tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91508782012-01-31T14:42:02.098ZAdd real impact to your messages with aerial advertising & banner towing. Visit our main site at www.airads.co.ukDrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.comBlogger3391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-9006776850988659512011-11-19T15:59:00.004Z2011-11-20T08:52:50.728Z

Airads was busy this afternoon flying a banner with the message "We Only Had 10 Men" for the Derby vs Hull match this afternoon. We did have some last minute issues with the police attempting to prevent the flight after complaints from the rival fans but in the end, it all went ahead without a hitch and from the look of Twitter, to some amusement by both sides. The weather deteriorated badly as

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Airads were in action once again this afternoon for football fans and it was over Elwood Park with a message for the Blackburn Rovers manager, Steve Kean The plane circled Ewood during the first half of the match against Chelsea, with the message - reading simply 'Steve Kean Out' - bumping along behind it. We were delayed for a quarter of an hour by a bird strike en-route, described by some as '

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Seen before the kick-off over the Liverpool vs Manchester United match at Anfield this Saturday. Guess who? "BONJOUR 19X ICDJ" was the message!

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Another Big Brother House ambush flight this afternoon, with a plane banner saying "MAISY BEHAVE YOURSELF LOVE DAD!" I'm losing count. There was Jade, Ulrika, Maisy and I can't recall who the other one was over the last six years! Meanwhile, I was being shadowed by Baron Von Richthofen - see photo

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It's getting steadily hotter out there and our congratulations go to Jaspal and Simi after a fairy tale Airads flying  marriage proposal at Fairlop Water in Essex yesterday afternoon. A special day and an Indian summer to remember! Here's a photograph of a very special bouquet for the lucky lady!

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A 'Wicked Wednesday' promotion over the University at Northampton today. I wonder if anyone in the town 'didn't' see the banner!

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Between the heavy showers at this year's Reading Festival, Scott successfully proposed to Sammy-T with an Airads proposal banner, just before Madness came on stage. From the aircraft, the view below was of thousands of tents and thousands of revellers standing in a uniform landscape of mud between the stages. But for the soon to be happy couple, 4pm on Saturday was a date to remember.

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Airads had a busy week with both Shoreham and Dunsfold Airshow press days and banner displays at both the Dawlish Air Fair and the Bournemouth Air Festival on Friday for Airfix. Today we have a marriage proposal banner for Catia from Luis over Botany Bay at Broadstairs. Good Luck!

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A special assignment today, deliver a giant £2million cheque to a location outside Maidstone. Left the camera in the car so I don't know if anyone else has a photo of it flying yet? Maybe the BBC? Wonder what happens when it's paid into the bank?

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It was touch and go this evening to get a banner flying over the 18th hole of the 2011, Open Golf Championship at the Royal St Georges in Sandwich. The weather all day had been appalling and we had already lost two banners to fly at the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs, trade union rally in Dorset. However, at 6pm, just in time for the prize giving at Royal St Georges, the weather broke and Airads

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Over the North of Kent this morning with a  special competition for Heart FM 103.1 & 102.8 and SKY TV. Pictured is the lovely Lucy from the radio station who acted as roving presenter and 'co-pilot' as the aircraft picked its way along the Thanet coast. You can listen to the edited programme here:

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What a fabulous display by the Red Arrows this afternoon that entertained thousands of people between the Margate Harbour Arm and the beach at Westgate, with the 'Arrows' skimming along the clifftop at low level between the two as they carried out a lengthy and highly skilled display. We finally managed to get the Airfix Airshow banner airborne during a gap in the weather and before the Memorial

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An afternoon  birthday banner just between Stapleford and North Weald airfields yesterday and as the weather collapsed around us, we were very lucky indeed, to complete the flight as the rain, the first seen in months, started to pour down. Thanks to Richard Foord for his photo.

