Popham Microlight Trade Fair 2021
Microlight Trade Fair and Fly-in 2021 Popham Airfield 14-15th August 2021 At long last, the chance to attend and report on a British aviation event as Covid restrictions ease. This annual gathering on the two runway grass strip at Popham, near Winchester,...
Vulcan Memories
A tribute to Dr Robert Pleming; leader of the Vulcan To The Sky Trust On 2nd February 2021 the UK Aviation Heritage sector suffered a great loss with the unexpected death of Robert Pleming. Robert was the key that unlocked the funding...
Crimson Warrior 2020
RAF Marham, Norfolk, England 19th October – 5th November 2020 With Europe starved of international airshows and the skies above sadly depleted as airlines suffer unprecedented drops in custom, it was good news to hear that exercise Crimson Warrior was to proceed...
HeliRussia-2020: Defying Corona, The Trade Must Go On
The 13th annual HeliRussia trade fair took place at the Crocus Expo exhibition centre in Moscow on 15th-17th September 2020. Since 2008 the event, which is held under the auspices of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (and has grown into Europe’s...
International Miltary-Technical Forum ARMY-2020
On 23rd-29th August 2020 the town of Kubinka west of Moscow hosted the ‘Army-2020’ International Military-Technical Forum. The event, which is held under the auspices of Russia’s Ministry of Defence and the Rosoboroneksport (Russian Defence Export) arms trading agency, is now in...
Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2019
41st Bristol Balloons, August 8-11th 2019. Ashton Court, Avon. This annual event is the largest Balloon Meet in the United Kingdom; held at the picturesque Ashton Court Estate every year in mid August. Local manufacturer Cameron Balloons is famed worldwide for developing...
Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2019
GEMAB19, Chambley Aerodrome, Lorraine, France – 26 July – 4 August 2019 This, the sixteenth such meet, celebrated thirty years since the first in 1989. Metz born Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier was the world’s first aeronaut in 1783 and Philippe Pilatre...
RIAT 2019
Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, UK What a difference a day makes. Friday was almost washed out with very heavy rain and a very low cloud-base. Saturday, however, dawned brighter, not perfect, but fine enough for a full day of...
Yeovilton Air Day 2019
RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, United Kingdom, 13th July 2019 Such is the star quality of this annual Naval celebration that it continues to survive the general reduction in military airshows across Europe. Despite being close to the Air Tattoo the crowds and exhibits...
Paris Salon 2019
Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget, France 17-23 June 2019 Following some rather erratic wet weather in the region it was a pleasure to see some sunshine at this year’s show. Well attended despite some gloomy forecasts for the industry and the...