airshow Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/airshow/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:19:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Rare MiG-17 booked for Hampshire Air Festival https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/rare-mig-17-booked-for-hampshire-air-festival/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/rare-mig-17-booked-for-hampshire-air-festival/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:16:17 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13024 The new Hampshire Air Festival has confirmed the appearance of a rare MiG-17F in the festival’s opening year flying display. Taking place at Thruxton Aerodrome on 12–13 September 2026, Hampshire Air Festival is a new two-day aviation weekend created to celebrate “The Age of Flight” through flying displays, static aircraft and a Saturday evening extravaganza […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/04/rare-mig-17-booked-for-hampshire-air-festival/feed/ 0 Question: What WW2 Warplane would you most like to be restored to airworthiness? https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/question-what-ww2-warplane-would-you-most-like-to-be-restored-to-airworthiness/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/question-what-ww2-warplane-would-you-most-like-to-be-restored-to-airworthiness/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:18:18 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7045 This is NOT a question grounded in any kind of reality, it’s a purely hypothetical question. What if there was a restorable airframe, and if a suitable power plant could be found, and if there was the funding, facilities, expertise and willingness to restore any WW2 era warplane to flight… what would be the aeroplane […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/question-what-ww2-warplane-would-you-most-like-to-be-restored-to-airworthiness/feed/ 15 Review: Salis Flying Museum, France https://mechtraveller.com/2020/11/review-salis-flying-museum-france/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/11/review-salis-flying-museum-france/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:19:51 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6591 The Salis Flying Museum (Musée Volant Salis) has an amazing collection of around 50* historic aircraft at its hilltop airfield, 35 kms south of Paris. It’s the drip trays you notice. Drip trays are a rare sight in most aviation museums because, before they go on static display, aircraft are drained of any fluids that […]

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