Telemark Airshow 25
Notodden Airport, southern Norway, 7th September 2025 This annual event is hosted at a single runway narrow airfield just west of Notodden, a minor town about two hours west of Oslo. The single hangar and adjacent ramp would hold around two airliners...
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...
Moth Club DH60 Centenary
Shuttleworth, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, UK 31 July – 1st August 2025 In 1925 was first flown by Geoffrey de Havilland from Stag Lane and, in 1975, fifty years later, the de Havilland Moth Club was formed. It was therefore an ideal...
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,...
RIArtTattoo 2025
RAF Fairford 18-21 July 2025 The special colours that now adorn both airliners and military aircraft have evolved considerably since the days of cheat lines hand sprayed to match the height of windows. The jumbo jet inspired liveries that relate to the...
RIAT 2025
RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire; 18-20 July 2025 Report by Peter Davison and Colin Coulthard The theme for this year’s world’s largest military airshow was ‘Eyes in the Skies’ highlighting aircraft used for intelligence, surveillance, maritime patrol, search and rescue, surveying and reconnaissance. These...
Paris Airshow 2025
Le Bourget, Paris, 16-22 June 2025 Report by Peter Davison & Colin Coulthard This biennial trade extravaganza attracted large crowds with even more Exhibit Halls and Chalets than usual; even reducing the static display areas a little. The impressive static line up...
Microlight Trade Fair 2025
Popham Airfield, UK 3-4th May 2025 Report by Peter Davison, Kim Davison & Colin Coulthard This annual gathering has grown substantially in the UK show calendar even though the host aerodrome is under threat from housing development. The grass runways and predominantly...
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....