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- Southport Airshow 2009
- Kemble Battle of Britain Open Day
- WLAC Members Day
- Seething Charity Air Day 2009
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- Bournemouth Air Festival and Shoreham Airshow 2009
- Eastbourne Airbourne and Rougham Air Display 2009
- Dunsfold Wings and Wheels Press Day 2009
- Flygfesten 2009, Dala Jarna, Sweden
- RAFBF 90th Anniversary Airshow, East Kirkby and Bruntingthorpe “On-Your-Marks”
- Sunderland. East Fortune and Windermere Airshows
- Lowestoft Air Festival 2009
- RAF Odiham Families Day 2009
- London City Airport Fun Day 2009
- Twister Aerobatics announce support from Dynon and Garmin UK
- Twister Aerobatics at Manor Farm
- Breighton 20th Anniversary Fly-in and Air Display
- Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Parham, Rougham and Old Buckenham
- Kemble Air Show and Weston Park Model Show 2009
- Shuttleworth Summer Air Display
- Duxford Spring Airshow 2009
- Volkel in de Wolken and Southend Festival of the Air 2009
- Henham Park Wings and Wheels 2009
- Goodwood Racecourse and Abingdon Air & Country Show 2009
- Swift Team Training 2009
- Aero Friedrichshafen 2009
- Al Ain Aerobatics Show 2009
- G-RIOT Flight Flight
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Weston Park Model Show, Cotswold Airshow and Babbacombe Sea Picnic
19/20th June gave both the Twister Duo and Swift Glider teams the biggest challenge yet, planning the logistics of 8 displays across the Fathers Day weekend.
Saturday started cool with a strong northerly wind at Weston Park for Wrekin Model Clubs annual show, now in its 20th year. The show surpassed even last year’s event with some awesome models and more than 8000 spectators over the weekend. The highlight of the show was yet again Ali Mashinchy, who flew several displays, including a vectored thrust Typhoon, a 175mph “Opus” jet capable of pulling 40’g’ square corners and an enormous half scale model of Team swift’s very own MDM-1 fox, complete with scale colour scheme.
Pic by Phil Allen
Pic by Mike Jorgensen
Pic by Karl Drage
The ‘Demolition Derby’ of a dozen warbirds models screaming around Weston Park’s mighty oaks was improved this year by pyrotechnics, bombs and AAA. It was a dual to the last one standing as in the 10 minute slot most of the fighters were lost to the pyros, trees, the ground or mid-air collisions.
After our first combined display with Twister Duo and Swift Team at Weston we took the transit down the Severn River to Kemble, and from the Cotswold Airshow, we continued south to the Charity Sea Picnic on the Babbacombe Bay cliffs at Torquay. The Trinity Sailing Trust takes hundreds of disadvantaged children to sea for a week’s personal development training in classic sailing trawlers.
Pic by Paul Johnson/Flightline UK
Pic by Paul Johnson/Flightline UK
Pic by Paul Johnson/Flightline UK
Sunday by comparison was a relaxing schedule with only 2 venues. We started Fathers day with separate displays at Weston and enjoyed perfect airshow weather, with deep blue skies and light breezes. Kemble was just the same, with Guy taking over flying of the S1 Swift for the displays.
Pic by Ian Gallacher
Pic by Ian Gallacher
Pic by Ian Gallacher
Huge thanks must to go to Mike Newman, who stepped up at the last moment to display and ferry the Swift, freeing up Guy to fly with the Twister Duo. Also to Steve Bishop at Weston Park, Glen Moreman at Kemble, Ralph Rayner in Torquay.
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