Meeting Nationale de L’Air 2011
18-19 June 2011 Despite heavy rain and the commitments in North Africa the meeting at St Dizier was well attended by the public and aircraft from many nations. A reasonable amount of based Rafale fighters were in the static display along with,...
International Air Transport Forum Ulyanovsk 2011
The first International Air-Transport Forum was conducted in April 22-23, 2011 in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It was destined to become a federal level discussion platform for handling key problems in the shaping of strategies and tactics for development of the air-transport sector, a...
100th Anniversary of the Turkish Air Force
This centenary event (4-5th June 2011) was the flagship of a series of events this year. The Turkish authorities extended a welcome hand to all comers, including the spotting community; even hosting spotter’s days on the Friday and Monday to watch arrivals...
NATO Tiger Meet 2011
This year’s NATO Tiger Meet was hosted at BA103 Cambrai and enjoyed bright weather on nearly all days except the Spotter’s Day on which I visited. The event was also lessened by the withdrawal of squadrons from Belgium, Norway, Hungary and The...
Farnborough Airshow 2010
This year’s Farnborough show was dominated by Boeing with their 787 Dreamliner. this was the first appearance outside the USA. It was disappointing to all that it only stayed from Sunday to Tuesday with only one proper flying demonstration to invited guests....
Royal International Air Tattoo RIAT 2010
With so many forces committed to military tasks it was fortunate that the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain was the focus of this year’s show. A plethora of Spitfires and Hurricanes, accompanied by examples of ‘the foe’, graced the skies...
ILA 2010 – Berlin Airshow
This year’s show was blessed with fine weather and featured the public debut of the Airbus A400. It is likely to be the last show on this site and the new terminal for the improved airport is taking shape, though dust clouds...
100 years of French Naval Aviation
This centenary provided an opportunity to stage one of the finest military airshows France has seen. On 13th June, not only did the base at Hyeres open its doors but three aircraft carriers, from Spain, France and the USA, anchored off in...
Libyan Aviation Exhibition – LAVEX 2009
The Libyan Aviation Exhibition, LAVEX 2009, was held at Mitiga Air Base in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli from 5-8 October 2009. This years show was coincident with 40 years of Colonol Gaddafi’s leadership so the city was covered in banners and...