LAA Rally 2026
Light Aircraft Association, Leicester Aerodrome, UK 3-5th September 2026. Report by Peter & Kim Davison and Colin Coulthard The Light Aircraft Association (LAA) annual rally celebrated its 80th Anniversary this year. In 1946 a group of passionate private flyers formed the Ultra-Light Aircraft...
‘Flyer’ fly-in 2026
Steventon Farm Strip, Aces-High Gallery; 11th August 2026 Report by Peter and Kim Davison This was the first time the Flyer general aviation resource had held a fly-in. Steventon lies just south of the GWR main line from Paddington to Swindon so...
Farnborough International 2026
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK. 20-24th July 2026 Report by Peter Davison & Colin Coulthard This biennial exhibition has been acclaimed as generating massive orders and opportunities for international networking. However, the term ‘airshow’ continues to diminish as a description. For the first time...
UK Grand Prix Helicopters
Turweston Airfield, Buckinghamshire, UK 5th July 2026 Report by Peter Davison & Colin Coulthard This annual gathering of helicopters, the largest in the UK, is symptomatic of the growth of the rotary sector and the increased demand for aerial transfers to the...
Purbeck Flying Festival
Dorset Gliding Club, Purbeck; Purbeck Flying Festival Marks a New Era for Eyres Field 20 June 2026 Report by Colin Coulthard and Sheila Coulthard The inaugural Purbeck Flying Festival took place on 20 June 2026, signalling the beginning of a new chapter...
Private Flyer Fest 2026
Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Bucks, UK 15-16th May 2026 Report by Peter Davison Private Flyer Fest 2026 This General Aviation festival brings together three events in one at Wycombe Air Park, a long established airfield at Booker just south of High Wycombe...
Microlight Trade Fair 2026
Popham Airfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire UK, 2nd-3rd May 2026. Report by Peter Davison, Kim Davison and Colin Coulthard This year’s gathering must add strength to the campaign to stop the housing development on the airfield. Excellent warm weather on Saturday attracted over a hundred...
Cobra Warrior 26-1
RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, 16-26 March 2026 Cobra Warrior is the UK’s premier air combat training event which unites aircrews and aircraft from many international air forces. In the past participants have come from Germany, Italy, Saudia Arabia, Switzerland and Canada. For this...
Tactical Leadership Programme 2026-1 (TLP)
Albacete, Spain, 23rd January – 6 February 2026 The TLP was first held in Jever, Germany and then moved to Florennes, Belgium. However, night flying restrictions limited operations so it moved to the warmer climes of Albacete ‘Los Llanos’ air base in...
Cobra Warrior UK 2 plus Atlantic Eagle
RAF Waddington & RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, 3 September to 3 October 2025 The second Cobra Warrior exercise of the year, centred on Waddington, Lincolnshire, but including the high-end spectrum of warfighting, placing participants in contested, degraded and operationally limited environments to increase...