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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The ASFC host the Wuhan Fly-in Expo 4th-7th Nov, 2017 Today I visited the Air Sport Federation event at the Wuhan sports airfield which had a reported 500+ aircraft in attendance. Billed as the first edition of the FAI World Fly-in Expo (WFE). Note, If they want the World to “fly-in” a bit of lateral […]
A first for the UK and Shuttleworth race day. Once a year Shuttleworth has a “race day” when various types of aircraft from yesteryear fly a demo race. The Comet and Mew Gull flew, both wooden wonders of there time with a Gipsey Six engines. The Gull has a wing span of 24ft and speed […]
The Global Stars team after a successful Formation Aerobatic Championships left 2 EXTRA’s in China for the summer show season. Three further shows are booked for July, August and September. The first show is at Anshun. This is a very green area of China with some interesting geology (Karst hills), lovely food but very little […]
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