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Busy this afternoon for two hours flying a Pendulum banner for 'The Junction' over Cambridge's Midsummer common for 'The Junction', see their Facebook page Very difficult and windy conditions meant it took three attempts to get the banner, pictured below, airborne over the city's dreaming spires! Visit the Airads Facebook page to keep up with what and where we are flying this summer.

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The Glider FX display from this year's Abingdon Airshow can now be found on YouTube. Towing a glider at low level can be harder and more challenging work than towing a banner.

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After yesterday evening's run along a dazzling Brighton beach with a marriage proposal, I've just had to let today's client know that the forecast for Kent is so bad that he's going to have to cancel or postpone his noon proposal at Leeds castle; wind speeds are expected above 30mph. It's all very stressful for people I know but invariably, it all works out if a little patience and a 'Plan B' is

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Airads was scheduled to deliver a surprise message to the Home Secretary from the Police Federation today as she arrived at the conference in Bournemouth but the weather had other ideas; our first cancellation in weeks. With so much time spent in the air recently, there's been no time to congratulate Johan and Emilia for the proposal over Leeds castle on Sunday and we've another coming this

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Airads was asked by the Millwall 'House of Fun' to fly a banner, with the message, Avram Grant - Millwall Legend', over the West Ham vs Wigan football match on Sunday. Airad's Chief Pilot and Operations Director, Simon Moores, gave an interview on 'Talk Sport radio on Monday afternoon. Very difficult flying conditions on the day and credit goes, Alan, the pilot for making it possible and on time

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Airads was sitting over an Academy in Maidstone today, watching the Prime Minister, David Cameron arrive with his entourage. I'm sure he noticed his 'No to AV' banner!

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Airads was operating from Goodwood airfield over the Bank Holiday weekend, promoting the horse racing weekend at the famous racecourse at the end of this month. The beaches between Portsmouth and Brighton marina were packed with with sun-worshippers enjoying what felt very much like July weather. Over in the naval dockyard at Portsmouth, I saw the nuclear submarine had gone but two modern

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I promised to give you some aerial photos of central London on this unusually warm April day and I have added in some passing shots of the Olympic stadium , so readers should feel a little privileged to be able to see what's going on there before anyone else! Follow the links to the online library for the rest.

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Manston Airport welcomed the opening of the Turner Contemporary Gallery with a banner fly past this morning as local artist, Tracey Emin and Jools Holland started the ceremony. For anyone wishing to enjoy a 'Bird's eye' view of what was happening at exactly 09:45 this morning as the gallery opened, a historic moment for the town of Margate after many years of waiting, here are some photos to

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Back home from an hour sitting over the start of this year's Brighton Marathon. It's a little warmer and sunnier on the southern side of the country and I wonder what any visiting alien might make of all the thousands of people running up and down the Brighton seafront? In this weather I don't envy them, having experienced the real pain of running the distance in warm sunshine and little wind

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A video from a US aerial advertising company, shows the benefits of using aircraft to market one's message or brand!

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Congratulations to Matt and Fiona, on the first truly Spring weekend and Airads was running romantic messages and marriage proposals from as far apart as Brighton Beach for Steve and Lisa and then to Lytham, with a quick stop for a religious festival outside Coventry. Now's the time to start booking your own aircraft banner as from March onwards, the weekends start to become booked into the

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An unusual Valentine's Day job yesterday with a flight over Sittingbourne, (photo by Jim Bennett). I'm still not entirely certain what it was for but I did put the Kentish Gazette, who called me when I landed, in touch with the sponsor. Sittingbourne being a relatively small town, I can honestly say that in a sixty minute flight, if anyone didn't see the banner message, they were most probably

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Photographs just in from Paul Johnson of the first marriage proposal of 2011. Touch and go with the weather conditions once again and with Rochester closed, we had to divert to Headcorn to set-up the operation. But like the film, 'Shakespeare in Love', it all worked out in the end and from the air, I could see Luke drop to his knees and propose to Kellie, who of course said "Yes"

