11 Jul 2022
Airshows & Events News Skyful
Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2022
The Farnborough International Airshow ( FIA) will be taking place as an in-person event from 18th July until 22nd July 2022 at the Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, UK. The event is one of the largest aerospace and defence exhibitions, attracting thousands of exhibitors and visitors from all around the world. FIA2022 will be a strategic opportunity to witness the leaps in development that have taken place as well as showcase innovation to a truly global audience, face-to-face This year, its role will carry even greater significance with FIA2022 serving as the first major event to reconnect colleagues from around the world, enabling business growth and recovery. The premier trade event show will be taking place at the birthplace of British aviation in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK. Key Details Dates: July 18-22, 2022 Venue: Farnborough Aerodrome, Farnborough, United Kingdom Show Dates and Opening Times: The Farnborough International Airshow will run from Monday 18 July to Friday 22 July. The trade show runs for all five days with members of the public able to attend as a part of our Pioneers of Tomorrow day on Friday 22 July. The opening times for the show are as follows: Monday 18 July: 10:00 - 16:00 Tuesday 19 July: 09:00 - 17:30 Wednesday 20 July: 09:00 - 17:30 Thursday 21 July: 09:00 - 17:30 Friday 22 July: 09:00 - 17:30 Aerospace Global Forum: The Aerospace Global Forum (AGF) is a brand-new feature for the Farnborough International Airshow 2022, for the first time, providing a unique global platform to drive immediate action, accelerating the transition to the new Net-Zero. Taking place throughout the trading week, the Aerospace Global Forum will welcome global leaders from across aerospace and beyond to drive climate action and transform our industry. Passes for the Aerospace Global Forum can be purchased in addition to your FIA2022 entry and daily passes are priced at £248 + VAT. A daily pass bundle is also available that includes the FIA2022 Trade Pass, priced at £293 +VAT. The AGF pass gives you access to the AGF headline panel sessions, Q&A, AGF unpack sessions, networking opportunities, industry insights and on-demand content on your chosen day/s. How to reach the Airshow: The Farnborough International Airshow is located southwest of London and is served by strong national and international travel links. Travel to Farnborough in as little as 35 minutes by train from London Waterloo or access the venue by car from the M3 and enjoy free parking. For those travelling by air, Heathrow is only 30 minutes away and Gatwick is only 50 minutes by car. Farnborough Airport, adjacent to the venue, is one of Europe’s leading business airports for private flights from around the world.
06 Oct 2021
Airshows & Events News Skyful
Upcoming Events: Dubai Airshow 2021
A huge line-up is taking shape with just weeks to go until the airshow makes its arrival in Dubai. Dubai Airshow 2021, taking place from 14 – 18 November, is all set to be one of the most significant in-person aerospace events to take place this year and has already been marked as a must-attend by regional and global organizations keen to accelerate their speed of recovery. The 17 edition of the record-breaking Dubai Airshow offers vital networking opportunities for aviation professionals as well as a chance to see an exhibition with the goal of serving as a platform for the industry to showcase the role that cutting-edge technologies can play in bolstering the recovery of the aviation, aerospace and defence sectors following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel sector.
