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Your enemy in Eastbourne
Battle of Hastings - a band of soldiersAirborne over Eastbourne
Every year in August, there is a three day air show in Eastbourne, "Airbourne" when thousands flock to the beach to see fab aeronautical displays by all kinds of aircraft, from the old Spitfires to the Red Devils. On the last evening there is a big fireworks display too. The show is free and is the largest of its kind in SE England. It can be seen from all along the coast and up on Beachy Head. Some of the planes can be heard in neighbouring towns too - so if you are coming to Eastbourne with young children you might want to bring earplugs or headphones for them as the noise was deafening at times!!
It's great fun and there are loads of stalls selling refreshments, drinks, icecream, hotdogs, candyfloss etc as well as plenty of things to interest the aircraft enthusiast, including flight simulators!. There was an excellent running commentary giving enormous descriptive detail about the aircraft, pilots and the acrobatics they were performing - some of it real show stopping stuff! The viewers had no time to get bored as the planes came and went in very quick succession with only a few minutes wait between changes.
Wish I had a zoom lens!!!
