Shuttleworth are certainly having a golden year this season, with very well selected visiting aircraft and themes. This weekend's evening show may have been named Best of British, but it could have just as easily been the "Best of Shuttleworth". I'll be posting a full review of the show later in the week, but these … Continue reading Photo Post: Shuttleworth Collection Best of British Evening Airshow 18th July 2015
An excellent debut show at one of my favourite airfields in the country, a great day culminating with a wonderful fighter tailchase in the setting sun! Full report will be with you by the weekend but for now please enjoy and share some of my pictures from the day.
“Shuttleworth Magic” Those two words came up a few times on Saturday night, rightly so. There truly is nothing quite like Old Warden, no matter which of the based aircraft are in the air you are always aware that there is nowhere else in the world where such a sight could be seen. An evening … Continue reading The Shuttleworth Collection’s Evening Show – 23rd May 2015
This particular airshow moment applies to anytime this wonderful display is seen, I only managed to catch the full routine at Dunsfold this year. Long-time stalwarts on the UK airshow scene, Mustang “Ferocious Frankie” and arguabley the Spitfire, MH434 still make up one of the best 2 ship displays around. Harking back to OFMCs glory days … Continue reading Airshow Moments: Old Flying Machine Company Pair – Dunsfold 2014 (and pretty much anywhere else!)
The UK airshow season has always been home to a decent number of North American P-51 Mustangs over the years and indeed there are still a number of beautiful examples of the type flying in the country. Hardwick Warbirds: Maurice Hammond’s Hardwick Warbirds is home to arguably two of he most immaculate Mustangs in the … Continue reading UK Mustangs 2014
Events up and down the country often come and go, some go and come back, some never really get going and a few are still sorely missed to this day. Wings and Things is certainly in the latter category. Held at Rob Davies farm strip at Woodchurch in Kent the show always offered a unique … Continue reading Ghosts Of Airshows Past 2 – Wings and Things – Woodchurch
Flying Legends is always a highlight of any airshow season, the team behind the show always manage to secure something we haven’t seen before. 2004 was certainly a vintage year for Legends, rather than a review of everything that happened at the show, I thought I would use it to illustrate just how much the … Continue reading Ghosts of Airshow Past 1 – Flying Legends 2004
20 Days on from the final airshow of the season, the normal expectations would be that most of the display aircraft would be locked away in hangars for the winter. It was a pleasant surprise, therefore when I read that the Gnat display team would be hosting an open day at their North Weald base. … Continue reading Gnat Display Team Open Day – 25th October 2014
Another story from my American trip earlier this year: this time from Pennsylvania. On the weekend of the 6th/7th/8th of June the Reading based Mid Atlantic Air Museum hosted their Second World War weekend and airshow. With Friday billed as a practice and pleasure flight day and Saturday and Sunday full shows, the event provided … Continue reading Mid Atlantic Air Museum: Reading World War Two Weekend June 6th-8th 2014
The 14th October this year marked the 76h anniversary of the first flight of the Curtiss P-40, which took place in 1938 at Buffalo, New York. It was to become an important Second World War fighter, though often forgotten in favour of its more famous cousins. The P-40 was used in a number of theatres, most … Continue reading Curtiss Reunion – The UK’s Curtiss Hawks
Warbird Tails 