F/A-18 Hornets (Arrival)

7th May

• 11:42am – C-130J Hercules

6th & 7th May

• 11:54am – Royal Australia Navy AS35BA Squirrel Pairs Display Team
• 12:06pm – WWI Fokker DR1 & Royal Air Force SE5a
• 12:18pm – CAC CA-18 Mk21 Mustang
• 12:30pm – Supermarine Spitfire
• 12:42pm – Wolf Pitts Pro (Paul Bennet)
• 12:54pm – Boeing Stearman
• 1:06pm – AOPA Freedom To Fly Formation Aerobatics Team
• 1:18pm – Sukhoi 26MX (Nigel Arnot)
• 1:30pm – North American T-6 Harvard
• 1:45pm – CAC CA-3 Wirraway
• 2pm – North American T-28 Trojan
• 2:`15pm – The Russian Roolettes
• 2:30pm – Focke Wulf FW-190
• 2:40pm – Fox Glider (Aerobatic Display)
• 2:50pm – BAC Jet Provost T5A
• 3pm – Steadfast Yakovlev Yak 3U
• 3:`10pm – Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
• 3:20pm – Extra 300L (Matt Hall)
• 3:30pm – Learjet 35 (Formation Display)
• 3:42pm – MH-60R Seahawk Romeo
• 3:54pm – The Sky Aces
• 4:06pm – Marchetti S211
• 4:18pm – L-39C Albatros

6th May

• 4:30pm – CAC CA-27 Mk32 Sabre
• 4:45pm – F/A-18 Hornets (Departure) (with Wall of Fire)

7th May

• 4:30pm – C-17A Globemaster III
• 4:45pm – CAC CA-27 Mk32 Sabre (with Wall of Fire)

6th & 7th May

• 5pm – Air Show Ends & Gates Close

6th May

• 6pm – Swing Into Wings Begins
• 7:30pm – Swing Into Wings Dinner
• 10pm – Swing Into Wings Ends