Updates from this year's Bournemouth Air Festival
Red Arrows set to fly on each day of the four-day event
Site opened at 10am with first flight due at about 1.30pm - night displays starts at about 8.20pm
The unmistakable and awesome sight of a Lancaster bomber leading the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over Bournemouth seafront to mark the start of the Bournemouth Air Festival.
Making up the trio of World War Two planes are a Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane.
The countdown is on to this year's Bournemouth Air Festival, external.
The festival is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Bournemouth for four days of attractions - on sea and land, as well as in the sky.
Members of the Band of HM Royal Marines at the official launch of the 2016 Bournemouth Air Festival.
There are delays on the A348 westbound between Ferndown and Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth.
According to our Dorset travel service, the delays are being caused by congestion.
Welcome to our coverage of the 2016 Bournemouth Air Festival.
The free event is now in its ninth year and is expected to attract more than one million people to Bournemouth seafront during the weekend.
This year's line-up includes displays from RAF Typhoon, Royal Navy Black Cats Helicopter Display Team, Tigers Parachute Display Team and The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Also appearing this year are the Swiss Air Force Super Puma Team.
It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Bournemouth, with the
A few early visitors have already claimed their spot on the beach with deck chairs and windbreaks, ready to get the best view of the flying displays when they get underway later.
And just offshore in the dead calm waters, beyond the pier, are the Royal Navy vessels here for the duration of the festival.
