How we verify listings

The organiser is the authority, not this site

World Aviation lists airshows. It does not run them, sell tickets to them, or hold any commercial relationship with the people who do. Every visitor guide exists to get you oriented quickly, then hand you off to the organiser for anything that could cost you money or a trip.

That distinction shapes the structured data too. When a page carries event markup, the site does not claim to be the organiser of that event, because it is not. What we can honestly publish is the location, the usual window, and the reference points the page was checked against.

Why a listing gives you a window, not a date

Most pages tell you a show runs in mid-to-late July, or in even-numbered years, rather than naming three specific days. That is deliberate. Airshow dates are announced, revised, and occasionally pulled entirely, and a static page that confidently states last season's dates is worse than one that states nothing.

So each listing publishes the pattern, which is stable, and points at the organiser for the specifics, which are not. Exact dates only appear in a page's structured data when a firm published window exists for that edition. If a page here and an official site disagree, the official site wins, every time.

Who writes these pages

Everything on World Aviation is published under one collective byline, the World Aviation newsroom. That is a newsroom byline for the desk that researches, writes, and updates the site. It is not a person, and no page here will pretend otherwise by inventing a photograph, a biography, or a list of credentials.

We would rather tell you how a page was put together than tell you who to be impressed by. The checks described on this page are the actual answer to "why should I believe this", and they apply to every page equally, because one desk writes all of them.

Where the aircraft details come from

Aircraft features are written from the widely documented public record: manufacturer material, national museum collections and archives, air arm and civil aviation authority publications. Each aircraft and airshow page carries those reference points in its structured data, so the material a page leans on is visible to a machine as well as to a reader.

Where enthusiasts and sources genuinely disagree, usually on performance figures for military types, the page says so in plain words instead of picking the most dramatic number. Nothing here is based on hands-on testing, measurement, or access to an aircraft, and no page will imply that it is.

Most pages therefore end with a short references block naming the outside material behind them. A few do not, and that is deliberate: a pure technique guide, the photography one for instance, has no external authority to point at, so it carries nothing rather than a link added for appearances.

When a show moves, is cancelled, or changes venue

Shows do move. Editions get skipped, public days get dropped from a programme, a venue changes hands, and occasionally an event stops running altogether. When we learn of a change, the listing is corrected rather than quietly left up, and the page records the date it was revised.

• If a show is cancelled or paused for a season, the page says so plainly near the top rather than burying it, and any firm dates in the structured data are removed.
• If the venue, month, or admission model changes, the listing is updated and the old detail is not left standing beside the new one.
• If a show winds up for good, the page is either retired or kept as a clearly labelled record, not left looking like an upcoming event.

How often pages get looked at again

The intended rhythm is simple: an airshow listing gets another look once its organiser publishes for the year, which is when the details that matter actually change, and any page gets one as soon as a reader flags something. Aircraft features and guides get revisited when a source they lean on updates its record.

Rather than claim a schedule you cannot check, every page carries the date it was published and, where it has been revised, the date of that revision. Those are the same dates the page reports in its structured data, so what you see is the actual state of the page.

What pays for the site

World Aviation is a small independent site. It is funded out of pocket by the person who runs it, and its costs are a domain registration and static hosting. As things stand there are no ads, no sponsorships, no paid placements, no paywall, and no login. That is a description of today rather than a vow about every year to come, and if any of it changes, the change gets written down on this page before it appears anywhere else on the site.

There are currently no affiliate links anywhere on the site. If gear guides ever carry links that earn a commission, that will be disclosed on the page and in theprivacy and disclosure notice, and it will not change what gets recommended. Advice is given by category and by what to look for, which is exactly the kind of advice a commission cannot quietly bend.

What this site will not do

• Sell tickets, take bookings, or act as an agent for any event.
• Accept payment for a listing, a ranking, a link, or a favourable mention.
• Publish an exact date we cannot trace to the organiser.
• Invent a writer, a qualification, or a first-hand experience the desk has not had.
• Present a stock photograph as a specific airframe at a specific show.
• Copy a specification from an aggregator and pass it off as verified.

Corrections, and how to send one

Corrections are welcome and they are the fastest way to make this site better. Enthusiasts catch things, and a knowledgeable heads-up is worth more here than any amount of polish.

Every message is read. Factual errors are fixed as soon as they are confirmed, and the page's revision date is updated when that happens. Where a correction changes the substance of a page rather than a typo, the change is described on the page itself. If a message needs a reply, see the contact page for what to expect.