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...
Private Flyer Fest 2026
Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Bucks, UK 15-16th May 2026 Report by Peter Davison Private Flyer Fest 2026 This General Aviation festival brings together three events in one at Wycombe Air Park, a long established airfield at Booker just south of High Wycombe...
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...
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...
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....