Category: News

Smiling Sky

Bringing a smile to a special person in your life Sky writing is becoming a popular way of expressing yourself, either with vapour trails high up in blue skies or with banners towed by aircraft or helicopters. Here is a smile I drew for a wedding in the middle of Cambridge however there were pro […]

SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE PILOT

SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE PILOT by Mike Jorgensen The modern  aeroplane cockpit is a relatively comfortable environment. Padded seats, ventilation, warm air, windows to keep out the wind and rain, and often a high wing to provide shade. If you’re a little bit hot, you can open a vent, or even climb a few thousand […]

Fair on the Yare Claxton, Norfolk

Air Show at “Fair on the Yare” By kind invitation of John Heathcote Claxton Manor, I will be displaying at this traditional village Fair. For 2014 the date has been set at 8th June rather than the September date of past years. PLEASE NOTE that last years poster is displayed to the left ! The […]

Ski time in Chamonix

Winter holidays in Chamonix So I’m asked, apart from flying air shows, what are your hobbies? Well, in the winter months skiing and the freedom of the mountains are a great attraction. Just two hours and fifty minutes flying time in the RV7 from Lt Gransden (EGMJ) to Sallanches (LFHZ)  and then a short taxi ride […]

Smiling Sky at Sandringham

Christmas day 2013 dawned clear blue skies In stark contrast to the preceding days where gales and heavy rain were closing airports in the south of the United Kingdom, along with bridges shut down and flooding, today the clear blue skies beckoned. Meanwhile at Sandringham, the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles along with the Duchess […]

History of the Extra 330SC

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale organized its first World Aerobatic Championships at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1960. Ever since then national teams and individuals have been competing against each other by performing complex aerobatic sequences inside a designated cubic ‘box’ of sky (each side is 1000 metres long, with a safety margin of 500 metres on each […]

Bahrain BIAS 2014

 International display pilot Mark Jefferies strips his aircraft for shipping to Bahrain International Air Show 2014 ,which takes place between the 16th and 18th January. Preparations for the show started 15th months previously. The Extra 330sc can be disassembled and put into pre made shipping frames by two people within 16 hours worth of work. During […]

World record

Air show Champion Mark Jefferies hosted the Guinness World record for the largest poster ever printed. 55 meters by 60 meters weighing approximately 2 tonnes 30 persons were required to roll out the banner advertising Anthony Dsouza’s “BOSS” Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar plays the BOSS. The film also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Shiv Pandit, Aditi Rao […]