Air Show to mark 70 years since 1st commercial flight
(CNS): The Department of Tourism has rescheduled the Cayman Islands Air Show, which was cancelled during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee due to the weather. The show, which is now scheduled for 3-4 December in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first commercial plane landing at Owen Roberts International Airport.
The Air Show is a collaboration between the Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI), the Department of Tourism and the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture and Heritage, and sponsored by Dart.
“The Air Show will commemorate when the first commercial airplane, the PBY Catalina, arrived in Grand Cayman in 1952,” said CIAA CEO Albert Anderson. “Our aviation industry has come a long way since then and the Air Show is a great way to showcase the evolution of the airplane,” he added.
In the morning on Saturday, 3 December, the public is invited to watch the air display above Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Public Beach. The show will feature iconic aircraft and international acts, including a PBY Catalina, the Qyon Jet Team, aerobatic pilot Skip Stewart and the Red Bull Sports team with pilot Kirby Chambliss.
In the afternoon, the static display aircraft exhibition at the Island Air Hangar will provide the public with an opportunity to view the planes and meet some of the Air Show participants.
There will also be a static display aircraft exhibition taking place from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport in Cayman Brac on Sunday, 4 December.
CAACI Director-General Richard Smith said he was excited about the opportunity to stage an Air Show this year as many people were disappointed when it was postponed in June. “We hope that the public enjoys the display of international talent and takes advantage of the aircraft exhibit,” he said.
Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan encouraged everyone to come out and enjoy the show “From enthusiasts to families, there will be something for everyone,” he said. “It was a well-loved event in the past and we look forward to welcoming back future Air Shows to be enjoyed by the community and visitors alike.”
Parking access at Public Beach and the Island Air Hangar will be restricted. The public will be asked to park offsite and take a free shuttle to the event locations.
All information about the Air Show is available on the website, which will be updated ahead of the events.
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Our PACT clowns publicly and privately promised more than was ever going to be possible in terms of involving military aircraft. This save-face event is just pathetic. There are much better ways to spend public funds when the cost of living is suffocating Caymanians. Next election can’t come fast enough.
I would love to see it, but know the traffic and crowds will just spoil the event. The cops have no idea how to direct traffic. Just look at this mornings daily commute severely disrupted with the closure of harbour drive not a cop in sight anywhere. The population is three times bigger than when we had the last airshow where the public beach could easily cope. Not so now.
I guess climate change concern is now on hold while we burn fossil fuels for entertainment? Sick of these hypocrites.
Why does the Brac feel that they are entitled to get a piece of everything which happens on Grand Cayman.
It’s a waste of effort to include them here.
Or anywhere
I think it’s good to support it…perhaps it may return to what it used to be one day….nothing like seeing some fighters whiz down the beach near the speed of sound
News for you, that isn’t going to happen.
Closer to North and South Sound than the speed of sound
No Red Arrows. Poor line up
They are bringing the Qyon Aero Sports Team which flies planes very similar to the Red Arrows
Maybe they can feature the Little Cayman twin Otter? probably not as they are always in the workshop.
leaving local residents stranded and tourists and residents to get boats and police helicopters
Hopefully this goes better the shameful display on Saturday Pirates landing
The debris from which is still all over the harbour…
#sustainability
I bet it runs at least two hours late, and the only food on offer will be Wendy’s.
Mix it up. Have the mosquito plane spray Caybrew and 1981 vapor over the amassed crowds.
Now we’re talking!
cloudy with a chance of booze! I’m in.
Airshows are dangerous, noisy, expensive, and pollute at a level of intensity that is completely out of step with what should be a better understanding of our point in the climate crisis. Most countries and big city events were mostly shut down years ago for these same reasons. PACT, and Kenny, once again, seem to be operating in completely different constellations of thought.
ahhh shut up with the nonsense you party pooper
Troll!!!
How did you get to cayman?
How do you get around cayman?
How does your food get to you?
There is a difference in paying transport costs to burning fuel solely for entertainment.
11:59 I bet you are fun at parties 😉
The air show is a great thing… I love it… but it is so disappointing that it is being scheduled on what is already one of the busiest weekends of the year in terms of events.
‘In the morning on Saturday, 3 December, the public is invited to watch the air display above Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Public Beach.’
So they’re expecting a small turn out then…
Only if they can manage fight off the higglers and steal away one of their claimed cabanas.
17 days notice – brilliant! – They must have known this date months ago, but they’ve only just told the public? – Muppets