Say Cheese! Compared with 30 years ago the prevalence of photography as part of the hobby now is enormous. Go to any airshow and you'll see a field of lenses of all shapes and sizes following the aircraft around the sky. In this episode we chat about the equipment we use, what works for the hobby and what kind of kit we add on. 

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Episode 30: Snappy Snaps

It's the first ever post-RIAT episode we've got to do on the podcast! After an astonishingly good Air Tattoo we share our thoughts, memories, our feelings, and reminisce on a brilliant airshow. 

We go through our highlights of the show, what really stood out to us, how it felt to be back on that hallowed tarmac at RAF Fairford. We also talk about chatting to the crews again and why RIAT has that vibe that no other show does. 

To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to https://www.airshows.co.uk

If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at https://forums.airshows.co.uk

Episode 46: Post-RIAT Reflections

In this episode we chatted to Mike Ling MBE - former RAF fast jet pilot, Red Arrows pilot and commentator and currently a member of the Blades aerobatic display team. This fascinating listen goes into Mike's route into the RAF, how he joined the Red Arrows and the unusual and sometimes tragic circumstances that kept him in the team for so long as well as the transition to civilian life and airshow displaying.

To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to https://www.airshows.co.uk

If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at https://forums.airshows.co.uk

Episode 48: Mike Ling MBE, Red Arrows and Blade pilot

It's our very own Golden Jubilee! Our first live, in-person recording (so, please forgive the sound issues with this episode....) sees us at the RAF Museum Midlands almost all together to chat about the 2022 airshow season and the latest XH558 news (at the time), while Tom gives us a review of the Zeltweg Airpower show.

To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to https://www.airshows.co.uk

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Episode 50: Golden Jubilee!

In episode 54 we talk about the massive update for one of the biggest airshows of the year (Largs Viking Festival), Dan's Lossiemouth spotting and Charles Windsor's Coronation flypast.

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Episode 54: Vikings and Flypasts

Episode 55 was recorded right after the baffling announcement of the Argentine Air Force 737 "Islas Malvinas" participation at RIAT 2023 - we discuss our reaction to this very strange announcement, before wandering into musings on what actually makes a 'vintage' RIAT (or really any airshow) before bemoaning Cosford's total lack of communications about theirs.

D-Day Squadron Kickstarter: 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fiveoaks/d-day-squadron-2024-legacy-tour?

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Episode 55 - Islas Malvinas and Vintage Years

Episode 56 opens with a couple of airshow reviews from the 2023 season from Dom and Sam, discussing Midlands Air Festival and Shuttleworth's Round the World airshow. We then discuss one of the newer additions to the hobby scene in the last ten years, the commercial air-to-air photography scene, aka the Skyvans.

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Episode 56: Up In The Air (Taking Photos)

Podcast regular Nigel joins us again to discuss the first major UK show of the year, RAF Cosford Air Show. A little bit of a maligned show but with plenty of positives, we get the thoughts on that before Dan and Sam chat about the Italian Air Force's 100th Anniversary show at Pratica di Mare. 

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Episode 57: A Pratical Review of Cosford

There's an tinge of excitement in the air in episode 58 - our Air Tattoo preview. Sam, Tom and Ian discuss all things RIAT in the run up to the biggest show of the year, even for the more 'hardened' enthusiast/cosplayer.

We apologise for any disappointment if you actually meet any of us in person this year.

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Episode 58 - another pre-RIAT hype show

The show we spent all year talking about has finally been and gone, and we have t h o u g h t s about it. Sam and Tom are joined by fellow UKAR staffer Jakub to discuss the show, before Jakub gives us his review on the brand new Flying Legends at Church Fenton. Both our full, written reviews are online now too!

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Episode 59 - Legendary RIAT Review

In our 60th episode we're talking to pilot Ellie Carter, initially famous for breaking into the scene schooling some U-2 pilots on their aeroplane at age 9, who has gone on through an early whirlwind aviation career to now fly Piper L4H Cub 480015 (G-AKIB). We chat about how she got that remarkable experience, what it took to get into aviation so young and how she has found being a woman and young person in that world. 

