Author: Peter Davison

Peter Davison is an aviation author and editor from the United Kingdom.
Airshows

Ronneby Air Base Open Day

Swedish military shows are famed for showing off the based aircraft but, despite being home to F17 with two divisions of JAS39 Gripens, only two flew in the show. Despite this disappointment, fair weather and historic exhibits created an attractive and eventful...
Exhibitions

EBACE 2014

This was the 14th EBACE exhibition now well established as Europe’s showcase for Business Aviation and only second to the NBAA Convention in the USA in the worldwide calendar. So successful has EBACE become that some manufacturers now shy away from the...
Exercises

Exercise Frisian Flag 2014

This annual NATO extravaganza once again visited the scenic city of Leeuwarden. As usual the German air Force arrived in force with Typhoons from Neuberg and Norvenich combining well with the local F-16 Fighting Falcons.
Exhibitions

Davis-Monthan AFB MASDC AMARG

Davis-Monthan AFB, D-M, MASDC or AMARG, whatever you prefer to call it, no US Military enthusiast would turn down the opportunity to visit this mecca in the Arizona desert. Dry conditions make the environment ideal for the long-term storage, parts reclamation, disposal...
Exhibitions

NBAA 2013 – Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition

This is the premium Business Aviation event of the year, alternating between Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida. Held every October, it showcases the newest developments in Corporate Aviation and provides a forum for training, information and debate among the major players.
Airshows

Coppergate Fly-in

The Coppergate Fly-in is a well established annual event and bills itself as the largest fly-in in the western states. It is small when judged against the likes of Oshkosh and Sun ‘n Fun in Florida but, judging by some 300 light...
Airshows

Tannkosh Fly-In

‘A party organised BY pilots FOR pilots’ is the motto of this, the largest fly-in in Europe that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013. The 1993 event was aimed specifically at the microlight community but such was the popularity of the event,...
Airshows

10th Jet World Masters

This is all about jet model aircraft, engineering skill, extreme accuracy and aero-modelling enthusiasm. Teams from all over the world compete in two categories, dry weight (without kerosene) of 13.5kg and 20kg. Final scores depend on two equal categories, scale building precision with documentation...
Airshows

MAKS – Moscow Airshow 2013

Every two years the MAKS airshow draws the crowds to the Zhukovsky Flight Test Centre just southeast of Moscow. Russian industry may have been short on orders these past few years but it sure isn’t short of ideas. The displays of models...
Airshows

13th Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons

This is by far the largest gathering of Hot Air Balloons outside the USA and this year enjoyed record temperatures though, of the 19 available launch windows, at 0630 and 1830 each day, only 10 sessions were successful. 983 different balloons participated with...