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...
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...
LAA Rally 2025
Leicester East Aerodrome, 29-31st August 2025 The Light Aircraft Association, headquartered at Turweston, represents the General Aviation Community in the UK and holds its annual rally in late summer, usually blessed with fair weather so attracts a few hundred visiting aircraft from...
Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2025
Ashton Court, Bristol, UK, 8-10th August 2025 The 43rd Bristol Balloon Festival 2025 got underway with a puff of green smoke and flurry of burners, then at 06:20 on Friday 8 August the first launch was G-CMTW floating into the air followed...
Reds at RIAT 25
RAF Fairford 18-19th July 2025 This year the Air Tattoo followed a prolonged dry spell in the southern UK. The change to heavy humid air produced a variety of backdrops; dark clouds with blue patches, bright blue, clear visibility. Hence, for photographers,...