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Episode 60: Ellie Carter, 'U-2 girl' and Piper Cub pilot

We're joined this episode by a name you probably recognise - Rich Cooper, aviation photographer, journalist and founder of the Centre of Aviation Photography. He tells us about his life of enthusiasm for aviation, the span of his career and all about COAP, including the brand new COAP Online community website. 

You can find COAP Online at https://coaponline.com/.

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Episode 61: Rich Cooper, aviation photographer and COAP founder

In this guest episode, we are joined by Graham Buckle, volunteer aircraft restorer at Yorkshire Air Museum and UKAR forum blogger, to talk about the Meteor NF.14 WS788 restoration he works on! We discuss the world of restoring and preserving airframes, the trials and tribulations involved therein and a bit about the museum itself as well as the history of Meteors!

You can keep up to date on the restoration in Graham's thread on the forum: https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=84893

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Episode 62: Graham Buckle and Meteor NF.14 WS788

It's been a while since we did a "normal" episode like this, but we sit down with some cold brewskis and chat about our 2023 airshow season, we have a look forward to 2024 and the possibility of a big D-Day event, and Tom tells us about his spotting trip to Japan!

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Episode 63: Our aviation year, and Tom in Japan

The guys sit down to discuss the 2024 season ahead, and some of the more newsworthy participation updates at Old Warden, Midlands Air Festival, and RIAT. 

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Episode 64: Looking forward

Our final episode (that we recorded) of 2023 is here and it's the first one in a long time where we have the whole gang together! We have a quick Christmas gift roundup, look overseas to a couple of exciting Danish announcements and then chat about the disappointing news that there will be no Flying Legends in 2024. We also discuss the exciting build up for the Sywell 2024 show. 

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Episode 65: New Year New Us

The UKAR Podcast team travelled to Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire to sit down with Richard Grace, Director and Chief Engineer of Ultimate Warbird Flights, to discuss his upcoming show for this season, Sywell 2024. Having expressed so much excitement over the last few episodes for this we were lucky to have the opportunity to chat with Richard about what the show is going to look like and what airshowgoers can expect to see. 

Sadly, a technical issue meant the audio on this episode wasn't perfect, but next episode should be absolutely crystal clear!

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Episode 66: Sywell 2024 with Richard Grace

Following our last episode, we're back with Richard Grace at Ultimate Warbird Flights to talk about the company's operations, the processes of restoring and flying vintage aircraft, and why you should never fly a WWI fighter. We also get the lowdown on their latest restoration, P-51D Jersey Jerk!

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Episode 67: Ultimate Warbird Flights with Richard Grace

It felt like a shame to let all those cuttings on Ian's mixing studio floor go to waste so as a little treat we've put together another short blooper reel for you. Be warned, strong language within!

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Bonus Episode: 2023 Blooper Reel

We are joined for this episode by Trevor Graham, one of the founders of the now staple of the UK airshow scene Midlands Air Festival. With an especially exciting lineup this year we thought it would be good to get the lowdown on the show, find out why they're attracting so many rarities and see what visitors this year can expect. 

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Episode 68: Midlands Air Festival with Trevor Graham

It's episode 69 (nice) of the UK Airshow Review podcast, and we're here to discuss a roundup of some airshow news that's broken since our last regular episode, the first "Take Off Thursday" (ie regular RIAT weekly update), and we then pick Dan's brains on what life in an airline is actually like on a day-to-day basis. 

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Episode 69: Airlines 2: Skygod Returns

Today we're joined by UKAR's Gordon Duncan to discuss our thoughts on the currently ongoing Apple TV show Masters of the Air, a Band of Brothers-esque show following the USAAF's 8th Air Force in the Second World War. We also cover Rhyl Airshow's (hopefully temporary) cancellation and the impact of the announcement that the Belgian F-16 Solo Display is to be no more.

