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...
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...
Private Flyer Fest (London)
Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, UK 16-17th May 2025 Report by Peter & Kim Davison Organised by Elite Events this is an interesting blend of interests aimed at the well-off section of society. It starts well with a free glass of champagne on...
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...
Farnborough Airshow 2024
Farnborough International, Trade Show, UK 22-26 July 2024 This biennial exhibition has a long history. Until the 1970s it was solely for British built and powered aircraft and featured a busy week long air event incorporating numerous displays, both civil and military....
EBACE 2024
EBACE 2024, Palexpo, Geneva Cointrin Airport, Switzerland 28-30 May. Although some of the major players; notably Gulfstream and Bombardier, lacked a major presence in the static park, they continue to dominate the large business jet sector. Their is even speculation that the...
Grass Roots Fly-in 2023
Popham Airfield, Hampshire, UK, 18-20th August 2023 This eagerly awaited event is the annual gathering for microlight and homebuilt aircraft from around the United Kingdom. Although the early weather forecast looked fine a wind and rain event scuppered arrivals on the Friday...
Royal International Air Tattoo 2023
RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, 14-16th July 2023 Reputed to be the largest military airshow in the world RIAT certainly lived up to its name this year. Compared to the dry sweltering heat of 2022 the weather this year was disappointing; Friday was almost...
UK Grand Prix Helicopters 2023
Turweston Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 9th July 2023 The British Grand Prix is held at Silverstone Circuit and, as the event grows in status and popularity, the road closures and parking restrictions have increased to a point where dawn departures and extreme patience are...