Author: Peter Davison

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

Poland 100

Air Force Centenary Airshow, Radom, Poland 25-26th August 2018 Another Air Force, another Centenary. The annual airshow at Radom, around 100km south of Warsaw, has become a regular fixture of the European Military airshow circuit attracting attendees from across the continent. Given...
Airshows

Aerobaltica 2018

Gdynia Babie Doly and seafront, Poland 18-19th August 2018 This event, on the northern Baltic coast, combines a beachfront location with a conventional airshow with the beach event running into the night. Fireworks are deployed from barges as aircraft, gyrocopters and parachutists...
Flypasts

Polish Armed Forces Day Flypast

Central Warsaw, Poland, 15 August 2018 Every year on 15th August Poland celebrates with a mass military flypast and armoured parade. 2018 was special as the Polish Air Force; like the RAF and Finnish Air Force was marking its’ centenary. The event...
AirshowsExhibitions

Farnborough International 2018

Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, England 16th-22nd July 2018 This world famous and renowned airshow has, for years, exhibited all that is new and innovative in aviation with the famous halls reconstructed for each show. This year was the first to utilise permanent purpose-built...
Airshows

RIAT 2018

Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, England 13-15th July 2018 Now that’s what we call an airshow! Three full days of co-ordinated aerial excellence in near perfect weather shows what can be done when over forty nations gather to help celebrate the...
AirshowsExhibitions

Finland 100

Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Airshow. Jyvaskyla Air Base, Central Finland, 16-17 June 2018 Finland rarely holds military airshows other than the ‘Midnight Hawks’ display team event at the Kauhava Air Force Academy. Hence, this event was eagerly awaited and attracted a considerable number...
Exhibitions

EBACE 2018

European Business Aviation and Convention Geneva Cointrin AeroExpo, 27-30 May 2018 This annual gathering of European Business Aviation Professionals continues to expand and impress. This year was blessed with excellent weather and a great turnout of exhibitors, aircraft and displays, ranging from...
Airshows

Stow Maries WW1

Wings and Wheels Show 2018 Stow Maries, Essex, UK, 20 May 2018 This fairly recent initiative to re-open a former First World War Aerodrome and feature primarily replica aeroplanes in the context of the period fills a welcome, if belated, gap in...
Airshows

Warbirds Over Wanaka WOW2018

Wanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand 30 March to 1 April 2018 This biennial airshow is held at Easter, alternating with the themed event at Blenheim Omaka. It has a massive impact in the region fuelling full hotels and adding pressure to...
Exercises

Tactical Leadership Programme 2018

Tactical Leadership Programme 2018-1 Albacete Los-Llanos airbase Spain 29/1 – 23/2/2018 This multinational NATO programme is normally held four times a year. It was initially at Jever in Germany in 1979 before transferring to Florennes, Belgium in 1989. The need for more...