Like much of the UK, the Leicestershire countryside hosts a series of local fetes and festivals over the summer, many of which are actually impressively large events relative to the size of the village hosting them. Such is the Shakerstone Festival 2016, and for that matter, each year at the festival. The village is small,…
For me, one of the highlights of the British Grand Prix each year is the performance by the RAF’s aerial display team, which normally happens just before the race. The 2016 British Grand Prix Red Arrows show was as spectacular as normal, and I have almost stopped taking photos of the display as the show…
Silverstone was an airbase before becoming a motor racing circuit, and was home to Wellington bombers during World War 2, hence the naming of the Wellington straight. The circuit retains this link with a series of aerial shows, and the British Grand Prix 2016 Typhoon air display was a great opportunity to see the fighter…
Silverstone has hosted plenty of impressive air displays as well as motor races, fittingly as it is a former RAF airbase, and the RAF Falcons British Grand Prix 2016 display required the parachutists to be a their excellent best as Friday’s variable weather conditions saw a strong wind requiring the jump from one side of the…
I mentioned the fireworks in Sydney at the beginning of October, and that there were other events at the same time. Those included the International Fleet Review Air Display that saw various aircraft from Australia and other countries flying over Sydney in general, and the harbour in particular. There had been a series of…