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I've been floating above the snow-covered Suffolk countryside this morning over a stately-looking pile at place called Ellingham, where WikiLeak's Julian Assange is hiding from a small army of satellite vans and press photographers camped among the trees. It's bitterly cold out there and I'm only just getting the feeling back in my hands after putting the aircraft away. Somehow, I don't think

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It's the annual international  kite festival on Margate sands this weekend and Airads provided a little extra marketing for this popular event At noon, in time to catch a good weather window, we were towing a banner advertising the event between Birchington and Broadstairs, with an orbit of Westwood Cross shopping centre thrown-in for good measure. Some of the kites are pretty high up and

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Airads was back over the Big Brother House today with a surprise birthday banner message for Ulrika Jonsson. The message said "Vi alskar dig Ulrika BCMM" which means "We love you Ulrika" in Swedish. BCMM are the initials of her children - Bo, Cameron, Martha and Malcolm - which she has tattooed on her wrist.

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The gales had the better of us this August Bank Holiday weekend but at least we managed to see the two marriage proposals flying; one being very much a 'touch and go' affair with a happy ending for both couples. With winds gusting as high as 40 mph at times, the conditions were far in excess of what was needed to fly the larger sheet and display banners and its always best for clients to

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A video clip of the 'Here and Now' tour banner arriving back at Brimpton airfield  from the Henley "80's Rewind" festival on Saturday:

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Three flights over two music festivals made for a busy day for Airads on Saturday, made more challenging by strong winds and low cloud. Amazingly in quite adverse conditions, we managed to have all three banners flying but two flights had to be cut short because of the high winds which made handling the aircraft, towing full size banners, very awkward indeed. You can see the Nandos giant banner

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Another special  message at Leeds castle in Kent this afternoon, to add to Airads unbroken record of success in flying marriage proposals. Today, Harpal proposed to Sunnie, having driven her all the way from Coventry for the perfect romantic afternoon at the famous Kent beauty spot. Congratulations to the happy couple!

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With the festival season in full swing, Airads is to fly a banner at the Henley 'Rewind' 80's revival on 21st August. In between, we've several more weddings and marriage proposals to complete and special congratulations go to Gurpinder and Nikki after she said 'Yes' at Fairlop Water in Essex on Sunday. Coming-up, Simon will 'pop the question' to Samantha at the end of Brighton pier at 2pm on

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Airads were at 'Glorious' Goodwood today but strangely enough, flying a banner promoting race days at the neighbouring Fontwell Park racecourse which now boast a new grandstand! Lots of helicopter traffic going in and out of the races and very windy conditions for banner-towing

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Another busy weekend for Airads, with a marriage proposal flown by Bhavesh for 'Sonal' over Leeds Castle in Kent, Claire and Henry's wedding in Hockley, Essex and Adam & Alana's wedding at Salmestone Grange on the Isle of Thanet, to name but a few of the flights we made on one of the hottest weekends of the year so far. July and August are very busy months for us and so if you are thinking of

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Here at Airads we are very proud of our as yet 'unbroken' record in flying marriage proposals as seen on TV and the newspapers. We gave up counting the number of successful banner flights a long time ago! During the summer months in particular both weddings and marriage proposals are a big part of our business over the weekends and it's not unusual to have two or three of these in a twenty-four

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This interesting video on banner-towing from an operator in the United States, neatly sums up the challenges and the nature of the market for aerial advertising and aircraft banners on both sides of the Atlantic.

