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BIAS 2024

Bahrain International Air Show In January 2010 I flew my Extra 330SC from Dubai via Qatar after flying shows at Jumeriah beach. Arriving at Sakhir with not much reserve fuel after having to circumvent navigate Qatar. This was for the first ever air show at BIAS and we have been coming back ever since to […]

British Open Freestyle Championships 2024

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 […]

Philippines Adventure February 2024

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 […]

We Love India

Begumpet January 18-21st, 2024. The Global Stars did the Worlds last airshow at Begumpet Wings India March (13-15th March 2020) before the covid lockdowns destroyed the lives of many and businesses collapsed . It was a great pleasure to be invited back for Wing India 2024. On this occasion the date was moved from the […]

Brevent, Chamonix winter paragliding

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. […]

Avalon 2023

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 […]

Nigerian Air Force – blog

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 […]

Bahrain International Air Show 2022

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 […]