Reviews

After a year of none it was great to be back at an airshow last weekend, especially the off-airport ones with pretty locations, and few airshows have a prettier location than the Midlands Air Festival which is held at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire. If anyone was looking for context about [read more]

The DJI Mavic Mini was introduced as an affordable, yet powerful drone and primarily aimed at those looking for a bit more than the standard holiday photos. One of its big selling points is the weight, at 249grams it doesn’t require you to register with the Civil Aviation Authority or [read more]

I’ve recently got back from a weekend in Geneva and, if i’m honest, I wasn’t sure entirely what to expect when I headed off but I came back wanting to go again. Arriving at Bristol Airport early on a Friday morning found a busy check in area and a notable [read more]

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]

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 Intra-Wales air service started out in 2007 to provide an air route between North Wales (Anglesey VLY/EGOV) and South Wales (CWL/EGFF). One of its roles was to make it easier for Welsh Assembly Members (AM’s) to travel between the two ends of the country and allow North Wales AM’s [read more]

Last night Channel 4 aired a documentary called “How to start an airline” which followed one man’s dream to start an airline with no previous experience and using other peoples money. The programme followed perfume seller turned self-styled “Halal Richard Branson” Kazi Shafiqur Rahman as he embarked on a journey [read more]

A little over a year ago, Qatar Airways and Cardiff Airport announced a new route from Cardiff to Doha, Qatar, with onward connections to over 150 destinations worldwide, including New Zealand, Australia, China, Thailand and India. The 1st May 2018 saw all the years of hard work by the teams [read more]