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It’s the Tolpuddle Martyrs Trade Union march again this weekend in the small village in Dorset that bears its name. Once again we’ll have two ‘ships’ over the top with banners for different Trade Unions, Joe Mann’s ‘Community’ and Bob Crow’s ‘RMT.’ I find it a little ironic at times that the Trades Union movement relies heavily on a Conservative-leaning pilot but they don’t seem to mind and last

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It's the middle of a very busy July for Airads, with weddings, proposals and music festivals going strong. However, I wanted to write a few words for our potential customers to help manage their expectations a little. You can find our condensed terms and conditions on our main website at www.airads.co.uk or simply ask us for a PDF copy with the full detail. However, very simply stated, if the

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Another successful marriage proposal at the end of Brighton Pier today with Paul Davies popping the question to to his partner Emily Rose. They certainly chose the perfect weather for their most romantic day out to the seaside. Brighton beach reminded me of the south of France and may have been hotter! With that finished it was off to North London and Micklefield Hall for a wedding and

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A banner for his Holiness, the Pope was the first request of the day but without a little divine intervention, it's not possible and I doubt the Lord himself could convince the authorities to allow me to overfly the Papal motorcade in either London or Birmingham. Instead then, we'll be flying a banner for 'Moshi Moshi' over Brighton beach this Saturday and the weather looks  set to deliver

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After several years of sunshine at this annual event, the weather was marginal for Margate's 'Big Event' at Palm Bay, with a howling north-easterly blowing for much of the weekend and bursts of rain. Fortunately the display aircraft managed to struggle in for their performances, with thrills from the Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain memorial flight arranging a mock dogfight with an ME109,

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A reasonably varied weekend for Airads with one wedding banner at Lewes in Sussex, a test  flight sheet banner for www.tradeshop.org.uk which will fly by before the Margate 'Big Event' air show next weekend and a banner for the New Town Killers band, at an event outside Milton Keynes. Coming-up, we're scheduled for 'Superbikes' at Silverstone and a handful of marriage proposals with yet one more

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Airads headed over to the races at Epsom today with a banner for Mercedez Benz. The racecourse doesn't like advertising around its airspace and the inclusion of an air traffic zone for helicopters working the races forced us to keep our distance from the spectacle and work the approach road instead. When this was all finished, we headed over to Leeds castle and Brighton beach for marriage

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A successful welcome to Norwich FC over the city last night with an Airads banner, sponsored by Aviva, following the team bus. Meanwhile, this morning Airads was having a good look at the London 2012 Olympic stadium, which you can see has some way to go before it's ready for the athletes!

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Airads would like to send the company’s best wishes to pilot, Justin Adams of Sky Banners Ltd and UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, following the accident involving the UKIP election banner on Election Day that left both pilot and passenger in hospital. The aerial advertising business in the UK is governed by CAA regulations and enjoys an unprecedented safety record. In the last week, Airads was also

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Airads was not flying the UKIP banner today with Nigel Farage in Northampton.The aircraft involved, from another operator, was involved in an incident and both the pilot and Nigel Farage are reportedly being treated for minor injuries. Airads was in fact flying another banner for UKIP over Birmingham and Coventry over the weekend (pictured) but without any incidents.

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'Captain Cupid' strikes again with more  happy couple this weekend with a marriage proposal from Dave to Emma which saw the banner fly over the Anfield stadium and the Liverpool vs Chelsea match and earn a special mention in the newspapers! Congratulations to the two of them. Airads lost count of the number of  unbroken, successful flying marriage proposals a long time ago, once these passed the

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-44980969459588458952010-05-02T14:35:00.000Z2010-05-02T14:35:26.431Z

Another banner over Liverpool's Anfield ground this afternoon for the club's supporters with the message: 'Tom and George Still Not Welcome' flying behind it. A little later we had a marriage proposal going in the same direction for another of the fans, so very much a game of two halves for the crowds being entertained in the stadium below!

