In this episode, maybe our last of the year, we go over the recent US display team calendar announcements and the somewhat questionable behaviour from some UK aviation enthusiasts that surrounded it, as well as a look ahead to a few announcements for the 2026 airshow season. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
In this episode we are joined by one of the most decorated display pilots of recent years, Major Andrej Fiorelli, best known for flying the Slovenian Armed Forces' PC9M Hudournik Solo Display at many airshows, most recently winning the King Hussein Memorial Sword at RIAT 2025. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
In this episode Sam and Dom are joined by Tom Gautier, day 1 podcast listener, aviation enthusiast and until recently an Air and Space Operations Specialist in the RAF. We've invited him to join us on the podcast to talk about this less discussed but vital role in the RAF, what his career looked like and some of his highlights. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Following the heady heights of our 100th episodes we're back with a classic, good old airshow review. Sam and Dom are joined by Gordon Duncan to chat about their visit to the Hahnweide Oldtimer Fliegertreffen fly in in Germany, after chatting about the 2026 RIAT theme announcement.
Join us for PART TWO of our 100th episode. We're celebrating our ton by going through each of our personal top 5 airshow moments of all time, across time and space! Did our choices so far align with your own? Maybe there have been some surprises! Let us know what you think of our final choices! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Join us for PART ONE of our 100th episode. We're celebrating our ton by going through each of our personal top 5 airshow moments of all time, across time and space! Did our choices so far align with your own? Maybe there have been some surprises! Join us in Part Two as well for the finale of our Top 5 countdown! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
For episode 99 we are joined by great friend of UKAR and the podcast, commercial and private pilot, obscure aircraft enjoyer and airshow participant, Paul Gibbs! If you don't know him by name, you will surely know him by plane - the owner and pilot of the Trago Mills SAH-1 and Tipsy Nipper T.66 that have attended UK shows as well as a pilot with AirTask who attended RIAT 2025 with the F406 and Dash-8-100. We chat to Paul about his surprisingly remarkable flying career and the types he's flown, but frankly we'll be having him again on the podcast because we barely touched half of what we wanted to chat about. Watch this space! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
It's been a couple of weeks, we've relaxed, we've recuperated, we've recovered, we've deleted all our blurry, out-of-focus shots, and now we're here to round up the highs and lows of RIAT 2025. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
The forecast is dire, but the chat is pure fire. It's our long awaited and much-demanded RIAT 2025 preview. We chat about the banger of a final update and what we're looking forward to seeing the most. Enjoy this on you drive over! If there's some annoying fan noise in the background, we make no apologies for podding in a heatwave. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
It's nearly time for RIAT, and that means Sam has a rant to go on...we talk about the state of accommodation around the show compared with others, and chat about some airshow updates. RIAT preview next week! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
A nice, tidy, does what it says on the tin airshow review episode: Dom recounts the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight, probably one of the airshows of the year, and Tom tells us (a bit belatedly) about his trip to celebrate the 100th anniversary of BAN Hyeres on the south coast of France (not a bit jealous). To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
UKAR Staffer, occasional podcast guest and all round great northerner Nigel Watson joins us to talk about the RAF's last airshow, RAF Cosford Air Show. We also go over a handful of airshow updates! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
In this...surprising episode, Ian tells us about his weekend jolly to Miami for the Hyundai Air and Sea Show, which he told literally none of us about, and then we cover the Shuttleworth Military show and the Midlands Air Festival! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Heads up: this episode is 2 hours long. We decided to just get it all out in one go rather than go on to a third part, so maybe take this one in a couple of sessions. But it's worth it at the end! Join us as Dan and Sam talk about the rest of their recent trip to the USA. Note to self: don't let Dan drive. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Dan and Sam recently got their feet wet and tell us all about their recent trip to the USA. Or at least, half of it as they ended up having a lot to say. Part 2 to follow! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
In episode 90 of our podcast, Dan, Sam and Dom look just two weeks ahead to the start of the 2025 UK airshow season, covering what's been announced so far and what might be coming up this year! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Nearly a full house this episode with Tom, Sam, Dan and Dom giving you a roundup of some of the announcement highlights of recent weeks, before having a discussion, perhaps better coded as a rant, about the general perception of helicopters at airshows among the public. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Sam and Dom are joined by Ben Dunnell, Aeroplane Magazine editor and leading airshow commentator, who returns to the podcast after nearly five years! We have a catch-up on how things have been in his world since the pandemic, what his highlights have been of the airshows we've had since then, as well as chat about the excellent, must-have RIAT 50th Anniversary book which Ben put together for the show's Golden Jubilee in 2021. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
Dom, Ian and Sam chat about the first updates for the 2025 airshow season! To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
We're back for the first episode of 2025. As well as inane banter around this episode's Teams backgrounds, we talk about our aviation-related gift hauls over Christmas (or lack of), a round up of airshow news, and Sam shows us models that the listeners can't see. We're sure this way of podcasting will catch on soon. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.