For more than thirty years crowds of excited spectators have packed out the Sunderland coast for the city’s infamous air show.
But now spectators will no longer have the chance to enjoy the spectacle in the skies after the event was axed for good.
Sunderland Council announced yesterday (October 17) that it had no plans for the airshow to go ahead in the future, as part of its plans to become carbon neutral by 2040.
Read more: Sunderland Airshow axed for good leaving fans disappointed
Councillor Graeme Miller, Leader of Sunderland City Council, said the council’s commitment to tackle the global climate emergency makes it “harder to justify” the event and other similar to it.
Following the disappointing news for fans of the airshow, we’ve taken a look back through our Northern Echo archives at some of the best pictures of the past few years of the show.
Here are 15 pictures from Sunderland airshow over the years
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