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Liverpool, Anfield this evening for Channel 5 Television with their bespoke banner, showing their logo and earlier today, I was over Reading in Berkshire towing a banner for Acorn HIPS. The weather has been steadily breaking down all day and I had to cut short the Reading flight after I found myself flying through a 'car wash.' Airads has a busy Bank Holiday weekend ahead, starting with a two

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A surprise for David Cameron, with a banner message: 'CAMERON 2010@No10' this morning at Grays in Essex! There was a large reception committee in evidence in the playing field behind the school or college below, with TV outside broadcast vans with satellite dishes on their roofs, parked-up outside. On teh way back to the airfield I passed a very smart looking Agusta helicopter, en route to Grays

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-8045342719684149252010-04-23T14:38:00.002Z2010-04-23T14:38:32.657Z

Airads was flying a giant St George's Day flag over Bradford today, following the annual procession with the huge banner that the city purchased for such special occasions, last year.

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Another romantic flight over Leeds Castle again this week, with a special message for "Jo Jo" from "Jimbo" that he loves her with "ALL HIS HEART." One of the finest days of the year too!

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Airads was flying a banner over the first Brighton marathon this morning. On the way there, I found I was the only pilot in the entire south of England on frequency with London information, the threat of volcanic dust, having convinced many pilots to stay on the ground. However, dust is only a real threat to jet aircraft at high altitude and not piston engine aircraft at low level with dust

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-58571325802666642262010-03-31T20:26:00.000Z2010-03-31T20:26:52.576Z

Did anyone spot the Airads banner on the BBC Newsnight programme on Tuesday night? A quick interview with Tracey Emin followed by an aircraft flying across the beach with the message: "Mad Tracey from Margate." If you blinked you may have missed it!

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The embedded video may be a little larger than life but when an aircraft banner rolls past the shoreline, it certainly captures the public's attention!

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There are times, when the weather gets so bad, that you have to be a little creative in having a banner flown! This afternoon, while spring-like sunshine covered parts of Kent, Rochester airport was bathed in fog, drizzle and the occasional dusting of snow for much of the day and nothing was moving on the runways. By lunchtime, it became clear that there was very little chance of lifting

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-81549549592469914602010-02-13T17:08:00.001Z2010-02-13T17:33:17.504Z

Another successful Airads Valentines' banner this afternoon at Leeds Castle in Kent. Congratulation to Kevin and Veloshini who came all the way from South Africa to stay at the picturesque castle in Kent, for Kevin to 'pop the question' just after they arrived. He called me in the aircraft to announce yet another successes in Airads unbroken record of flying proposals! Given the weather, they

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It is estimated that over 100,000 people saw Dandy's Top Soil's latest form of advertising, their 60ft Advertising Banner being towed 600mtrs high by a Plane. The Plane, which was destined for Chester Racecourse, where 41,000 people where enjoying the City's Family Day while watching the world famous races, took off from Blackpool Airport at 1.30pm, flying down the Northwest coastline over St.

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-45870801994690130892010-02-06T15:46:00.000Z2010-02-06T15:46:03.201Z

The first fairy-tale proposal of the year today over Leeds Castle in Kent, which along with Brighton Pier in the summer months, is our most popular aerial proposal choice. In fact, this February, we have three marriage proposals to do at the castle with one client coming all the way from South Africa to 'pop the question.' Today it was the turn of Jaysen and Neelam and despite the damp February

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An unusual mission for Airads today, over Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire and organised by the supporters of Charles Bronson, with the message: “FREE BRONSON- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”. The group has issued the following statement:“Charles Bronson has been imprisoned now for 35 years 30 of which have been in solitary confinement and despite 10 years good behaviour he has still not been released or

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-22492862879334314912009-09-29T08:20:00.001Z2009-09-29T08:20:54.173Z

I see the Thanet Times ran the story of the marriage proposal we flew for Dan to Sam at Palm Bay near Margate on Saturday afternoon. A nice photo (pictured left) and the memorable moment of a lifetime for the happy couple!

