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...
Episode 88: Ben Dunnell - Post-pandemic catchup and the RIAT 50th Anniversary Book
Sam and Dom are joined by Ben Dunnell, Aeroplane Magazine editor and leading airshow commentator, who returns to the podcast after nearly five years! We have a catch-up on how things have been in his world since the pandemic, what his highlights have been of the airshows we've had since then, as well as chat about the excellent, must-have RIAT 50th Anniversary book which Ben put together for the show's Golden Jubilee in 2021.
To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk
If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk
All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
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Episode 87: 2025 Updates are Go!
Dom, Ian and Sam chat about the first updates for the 2025 airshow season!
To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk
If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk
All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
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Episode 86 - Happy New Year
We're back for the first episode of 2025. As well as inane banter around this episode's Teams backgrounds, we talk about our aviation-related gift hauls over Christmas (or lack of), a round up of airshow news, and Sam shows us models that the listeners can't see. We're sure this way of podcasting will catch on soon.
To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk
If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk
All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
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Episode 85 - What's in a picture?
Following the success of our recently added segment "what's in the photo behind us that the listeners can't see?", we decided to, accidentally, expand it out into an entire episode. We learn about Dom's Cub, Dan's Greyhound, Tom's Tiger and Sam's Mighty Dragon (quiet down at the back!), with some sprinkling of chat and experiences alongside.
To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk
If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk
All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
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Episode 84: FRIAT Q&A with RIAT's Simon Hough and Peter Reoch
Having discussed at length on the podcast the controversial changes to the enthusiast's FRIAT package over the last few years, we gave the Royal International Air Tattoo's organising team the opportunity to join us for an episode and put forward their side of the story and explain to us why they have brough these changes in and what they see as the future of the FRIAT package.
For this episode, Sam and Tom chat with Simon Hough, Head of Customer Experience and Peter Reoch, Head of Air Operations, to understand why the FRIAT experience has been changed and what it might look like in future years.
To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to www.airshows.co.uk
If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at forums.airshows.co.uk
All views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals and not their employers.
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.
To read our reports, features and interviews from back when airshows were a thing, 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
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