Event Reports

Shuttleworth Fly Navy 2017

By | July 6th, 2017|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

When the Shuttleworth Collection announced that their 2017 calendar would feature another Fly Navy event, many ‘pencilled’ it in – both those with the memories of last year’s hugely successful edition and those who had heard about arguably ‘the top UK show of 2016’. That said, would 2017 match or [...]

Northolt Evening Photoshoot XXIIa

By | July 2nd, 2017|Categories: Event Reports, Nightshoots|

Northolt Nightshoot XXII was originally due to take place March 23, however, with the tragic events taking place at Westminster the day before, the event was understandably postponed. With night’s drawing out, the planned nightshoot was instead to become the Northolt Evening Photoshoot XXIIa. Taking place on the re-arranged date [...]

Duxford Air Festival 2017

By | June 21st, 2017|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

The Duxford Air Festival 2017 was the first of the three major air display events to be held at the Cambridgeshire airfield this year. With a strong lineup spanning almost the entire history of aviation, Adam Duffield headed to the Saturday of the two day show for AeroResource. Additional images from [...]

Abingdon Air and Country Show 2017

By | June 12th, 2017|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

Abingdon Air and Country Show has always been a traditional season opener taking place at the very start of May. However, as comes with the territory of being ‘the first’ it has also suffered in previous years from a number of display acts cancelling last minute due to not being [...]

Australian International Air Show 2017

By | April 17th, 2017|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

Air Power in Action was the theme of the 13th biennial Australian International Air Show and Aerospace & Defence Exposition held at Avalon Airport, Geelong, Victoria. Held as two concurrent events comprising an airshow and exposition, the air show is quite rightly marketed as the premier event of such ‘South [...]

Gazelle 50th Anniversary Commemorative Fly-in

By | April 11th, 2017|Categories: Event Reports|

On April 7, 1967, legendary French helicopter Test Pilot Jean Boulet took the Sud Aviation SA.340 on its maiden flight. To mark this important anniversary and celebrate the success of what we now know as the Gazelle, Threshold.aero organised a gathering of the type at the ‘home’ of Army Air [...]

Lightning Preservation Group Nightshoot

By | March 16th, 2017|Categories: Event Reports, Nightshoots|

As the year slowly wakes from its wintery slumber, February means one thing for many holding out for the approaching airshow season - Lightnings! AeroResource’s Jamie Ewan was one of those making a return to the home of Lightning Preservation Group at Bruntingthorpe for a night with their home-grown interceptors. When [...]

Lightning Preservation Group Double Twilight Scramble

By | December 18th, 2016|Categories: Event Reports, Nightshoots|

With the 2016 airshow season all but a fading memory and the dark nights drawing in at a pace, ‘nightshoot season’ is in full swing all around the country. November 12th saw the turn of the Lightning Preservation Group as they took centre stage with three home-grown interceptors, during their [...]

Aviation Nation 2016 – Nellis AFB Open House

By | December 13th, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

The Nellis Air Force Base open house or to give it the official title, Aviation Nation, is a renowned event that is often considered a bucket list show.  The many attractions of Aviation Nation are easy to see with Nellis being one of the most famous fighter bases in the world, [...]

Northolt Nightshoot XXI

By | November 8th, 2016|Categories: Event Reports, Nightshoots|

With the number of nightshoots at RAF Northolt now sitting in the twenties, there really is no introduction needed for the nocturnal activities that take place on the West London base’s flightline. AeroResource’s Jamie Ewan and Ben Montgomery joined around 200 photographers ‘under the lights’ for the latest instalment and second [...]

Ostrava NATO Days 2016

By | November 4th, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

Found in the north-eastern corner of the Czech Republic near the border with Poland, the small city of Ostrava is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region and, since its inception in 2001, been the setting for the annual NATO days show. Duncan Monk reports from Ostrava NATO days 2016. This [...]

Bucharest International Air Show 2016

By | September 13th, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

The air arms of Eastern European states have long attracted Western enthusiasts. However, as more and more of these ex-communist nations become integrated with Europe and NATO, their military equipment tends to follow suit leading to interesting, and often colourful, Soviet types being replaced with grey fighters from the USA. Whilst Romania [...]

Royal International Air Tattoo 2016

By | August 21st, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

The Royal International Air Tattoo is often the highlight of the UK’s Aviation calendar and attracts an interesting array of aircraft, new and old, from around the world. Anticipation for the show is even higher in Farnborough years when global aircraft manufacturers descend on the UK to try and secure [...]

RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2016

By | August 9th, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

Always a favourite with enthusiasts, RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2016 had a tough act to follow after the great lineup at the 2015 show. In addition, with the withdrawal of the ‘Junglie’ Sea Kings from service, the question many were asking was could the finale of the show still live [...]

Luchtmachtdagen 2016

By | July 1st, 2016|Categories: Airshow Reports, Event Reports|

After a year of absence in 2015, the annual Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Luchtmachtdagen returned this year to Vliegerbasis Leeuwarden, in the North of the Netherlands. Whilst the theme of the show was once again Operatie Luchtsteun (which literally translates to Operation Air Support) it was clear that for [...]