CLOUDS and drizzle failed to dampen the mood during the final day of Bournemouth Air Festival.

Thousands lined Bournemouth beach on Saturday, August 31 to watch adrenaline-filled performances take to the sky.

In what could be the final Bournemouth Air Festival for the foreseeable future, residents and visitors had their eyes to the sky in anticipation.

The Red Devils parachute display team had to abandon the daytime show due to weather conditions from their base at Netheravon in Wiltshire.

This meant the first act in the last show was kicked off with a flyover by the Lancaster bomber – one of the heroes from the Second World War.

One spectator said they are “amazing machines, we wouldn’t have won the war if it wasn’t for the Lancaster” as he photographed it over Poole Bay.

Keeping the theme of the war, a Hurricane and a Spitfire flew in side by side followed by dizzying stunts and manoeuvres by the Firebirds followed by the Tutor T1 and the wing walkers.

Coming from Purbeck and ending the first half of the daytime show was two Wildcat helicopters, a Swordfish and a Wasp.

Each aircraft flew in unison before taking the spotlight individually to wow military fans sat on the sand.

The second half of the afternoon shows was opened by the two Extra NG planes which spewed smoke as they darted between Boscombe and Bournemouth Pier.

The two planes eventually made way for the blue Pitts S2S which stood out against the sky’s grey backdrop.

Flown by its creator, Richard Goodwin, the plane has two ATM Lynx jet engines and wowed crowds with its ability to hover vertically in the sky.

A brief move away from aeroplanes, the Gazelle squadron helicopters made their final appearance before the Eurofighter Typhoon rumbled back into the skies and echoed throughout Poole bay.

The final afternoon display was completed by the B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B which made its only appearance at the festival.

A plane of gigantic size, Sally is the only airworthy B-17 in Europe.