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This week we sat down with Welsh Conservative leader and South Wales Central Assembly Member (AM) Andrew RT Davies to talk Airports, Cardiff Aviation and Air Passenger Duty. Aviation Wales – Hi Andrew, Lets dive straight in, The Welsh Conservatives were very vocal about the Welsh Government buying Cardiff Airport. [read more]

The leader of the RAF’s Red Arrows display team David Montenegro, better known as “Red One”  recently sat down to talk about why rank doesn’t  engender trust, it has to be earned. You lead the formation. What exactly does that entail? David Montenegro: I have the glory of being able [read more]

Every now and again an aircraft goes down in history. We’re not talking types here like Concorde or the Jumbo Jet, we’re talking iconic planes such as Enola Gay or the Spruce Goose, planes that everyone knows just by the mere mention of their name. Here’s our top 5 most [read more]

617 Sqn. To anyone that claims to be an aviation enthusiast, let alone the more recently termed “Avgeek”, 617 Sqn will be known to them as the infamous “Dambusters Squadron”.  This Squadron was formed during the Second World War to carry out a single and especially dangerous task.  This task [read more]

The Circuit of Wales, a proposed race track near Ebbw Vale which would host a UK round of the Moto GP championship and bring countless jobs to one of the poorest regions in Wales and political hot potato for the Welsh Government. What’s this got to do with aviation you [read more]

9am on a Saturday morning would normally see me sipping a coffee, maybe checking some emails and catching up with the worlds overnight events but today is different, today it finds me handing my passport over to the Military Police. The reason? I’ve been invited to spend some time with [read more]