All eyes should look up into the air tomorrow

Excitement has peaked for the 2019 Lowveld ABSA Air Show, in partnership with Kishugu, Discovery, KMI Airport and Jaguar Nelspruit.

It is no secret: this year’s Lowveld air show is going to be a rush of adrenalin.

The Fast and Furious programme has been condensed, enabling you to see the same number of thrilling acts in a shorter span of time – therefore such a fitting theme. The show will officially start at 14:00, but a model aircraft display will warm up the skies from 12:30. The programme line-up will include heritage aircraft, light aircraft, helicopters, jets, formation flying, car races and fireworks.

Popular acts include Working on Fire’s Huey helicopters and AT 802 fixed-wing bombers, the Good Year team, tail lift cows and Team Extreme, Airlink and Savana Embraer’s Harvard Flying Lions and the RV Raptors Team. The day will wrap up with an after party with the Jacaranda DJs. For more details on the programme line-up, please visit lowveldairshow.co.za or facebook.com/LowveldAirShow.

To add some fuel to the programme, each 15-minute slot will be sassed up with smouldering smoke art while three of Jacaranda’s top music masters – DJ Jazzy D, DJ Lallie and DJ Mack – will whisk up their beats to determine who adds the best sound to the various aerial displays.

Local high schools have been invited to compete against one another with their best Fast and Furious war cries. Judged by their submitted recordings, the top-three entries will get the chance to duel it out during Jacaranda FM’s live broadcast from the air show grounds. Public votes will determine the winner, whose prize will include R5 000 cash as well as complimentary Movie@Emnotweni tickets.

If you like feasting on festival foods, you are in for a treat with the large variety of stalls available at the event.

And, since the Lowveld Air Show is considered a family event, it proudly includes a massive kids’ play area with entertainment ranging from foosball tables and human foosball, a gyroscope, mechanical bull, giant slide, parachute rocket, bungee trampoline, climbing wall, diesel train and a carousel.

The 2019 Lowveld ABSA Air Show is bound to spoil your senses: see the artistic aerial antics, hear the DJs battle it out, taste the delicious food feastings, smell the colourful smoke art and let us touch your heart with the exciting world of aviation.

Tickets available online at lowveldairshow.co.za or at KLCBT at Crossing Centre.