Conceived in 1988 and originally called The Wombats, 2014 is set to be by far the busiest and most significant year in the existence of the Great War Display Team (GWDT) to date. Karl Drage caught up with the team during their first practice weekend of the year at Sywell Aerodrome, Northants.
Read MoreThe 2014 UK airshow season got off to a fine start on Sunday, 4 May as the gates to Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, were once again opened for the Abingdon Air & Country Show – run to raise funds for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance. Karl Drage was there for GAR. Additional photography as credited.
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British automobile manufacturer Vauxhall – one of only two surviving British companies to have supplied vehicles for military use during World War I – has been unveiled as a 2014 supporter of Matthew Boddington and Steve Slater’s Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c replica, G-AWYI, at a press launch at the aircraft’s Sywell Aerodrome home.
Read MoreMidair Squadron yesterday presented its English Electric Canberra PR9 and Hawker Hunter T7 duo display to the press at their Cotswold Airport (formerly Kemble) home ahead of this Sunday’s airshow debut at Abingdon Air & Country Show. Karl Drage reports.
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After a largely unsuccessful day before at RAF Brize Norton, Wednesday, 5 March was spent at London-City Airport, a place where my only previous visit had come with the Swift Aerobatic Display Team when we flew in for the 2009 “Fun Day”.
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