Air show news

Review: 2018 Yeovilton Air Day

The Royal Navy has a long and strong history of flying, and their Airshow held annually at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS HERON) is to help commemorate that and showcase some of the things they do. It is a large event on the airshow calendar, attracting aviation geeks and families from all [read more]

Weston Air Festival (Image: P. Harrison)
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Review: Weston Air Festival 2018

Held annually, this free event takes place along the seafront with family attractions on the Beach Lawns. As always a mixture of flying displays from acrobatic aircraft, historic aircraft and modern fighter jets combined with a celebration of our armed forces with active ground demonstrations , exhibits and bands to [read more]

The Flying Bulls Bristol Sycamore (Image: P. Harrison)
Helicopter news

Helicopter Museum welcomes only flying Sycamore

The Bristol Sycamore 171  is the oldest flying British designed helicopter still Flying. This example is also the only surviving Sycamore 171 still flying. The sycamore was Designed by Raoul Hafner and built at Filton, by the Bristol Aeroplane company, this particular one being built in 1957. The Sycamore served [read more]

Cosford Air Show (Image: Pete Harrison)
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2018 Cosford Airshow review

Sunday 10th June 2018 marked the day of the only official RAF Airshow this year and the first big airshow of 2018. Held at RAF Cosford near Wolverhampton in the Midlands. RAF Cosford is home to the Defense College of Aeronautical Engineering and a large branch of the RAF Museum. [read more]