Kaivopuisto Air Show Explained

The Kaivopuisto, or Helsinki Air Show 2017 was an air show organized by the Finnish Aviation Museum on June 9, 2017, in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, Finland.^[1] The show contained 17 performances. It was organized as part of the 100th anniversary of the Finnish independence.^[2] ^[3] The event attracted 130,000 on-site spectators, becoming the largest public event in Finland's history to date.^[4]

Programme

The programme of the show was as follows:

Helsinki Air Show 2017
width=5%		width=5%	Start	width=35%	Aircraft/Group	width=25%	Pilot	width=30%	Organization
1.	16:00	Paragliding presentation
2.	16:20
3.	16:50			Finnish Border Guard
4.	17:10
5.	17:20
6.	17:40
7.	18:00			Airveteran
8.	18:10			Nordic Regional Airlines
9.	18:20			Finnair
10.	18:40
11.	18:55		Squadron Leader David Montenegro et al.	Royal Air Force
12.	19:25	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4	Flight Lieutenant Ryan Lawton	Royal Air Force
13.	19:40
14.	20:00
15.	20:10
16.	20:30		Tapio Yli-Nisula	Ilmavoimat
17.	20:40			Ilmavoimat

Notes and References

Web site: 2017-02-03 . Kaivopuisto Airshow . 2024-09-09 . Suomen ilmailumuseo . en-US.
Web site: Valtava ilmailunäytös Kaivopuistossa päättyi Midnight Hawksin lyyriseen . ‘A huge air show in Kaivopuisto ended with the lyrical flight of the Midnight Hawks’ . Silvander . Lauri . 8 June 2017 . Ilta-Sanomat . Sanoma . 23 August 2021 . fi.
Web site: Kaivopuiston lentonäytös tavoitti lähes puoli miljoonaa ihmistä . ‘Kaivopuisto air show reached nearly half a million people’ . 10 August 2017 . Finnish Aviation Museum . 23 August 2021 . fi.
Web site: Illikainen . Pia . 2017-06-13 . The Finnish Aviation Museum organized the biggest public event in Finland’s history . 2024-09-09 . Suomen ilmailumuseo . en-US.