AIRE75 Torrejon
11 October 2014 The Ejercito del Aire, Spanish air Force, celebrated its 75th anniversary with this major airshow coupled with a flypast the following day over central Madrid on Spain’s National Day. The organisation was a little disorganized. Early information announced the...
AAD2014 Waterkloof Airshow
African Aerospace & Defence 17-21 September 2014-10-14 AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria, RSA This eagerly awaited airshow enjoyed good weather and massed public attendance. Waterkloof is home to the Government flight, the transport and communications squadrons of the South African Air Force. There were...
EAA AirVenture Fly-in – Oshkosh 2014
28 July – 3 August 2014 The EAA, or Experimental Aircraft Association holds it annual gathering and, more importantly, the World’s largest Fly-In, in Wisconsin USA every summer. Thousands of light aircraft, including warbirds and homebuilts, descend on Whitman Field, Oshkosh to...
Farnborough International Airshow 2014
The biennial Farnborough show alternates with the Paris Salon as Europe’s showcase for Aerospace and Aviation and is therefore predominantly intended for trade visitors and business announcements. This year was no exception with airline orders announced and major demonstrations from the Boeing...
Royal International Air Tattoo – RIAT 2014
On even numbered years the Royal International Air Tattoo precedes the Farnborough Airshow so extra participants are usually anticipated. 2014 was no exception with the announcement that the F-35 Lightning might make a European debut at Fairford and then operate from the...
RAF Waddington Airshow – arrivals day
Being held a week before the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough week paid handsome dividends for this year’s airshow. the United states Navy P8A Poseidon being due to appear at all three events.
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,...