Tag: air show

Bahrain International Airshow

The third Bahrain International Airshow returned to the Kingdom on 16-18th January 2014 and Mark Jefferies was again one of the stars of the show. Its unique location at the Sakhir Airbase offers both visitors and pilots/crews the opportunity to experience one of the best flying displays in the Middle East. Mark commented; “This is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Extra 330sc aerobatic display at The Duxford Air Show

Having flown a display over the promenade at Rhyl last weekend where there was a crowd of over 50,000 this weekend it’s IWM Duxford and The Duxford Air Show on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September I’ll be in the Extra 330sc this time although I have good memories of flying YAKs there – I’m looking […]

Air display at Castle Hill Car Festival in Devon

It’s a busy weekend for the Mark Jefferies Air Display team and the Extra 330sc – one of the events we will be performing at is the Castle Hill Car Festival down in Devon with the air display at midday. Mark added, “This event is part of the busy display season for us and I’m […]

CarFest North 2013 air display

ABARTH Extra 330sc AT CARFEST NORTH 2013 This year CarFest North will visit Oulton Park Race Circuit in Cheshire – a stunning setting and one of the UK’s best race tracks… a real driver’s track which will see a fabulous selection of vehicles including motorcycles for the first time – sights and sounds provided by […]

Displaying Down Under

Displaying Down Under  Mark Jeffries, former UK Unlimited Aerobatic Champion recalls his recent trip to Oz to display a new Extra 330LX at the Avalon Air Show When the phone call came, towards the end of 2012, it all seemed so very simple! Fly 20 hours on a big bird to Perth, Western Australia, collect […]