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...
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...
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,...