Airshows

Bristol Balloons 2024

Ashton Court, Bristol, United Kingdom, 9-11 August 2024 Report by Colin Coulthard The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is a long established event running over a long weekend on the Ashton Court Public Estate. Hence admission is free with parking the only expense....
Exercises

Exercise Cobra Warrior 2024

Centred on RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK, 10-30 September. Report by Peter Davison and Colin Coulthard This multinational exercise centred on Waddington but utilised assets from across the country. The based participants included eight CF188 Hornets from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Six...
Airshows

Abbotsford Airshow 2024

Abbotsford, British Columbia, 9-11 August 2024 Report by Peter and Kim Davison This annual event is unique on the Canadien west coast, just north of the United States border. It attracts a wide cross section of aeronautical subjects, both civilian and military....
AirshowsExhibitions

Farnborough Airshow 2024

Farnborough International, Trade Show, UK 22-26 July 2024 This biennial exhibition has a long history. Until the 1970s it was solely for British built and powered aircraft and featured a busy week long air event incorporating numerous displays, both civil and military....
Airshows

RIAT 2024

Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK; 19-21 July 2024 The largest and greatest Military Airshow in the world! This year this certainly lived up to that name with over 150,000 visitors treated to the sight of over two hundred aircraft, static...
Exhibitions

EBACE 2024

EBACE 2024, Palexpo, Geneva Cointrin Airport, Switzerland 28-30 May. Although some of the major players; notably Gulfstream and Bombardier, lacked a major presence in the static park, they continue to dominate the large business jet sector. Their is even speculation that the...
Airshows

Popham Microlight Trade Show 2024

4-5 May 2024 This annual microlight event showcases the rapid development of this sector. Numerous new designs, often from the former Eastern Block nations, bring modern technology and lightweight materials combining with engine maturity. Those slightly lower down the income scale can...
Airshows

Warbirds over Wanaka 2024

Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand 29-31 March 2024 After cancellation due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2022, justice was served when rare perfect weather blessed this, the greatest southern hemisphere warbird airshow. Both the Saturday and Sunday sold out in advance,...
Airshows

Mosquito NZ2308

Mosquito public debut, Wanaka, New Zealand, March 29th-31st 2024 WOW stands for ‘Warbirds over Wanaka’ the greatest warbird airshow in the southern hemisphere held at Easter on the South Island of New Zealand on even numbered years. WOW is also what many...
Airshows

Moth Club Meet – New Zealand

Taupo Gliding Club, New Zealand, 16-17th March 2024 The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand aims to nurture an interest in flying and sharing the magic and history of classic and vintage aircraft; particularly the de Havilland Tiger Moth.