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March 24, 2021

2021 Airshow Season Kicks Off   What a year for airshows the last 12 months have been. The last show of 2020 was at Tyabb, Victoria on 8th March and roll on a whole year until we were treated to […]

February 25, 2021

COVID-19 Update While Australia has been fortunate enough to weather the Coronavirus storm better than most countries, events across the nation have been hit hard over the past 12 months, with almost all large events becoming casualties, and Wings Over […]

February 10, 2021

A new year brings new possibilities, so here at Bright Events we are thrilled to announce the confirmation of EnergyAustralia as a sponsor for 2021 Wings Over Illawarra airshow, set to be held at the Shellharbour Airport on the weekend […]

March 16, 2020

In the interests of Public Health and the directive of the Federal Government Wings Over Illawarra 2020 is being postponed. In an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19 the Federal Government has made the decision to ban non-essential gatherings […]

March 5, 2020

Wings Over Illawarra is excited to announce that Graham Hosking’s F4U-5N Corsair is to star in the line-up at Wings Over Illawarra 2020 on the 2nd and 3rd May 2020             The Corsair was designed […]

January 31, 2020

Wings Over Illawarra 2020 will have three exciting new features at the event. NSW Drone Expo For the very first time Wings Over Illawarra will incorporate the inaugural NSW Drone Expo.  The expo will feature drone racing from the Australian […]

September 26, 2019

We are pleased to say that the Wulf is now back in the air again after this long and difficult worldwide search for parts, knowledge and experience. After a long wait for parts and skilled technicians, the Focke Wulf, Fw 190 […]

September 17, 2019

Australia’s only Fw 190 has had a tumultuous relationship with Wings Over Illawarra. We have tried several times to make the Focke-Wulf 190 as a feature of Wings Over Illawarra, but luck just has not been on our side! The […]

September 13, 2019

I was chatting on the phone recently to a woman who was purchasing gold pass tickets for herself and her husband for the 2020 show. She described to me how much she enjoyed the 2019 show being a gold pass […]

September 3, 2019

At Wings Over Illawarra 2019 we featured two of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) aircraft in the flying display, the DHC4 Caribou and the Douglas C-47, with the vast array of their other aircraft open to the public to […]