Cornwall ( first ) Air Ambulance began operating in 1987 and was funded by charitable donations mainly from the residents of Cornwall who bought scratch cards on a weekly basis. First helicopter operated being a Bolkow Bo.105 that operated from 1987 until 2001. https://live.staticflickr.com/5451/709...

Maldivian Air Taxi DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 8Q-MAB early morning departure from Kuredu back to Male on 7th April 2009.

2009-04-07-002FD 8Q-MAB by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Boeing 747-481 B-LFC of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines at RAF Fairford 15th July 2007.
2007-07-15-015FD B-LFC by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

V2-LFV DHC-8-311 Dash 8 operated by LIAT caught departing Princess Juliana (SXM) St Maarten 12th October 2013.
2013-10-12-010FD V2-LFV by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Farnborough Airshow 1984 saw the Soviet Union exhibit for the first time, They brought three airframes including this Antonov An-72 CCCP-72000 in Aeroflot colours.
1984-09-08-015FN CCCP-72000 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Bamboo Airways Boeing 787-9 VN-A818 taken at Feltham Park on departure from 09R Heathrow 8th May 2022.
2022-05-08-081FD VN-A818 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Agusta Bell 206B JetRanger II G-OCST departing from The Smugglers Inn after Dawlish Air Show on the 23rd August 2014.
2014-08-23-043FD G-OCST by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Only two air shows for me, Fairford ( no civil content ) and Farnborough with a small display and limited opportunities due to Tuesday being the hottest day on record, with 95% of display images destroyed by heat haze. However found one to enter Boeing 737 MAX 10 N27752 at Farnborough 19th July 2022...

Airbus A330-343 VQ-BQZ of Aeroflot landing Tenerife-Sur 4th January 2020. Wonder if and when we see these back at Heathrow?

2020-01-04-067FD VQ-BQZ by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Pilatus P2-05 G-PTWO/U-110 Swiss Air Force markings at Badminton fly-in 21st April 1991.

1991-04-21-009FN G-PTWO by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

AS332C Super Puma HB-XVY of Heliswiss at Haltikon on 29th August 2022.

2022-08-29-001FD HB-XVY by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

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Took advantage of the summer scheduled flight from Newquay to Zurich with Edelweiss to visit family. Before leaving l contacted Heliswiss at Haltikon to ask if there was any chance of their Ka32 flying that week. They informed me that she was due to depart at 07.15 Monday morning. A short 15 minute ...

Boeing 707-373C AP-AWU of PIA Cargo landing runway 28R at Heathrow 28th August 1971.
1971-08-28-008FS AP-AWU by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Sikorsky S-76C G-URSA seen tucking away the gear on departing Fairford, 16th July 2017. Now registered G-XXED and flying with the Queens Helicopter Flight.
2017-07-16-077FD G-URSA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Tupolev Tu-154M TC-GRB Greenair at Dusseldorf 27th August 1992.

1992-08-27-002FN TC-GRB by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

P & M PulsR G-FFFA taken at Henstridge 24th August 2019.
2019-08-24-037FD G-FFFA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

British Airways Concorde G-BOAA attending St Mawgan IAD 5th August 1987.
1987-08-05-011FN G-BOAA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

1984 build Challenger 601 N778YY of TAG Aviation exhibited at the SBAC show Farnborough 1984.

1984-09-08-040FN N778YY by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Jet2 Boeing 757-21B G-LSAI crew training at Newquay on the 15th November 2018.
2018-11-15-005FD G-LSAI by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Etihad Boeing 787-10 A6-BMD departing 09R Heathrow 17th July 2021 from Feltham Park.

2021-07-17-051FD A6-BMD by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr