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EASA Approved Pyrotechnic Air Displays

Fireworks on my wings after 18 months from conception. The only fully certificated aircraft in the UK to have such approval for evening air displays. Approximately in June 2013, I started to design the concept and how to attach pyrotechnics to the wing tips of the Extra. November 2013 a submission was made to EASA. […]

Ahmedabad postscript and video

Join the circus! Life with the Global Stars combines C21st barnstorming with the spirit of a travelling circus as the British aerobatic team takes its displays to new airshow audiences around the world Dubai, Australia, Korea, South Africa, New Zealand: Mark Jefferies’ airshow CV reads like the labels on a well-travelled steamer trunk. Now the […]

Global Stars go to Ahmedabad, India

The full 4 ship Global Stars team are heading out to Ahmedabad to display for 4 days in early April. Initially we have to assemble, check and test fly. Then a few days of practice. We are expecting temperatures around 37 – 40’c, one of the hottest venues we have flown at I’m sure. 5th […]

Avalon Air Show Heros of the Sky 2015 with the Awesome Global Stars

2nd March, final day back to Perth. Port Perie overnight with a taxi at 9 am will allow us to do the last 1200+nm to Jandakot, Perth. We had refueled the night before so it was a simple task of taking the a/c from the old WW2 T2 hangar, load baggage and fire up. Departing […]

India Air Show – Ahmadabad

The Global Stars team have been invited to display in Ahmadabad, India. Formation team leader Tom Cassells will lead the team around the skies of Gujarat on the 2nd – 4th April. This will be the second time the team has visited India, the previous occasion was Hyderabad in 2014. The serious work of logistics […]

Do you want to be an Air Show Pilot?

Air Show Pilot – Do you have what it takes? Would you like to be a professional air show pilot? Someone who thrives on the cheers of the crowd below? Well, it’s not that easy. Here’s an inside look at what it takes to be a professional air show pilot, and the challenges and risks […]

Intermediate World Aerobatic Championships (IWAC 2014)

The South Africans hosted the first Advanced World Aerobatic Championships in 1995 – AWAC. this contest has become a very popular and well supported event ever since with upwards of 70 competitors on occasions. I took part in this contest along with Dieter Ebeling flying his Laser 200, shortly afterwards Dieter sold the Laser and took […]

Awesome Global Stars – Avalon booking.

Mark Jefferies & Tom Cassells *** Awesome Global Stars *** BRITISH AEROBATIC ACES’ MARK JEFFERIES AND TOM CASSELLS AT THE AVALON AIR SHOW 2015, 24th Feb – 1st March. British aerobatic champions  Mark Jefferies and Tom Cassells are set to put on another stunning, world-class air display at the Avalon 2015 Air Show with his […]