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...
NATO Tiger Meet 2014
Each year the NATO Tiger Meet brings together as many squadrons as possible that include a ‘big cat’ in their squadron motif. Over the years the development of weatherproof adhesive vinyl has allowed more innovative and complex colour schemes to be applied...
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...
HeliRussia – Helicopters of Russia – 2014
The 7th International Exhibition of Helicopter Industry, HeliRussia-2014, was held in Moscow between the 22nd and 24th May. Once again the Crocus Expo Centre opened its doors to exhibitors and guests from different countries of the world. This time HeliRussia became a...
EBACE 2014
This was the 14th EBACE exhibition now well established as Europe’s showcase for Business Aviation and only second to the NBAA Convention in the USA in the worldwide calendar. So successful has EBACE become that some manufacturers now shy away from the...
Victory Day – 9th May 2014
In keeping with a well-established tradition, the military parade in Moscow on occasion of the Victory Day celebrations included a flypast by 69 military aircraft, the number reflecting the fact that it is the 69th anniversary of V-Day.
Exercise Frisian Flag 2014
This annual NATO extravaganza once again visited the scenic city of Leeuwarden. As usual the German air Force arrived in force with Typhoons from Neuberg and Norvenich combining well with the local F-16 Fighting Falcons.