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The winning flight starts at 2:08 My first BAeA contest was 40 years ago in September 1984 at Lt Snoring, flying a CASA Jungmann with 125hp engine. I placed 5th 🙂 At no time did I contemplate today that many years ago. Just 2 weeks ago at the beginners aeros contest we host at Gransden […]
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Prior to the pandemic the Philippine international hot air balloon fiesta #PIHABF took place annually. The event on 15-17th February 2024 was much welcomed return being the first for 4 years. This was the first time the #GlobalStars we have been invited to fly in the Philippines. Logistical planning started in early September 2023. The booking […]
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Brevent, Chamonix is one of the main paragliding launch points in the alps and its right on my doorstep 🙂 It can get a bit of an argy-bargy with the commercial flight operators who think it totally reasonable to plonk there gear down in front of you once your set up and about to launch. […]
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This blog is in date order from the bottom of page! What a great trip, now the World is out of COVID and travels are not an issue. It was with great pleasure I accepted the kind invitation to fly Avalon 23 for Awesome Aviation in the company’s Extra NG. This is the most comfortable […]
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The Global stars team is very pleased to announce we have been invited to fly at the Nigerian Air Force 59th aniversary display in Enugu. The team departed by C130H from Cambridge direct to Lagos on the 26th April for 2 shows, a twilight pyro show on the 5th and the main airdisplay on the […]
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Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so I can live stream my POV during shows, you will need to open the above vid in YouTube, just click YouTube at bottom right. Many thanks, Mark. Trigger warning: This essay contains reference to eels. Eels are notoriously slithery and may cause distress in some younger readers. That […]
For many people the World stood still for 2 years. March 2020 was the last international airshow the Global Stars flew. The team stepped straight back into the hard work and routine for Bahrain International Air Show 2022, a huge success. After Avalon (in March) I will be flying Langkawi International Maritime & Aviation Exhibition […]
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This video had 3,700,000 views on Facebook and 51,000 shares in 6 days. The original comments are priceless 🙂 However not a single enquiry, the power of viral marketing !! :))
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Sakhir, Bahrain 2022 During the last decade or so there came to aviation yet another new mantra in the form of a question: What are the threats? Sit in on any pilot briefing and you can bet that it’ll begin or end with this most pertinent of questions. How timely then came a threat challenging […]
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