After having a year off in 2012, as a result of taxiway resurfacing work and Olympic commitments, RNAS Culdrose Air Day was back on the airshow calendar in 2013. Chris Wood headed back to Culdrose to report for GAR, with additional photography by Shaun Schofield.
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Almost 100 years ago, a young Australian pilot set off on a flight around Britain in an attempt to win a £5,000 prize being offered by the Daily Mail newspaper. The pilot was Harry Hawker and his aircraft was a hydro-biplane designed and built by Thomas Sopwith, for whom Hawker worked.
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Whilst the world and his canine were basking in glorious sunshine in Lincolnshire, some distance to the south another group of enthusiasts were indulging in some aviation nostalgia of a very different variety, from a very different era. Saturday 6 July saw the Shuttleworth Trust put on its second Evening Flying Display of 2013 in perfect, tranquil conditions, and Chris Wood was there for GAR to soak up the atmosphere.
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Chris Wood reports on Joint Warrior, a multi-national tri-service exercise that provides high quality training for all the UK Armed Forces, as well as forces from allied nations, to improve interoperability amongst air, land and maritime units.
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As we reported recently, 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt is in the process of putting an additional two BAe 146s into service. The first of these aircraft, ZE707, has already been deployed to its operational area and the second one, ZE708, will be deploying very soon.
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