05 May 2021
Interview News Skyful
The Swiss Air Knights: SUBITO Team & FMA
https://fliegermuseum.ch/ What is Fliegermuseum Altenrhein? The Fliegermuseum Altenrhein (FMA) was founded as an association in 1994 by private persons. The main purpose of the FMA is to save ex Swiss Air Force jets from being scrapped or sold. Furthermore, the FMA has the mission to maintain, exhibit, and of course, demonstrate historic and other ex-Swiss Air Force aircraft but also aircraft concerning modern and historic Swiss aviation in the air. The FMA and responsible units of the Swiss Air Force respectively the Swiss Armed Forces have a very good partnership. The FMA developed also into a known and still private institution for forming and training display and formation flight pilots with professional structures and Syllabi. Thanks to this effort and fact, the Fliegermuseum Altenrhein can keep its pilots to a very high level of display and formation flight skills and present the fleet with solo displays or with its teams showing nice aerobatic formations. The FMA has since the beginning its maintenance capacity that is specialized in maintaining most of our historic aircraft. How did you guys come in contact? How was the team created? Founded by former air force pilots, air force mechanics, and jet enthusiasts the group of members has been growing every year. In the meantime, we have groups of members supporting us by being members, mechanics, and volunteers helping to maintain our historic hangars, military pilots, commercial pilots, private pilots, and many more. photo credit to Flieger Museum What were the biggest challenges to create the impressive fleet FMA has? It has been a challenge to convince our FOCA to “civilize” the former historic air force jets. The reason is that most of these airplanes have never been registered as civil airplanes. But in the end, we succeeded and like this our historic airplanes got their civil airworthiness license. The most challenging task at the moment is to find mechanics with the requested license for the maintenance of historic ex-military jets. There are simply no more mechanics in Switzerland that can maintain the Hawker Hunter. We are currently searching for solutions together with British mechanics and the Swiss FOCA. Furthermore, the insurance fees are increasing as they are all over General Aviation, to new record values. Generally spoken, to keep historic ex-air force jets in the air is getting more expensive every year. So we are always looking out for new partners and sponsors having the same passion and assignment we have. Is FMA a foundation? We, the FMA, are an association. The other entities are either companies or also associations. photo credit to Flieger Museum FMA is a training facility. What kind of training do you offer and what are the requirements to take part in it? First of all, we have requirements and an assessment which interested pilots have to fulfill and pass respectively. Also, we only accept pilots intending to be long-term FMA member pilots. Successfully assessed pilots have the following possibilities: Class Ratings (Single Engine Land, Difference Training, Familiarizations, Pilatus PC7 SET, Vampire, Hunter), Aerobatic Rating, NIT, and, of course, the demanding and finally costly display and formation flight education/training. We offer this training with our Flight Instructors and with a great and very important partnership with AVILÙ SA (www.avilu.ch), a flight school located in Lugano. Do you perform also as an acrobatic team for the Swiss Airforce next to the Patrouille Suisse? We as a private operating group have never the same possibilities as the Swiss Air Force Teams have. But we work closely together. Our Hawker Hunter often flies displays together with the Patrouille Suisse. The SUBITO Team trains a lot and has developed into an interesting formation aerobatic team showing a very dynamic display. The Swiss Hunter Team shows formations with Hawker Hunter and De Havilland Vampire. The spectator loves this view and the fantastic sound! Why the name ‘Subito’ for the Pilatus PC7 team? SUBITO stands for fast, quick, immediate, which means the SUBITO Team is showing a dynamic and interesting aerobatic formation display photo credit to Flieger Museum Top 3 elements, according to you, for a successful acrobatic display team. Trust Skills Training/discipline Do you consider trust the most important factor in an acrobatic display team? Yes as you can see in the previous question it is the first and most important point. You must be able to trust blindly your buddy on your side otherwise you will not become an old pilot. The most demanding acrobatic figure for you as a pilot Personally, during formation aerobatics, it is simply the correct and safe positioning. If you are two planes this is better manageable but as soon as you are three or more planes every plane must exactly keep the same reference position! Very challenging. During competition aerobatics, it is the P-loop that can be very complicated about energy management if you add some snaps and rolls. photo credit to Flieger Museum Have you tried Extra NG yet ? Not yet. I would like to do this. You are an Airbus A330 pilot. How difficult is it to combine your work with a great interest in flying in FMA? It's not very difficult at the moment. Unfortunately, due to the Corona crisis, most of the SWISS A330 fleet is on the ground. But even during non-Corona periods, my fleet managers are very patient, and we always find the "Variante Optima". The glider of your dreams FMA: Hawker Hunter и Pilatus PC-7 Aerobatics: Extra 330 SC photo credit to Flieger Museum - Article by Enzina Calascione - FMA Pilot - Manuel Blatter - We thank the FMA Museum and the FMA Aviation Group for their cooperation and support.