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Episode 70: Belgian Goodbyes and Masters of the Air

We bring some breaking news (at the time) to you about Old Buckenham's stated and then deleted overly-restrictive bag rules, we go over some interesting RIAT news and chat about the upcoming Northolt Nightshoot. 

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Episode 71: Naughty Bags and Nightshoots

We are joined on the podcast for this episode by two guests from the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), Squadron Leader Mark Sugden, OC BBMF and Flight Lieutenant Seb Davey, Bomber Leader. 

In an enthralling session Mark and Seb answer our questions about the Flight and talk us through what representing the RAF's volunteer historical unit involves, what sets the BBMF apart from both the wider service and civilian operators and how you go from flying an A400M Atlas to an Avro Lancaster. 

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Episode 72: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with Sqn Ldr Mark Sugden and Flt Lt Seb Davey

We're discussing some of the airshow updates of recent weeks (as well as the methods of airshow updates), the Solway's Beverley Campaign, and Dom "on a soapbox" Vickery is let loose with his thoughts....

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Episode 73: Beverly, Blenheims and Bags

Round'em up Cowboy! It's been a while since we've pored over the RIAT participants list for you, so we decided to go back down the list of the last few weeks and chat about some of the highlights that are starting to come out now. Dom gives us a taste of the Abingdon nightshoot - although Abingdon has now been postponed, sadly - and then goes off on another of his trademark rants. Tom also tells us about his visit of the Swedish Air Force Flight School where they operate the SK.60.

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Episode 74: RIAT roundup, Abingdon and Tom's Swedish Sorrow

UKAR's new podcast takes off with a packed first programme. Dan O'Hagan talks to team owner Jez Hopkinson about the Yakovlevs team's upcoming trip to display in China, the Vampire Preservation Group's chief pilot Matt Hampton discusses a difficult twelve months for WZ507 and Esther Blaine from IWM Duxford previews the Jubilee Air Show and tells us about a busy summer in store.

UK Airshow Review Display Frequency Podcast

Display Frequency: Episode 1

We have yet another special guest from the airshow world on the podcast this episode in the form of Peter Reoch. Pete was formerly the Operations Manager for Cosford Air Show but took over in 2021 from Tom Gibbons as Head of Air Ops at the Royal International Air Tattoo. We spoke to Pete about his career, how he got the job at the biggest military air show in the world and the unfortunate reality of having his first one cancelled.

To read our reports, features and interviews from back when airshows were a thing, head to https://www.airshows.co.uk
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Episode 11: Air Tattoo Air Operations with Peter Reoch

This week our guest on the podcast is someone most listeners will probably have seen at an airshow, seaside or flypast in the last few years leading the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, best known to the world as the Red Arrows. We chatted with Squadron Leader Martin Pert, Red 1 and team leader of the Red Arrows, about their North American tour of 2019 as well as how they've faced and met the challenges of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

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Episode 16: The Red Arrows with Red 1, Sqn Ldr Martin Pert

Airshow-goers at Yeovilton International Air Day 2017 will remember the extraordinary French Navy Rafale M pairs display that stole the show and won the Best Fixed Wing Display Award. We speak to Até, the lead pilot of that display and French Navy combat veteran, about his career in the navy, the tough world of carrier aviation, airshow displaying and what he's up to now after leaving the military. 

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Episode 17: French Navy Rafale M pilot, Pierre-Henri "Até" Chuet

The UK Airshow Review Podcast is an informal chat between the UKAR writing team that originally came about as a response to the effects that the COVID-19 crisis had on the UK airshow scene. We talk about our thoughts and feelings on the British airshow world, invoke memories and reflections from our experiences of the airshow and aviation hobby and offer informed - and not so informed - opinions on the goings-on in the industry.

We also host the series Display Frequency, some nine episodes of incisive, professional interview and analysis of the airshow industry hosted and produced by former UKAR Staff member Dan O’Hagan, a global sports broadcaster and Senior Commentator at the Royal International Air Tattoo from 2009-2012.

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