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A small seaside town on the south coast is getting ready to brace itself as potentially up to one hundred thousand people descend on it. The weather forecast is rubbish, it's mid-August….it must be the Dawlish Air Show. Geoff Hibbert reports for Global Aviation Resource.
The Royal Air Force Association's annual air display at Shoreham airport is a favourite amongst enthusiasts, the general public and visiting pilots alike. Now in its 26th year, the 2010 show saw near constant bad weather cutting swathes through the excellent six hour flying programme, leaving a depleted line-up on Saturday and a near washout on Sunday. Elliott Marsh reports from the heart of the Sussex Downs.
It might only come once every two years, but when it does, Sywell Airshow is always well worth a visit. Karl Drage was at his local for Sywell Airshow 2010, an event run specifically to raise funds for the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.
Running from 12th-15th August, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2010 suffered from more than its fair share of adverse weather. Paul Dopson and John Higgins were there to report for GAR, and it's John who takes up the story first.
The South African Air Force is the world’s second oldest independent air arm, and recently celebrated its 90th Anniversary. As part of the celebrations for this milestone, the SAAF Museum hosted an airshow at its Swartkop base. Paul Dunn attended the airshow, and reports for GAR.
In a year dominated by Battle of Britain tributes, dogfights and flypasts, the Shuttleworth Collection's 70th anniversary evening airshow in mid-August was an intriguing prospect that initially promised the unique sight of Spitfires and Hurricanes scrambling into the evening sky from the hallowed turf at Old Warden to fend off the Luftwaffe. Elliott Marsh travels to Bedfordshire to find out whether the event lived up to expectations.
Elliott Marsh travels to the heart of the Suffolk countryside to sample the delights of the Rougham air display for the first time, one of the best 'small' shows in the country.
Back in Phoenix for the third time in as many months and although it was not quite as hot as last time, it is still something of an endurance test to shoot in Arizona in August, as Paul Dunn found out.
As yet another milestone slides by involving the Douglas DC-3 and while many still ply their trade, a gathering just before a mass fly-in at Air Adventure at Oshkosh was a very ambitious and fitting plan. Paul Filmer reports from Whiteside Airport in Illinois where The Last Time event took place.
After a four year break, the Dutch AH-64D Apache returned to the skies of RAF Fairford during RIAT 2010. Having supplied an image from RIAT 2005 for the team to use in their promotional material, Glenn Beasley caught up with the team for GAR.
Gareth Stringer talks to the three men behind the UK’s most prolific airshow organisation team and some of our most popular events.
From 5th to the 7th August the Colorado National Guard, along with the West Metro Fire District and Colorado Task Force-One (CO-TF1), conducted a large scale emergency response exercise in Lakewood which is a South Western Denver suburb. Paul Filmer reports from a field on one of the last elements of the exercise.
This weekend, August 12th-15th, sees the United Kingdom based balloonists keeping their fingers crossed for good weather for the 2010 ASTRA Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Paul Dopson attended the Media Launch for GAR.
The Black Cats is the Royal Navy’s official display team and this year set out to impress airshow spectators with a brand new line up and a brand new routine. Gareth Stringer caught up with them to see how it’s going. Images as credited.
Gareth Stringer spent an afternoon at London-Stansted Airport for a close look at their air traffic operation - from the top of the impressive tower itself. Images as credited.











