Royal Danish Air Force Airshow 2014
Karup is home to a flying school and the RDAF Helicopter Wing flying predominantly the T-17 Supporter and AS550 Fennec respectively. Also co-located are ESK722 with the AW101 Merlin and ESK723 with the Westland Lynx often detached to service ships. Many examples...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Royal International Air Tattoo – RIAT 2013
20-21st July 2013 It is July again so the annual pilgrimage to the world’s greatest military airshow is made again. This year enjoyed excellent weather with two main display themes; ‘Sky Guardian’ featuring reconnaissance assets and all those concerned with airborne protection and...
Phantom Finale
27-28 June 2013 This eagerly awaited event marked the end of the McDonnell F4 Phantom in German Air Force service. The smoke and noise of this popular aircraft will be sadly missed by aircrew and enthusiasts alike.
Le Bourget Paris Airshow 2013
17-23 June 2013 This year’s Salon was a very different affair, lacking as it did any presence from the United States military who were suffering from the limitations of sequestration. With a large portion of their defence capability grounded or stood down...