Eastbourne International Airshow 2017

ANDTHANKS
GOES TO...
Eastbourne Borough Council
would like to give special thanks to…
Our key sponsors...
Specsavers, Boundless by CSMA, Gemini Press,
Caffyns Volvo, Harvey’s, More Radio, Kier, Sussex
Newspapers, Frontier Fireworks, Eastbourne
Motoring Centre, Serco and Saxons Plants for
their generous contributions along with all the
additional advertisers who have supported the
event in a variety of ways.
The Council would like to give special thanks to
The Big Sleep Hotel, Afton Hotel and The Rotary
Clubs of Sovereign Harbour, Hailsham and
Eastbourne, for their assistance coordinating
the bucket collections to support the future of
Airbourne and good causes - Charles Hunt Centre,
Age Concern Eastbourne and Memory Lane. Thanks
also to all the volunteers who have given their time
to assist in this process. All donations are gratefully
received to help support these important causes.
Huge gratitude goes to the Royal Air Force for their
wonderful displays and the Royal Navy, British
Army, Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps for the
ground exhibits and to Dave Walton and Ian Sheeley
and the Flight Control Committee from TSA
Consulting Ltd for the meticulous planning of the
line up. With special thanks to Event Safety Officer’s
Mark Marsden and Neal Robinson, commentator
George Bacon, Dave Fenner at the Beachy Head
helicopter landing site and Vince Parsons, Paul
Hayes and all the Radio Airbourne Volunteers.
IMAGE CREDITS SAC Martin Howard – MoD/
Crown Copyright 2015, Paul Johnston Flightline UK,
Terry Lee, MoD Crown Copyright 2017, Larry Warr,
Darren Harbar, Chris Parker, Graham Huntley,
Andrea Featherby, Mike Lingwood, John Dibbs.
The following companies who have contributed
towards making Airbourne 2017 a success.
Without assistance and enthusiasm from the
following volunteers and organisations an event
this size would not be possible:
Accord Audio, Airbourne Project Board Members,
Armoury Locks & Alarms, Armour Security, BAA,
The Berkeley Hotel, Biggin Hill Airport, The Big Sleep
Hotel, The British Army, British Red Cross, Caffyns
Volvo, Cherry Group, Civil Aviation Authority,
Clevera, HM Coastguards, Croydon Gap, Devonshire
Park Catering, Eastbourne Arndale Centre,
Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce, Eastbourne
Hospitality Association, Eastbourne Lifeguards,
Eastbourne Police Cadets, Eastbourne Rotary Club,
Eastbourne Sovereign Rotary Club, Eastbourne
Town Team, Eastbourne Voluntary Lifeguards, ESCC
Highways, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Event
Equipment Hire, Four Jays Group, Fresh Cleaning,
Frontier Fireworks, Gemini Press, Gildredge House
School, Graham Huntley, Grand Hotel, Hailsham
Rotary Club, Mark Jarvis, Heli-Charter, Hobbs
Recovery, JPM Electrical Ltd, Kier, Lansdowne
Hotel, Mbi Electrical Ltd, North Weald Air Field, The
Mowbray, Planes TV, Rob Gellatly Plumbing and
Heating, RNLI, Roger Wilson (Katrina) Safety Boat
Team, The Saffrons, The Royal Air Force, The Royal
Navy, The View, Signtek, Shoreham Airport, South
East Coast Ambulance Service, Southern Railway,
Sovereign Harbour Rotary Club, Sparks Power, St.
Andrew’s School, Stagecoach (South East), Stone
Cross Nurseries, Sussex Police, Territorial Army,
Trustees of the Chatsworth Estate, University of
Brighton, 17 Wilmington Square.
And finally… all the exhibitors and traders who
support the show and all the pilots and display crews
of the aircraft taking part in Airbourne 2017.
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