Category: Air show

ePPG first flight in Bahrain

At the Bahrain International Air Show 2018, History was made when the first ever electric paramotor flew in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mark Jefferies flew from holding point “Alpha” on the apron. This is at the north end of Sakhir air base.  BIAS has been taking place every 2 years since 2010. This year as […]

Mark Jefferies Aeronautic Ace at Bahrain International Airshow

Kindly reproduce from a report at http://whodoeswhat.tv 2016: Don’t you just love airshows?  There are two types of folk who visit airshows, those who just love aeroplanes or as the lesser spotted English say; airplanes, then there are those who go for the aerobatics. Every airshow has aerobatics and if they were allowed to, for sure […]

CAA outstanding service

Display Authorisation Issue. Today the CAA (Matthew Hill & team) delivered an outstanding service.  A few of you will know that to get my bum of the ground I’ve been doing paragliding in the Alps of France and paramotoring in the flat lands of Cambridgeshire, this is in between being team leader of the Global […]

Alxa Challenge Inner Mongolia

The Alxa Challenge at FB Park.   Takes its name after the nearest town Alashan, some 50 km away. We are in the East side of the Gobi. As with all events in China we need to allow 24 hours travel door to door. Heathrow to Beijing, Immigration, bags collection, check in again for the local […]

Zhengzhou visit number 3

The Global Stars are one of China’s most popular aerobatic teams of all time since 2011.  The team first visit Dazu in 2011 and have been returning to China most years since then. This is the second visit in 2018 with a 3rd on the cards later on in the year. The Air Show at […]

Zhengzhou here come the Global Stars

The Global Stars are going to Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou is hosting the 2018 airshow at  Shangjie Airport ZHSC on 27th April – 1st May.  This year emphasis is being placed on the young, the future for aviation. The show will be in two parts, afternoon and evening pyro show. The first such twilight and night air show in […]

Hong Kong – Macau – Zhuhai, China Bridge

The World’s Longest sea cross Bridge/ tunnel at 55 kilometers. Chinese new year 2018 with the Global Stars are part of the celebrations flying over and around the bridge. HKMZ bridge. There is a gentle swell this evening as the South China Sea tries it’s very best to rock everyone on board this hydrofoil to […]

Totally new for 2018 air shows with fireworks

THE PYRO PYLON RUN Bringing something new to the airshow circuit is not so easy as flying has been around for over 100 years, indeed this coming year is 100 years since the RAF inception in 2018 The RED BULL air race concept was the last innovative air display concept new on the block some […]