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An interesting six hours or so in the air on Friday.First stop was Calais and 'The Jungle' the sparsely wooded area adjacent to the port, for a national newspaper, having a good look at what was taking place in the refugee encampment below. I was struck by how many blue tarpaulin-covered shelters there were, lean-to's huddling miserably together in a relatively small and dirty space and the

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-70795474302665930912009-09-11T18:20:00.002Z2009-09-19T07:31:01.220Z

Over at Leicester today flying a promotional banner for the "Tigers" rugby team. Leicester is only 138 miles from Thanet as 'The crow flies' but I'm sure it seem rather longer by road.From the air and on a lovely autumn day like today, it looks like a very attractive city with lots of green spaces and a very accomodating airfield to operate from too!With the evening now starting to draw in, the

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-59183807338901843212009-09-07T09:33:00.003Z2009-09-09T07:06:55.425Z

I found myself on a day trip to Milan on Sunday, as a member of the flight crew on a positioning trip of a Gainjet Gulfstream 200.Ninety minutes was all it took, followed by several hours of aviation hell, as I caught the 16:50 (delayed to 18:00) Easyjet from Milan's Linate airport back into Gatwick with all the other poor souls squeezed on-board.From the cockpit of the Gulfstream, the view over

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-4442689935097684542009-09-04T06:55:00.003Z2009-09-04T06:59:23.366Z

Leicester Tigers rugby club has asked Airads to fly a banner for them in September.As you can see from the artwork, it's a going to be a very large version of a rugby shirt in club colours, followed by a streaming text message: "TEXT TIGERS TO 60600". I think it maybe hard to miss over the town and we will be interested in the results of the text campaign on the public below!

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A nice wedding happening at Deal castle this afternoon. I was temporarily confused through not knowing that Deal Castle and Walmer Castle are very close and look almost identical from the air. After several minutes circling the latter, where nothing obvious was happening, I finally arrived at the former, where the reception had just started.We were lucky with the weather too.So that's Leeds

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-80124661974411438082009-08-01T08:20:00.003Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.833Z

Congratulations to Dhiren and Hema who had a very special afternoon at Leeds Castle in Kent yesterday.Dhiren, proposed to Hema, who said "Yes", maintaining our unbroken record of marriage proposals!After a week of very "iffy" weather, they chose the perfect day for their very special walk in the country.

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-74437966141586209152009-07-23T15:31:00.001Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.835Z

One of those days!I had the Lowestoft Airshow to do this morning and there's a full council meeting this evening, so trying to fit in a 'spectacular' for the RMT Trades Union in between, presents a bit of a challenge.Last night I was asked, if I could drop food parcels into the Vestas' UK, Newport, Isle of Wight wind turbine facility, which employs about 600 people in blade manufacturing and

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Today is the date of the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs rally in Dorset but the howling gale outside put an end to any idea of flying two of the trades union banners over march in the tiny village.For the last three years, Tolpuddle has been "iffy" from a weather perspective but having taken two aircraft down there this morning; landing at the top of the large hill which is Compton Abbas, it became

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A reasonably pleasant afternoon over the South-east of England today. I had one job to do for Arun Council, out of Goodwood, rolling along the beaches between Bognor Regis and Worthing Pier, celebrating their Blue Flag beach status.After a photo survey for the same council of the re-landscaped Hotham Park, I had a second and more unusual banner to do from Blackbushe Airport to Ripley in Surrey;

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-12671615419567928892009-06-04T08:29:00.001Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.840Z

Airads was flying a 'Jury Team' election banner all the way along the M25 from Rochester to Reading yesterday.In the air, I could hear the rescue services looking for the reportedly missing light aircraft from Cambridge to Lydd; a helicopter and the Coastguard Cessna from Manston (pictured). I rather think that the pilot, a Swiss, I hear, may simply have gone somewhere else and forgotten the

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-71125616301341113642009-05-04T17:48:00.002Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.841Z

An entertaining afternoon for Airads this Bank Holiday Monday, flying a banner for the Driftwood Beach Bar at Sandown on the Isle of Wight.Having finished the flight we dropped in for lunch and without a doubt it's a delightful spot with excellent food. Highly recommended for both visiting pilots and tourists alike!This coming week we have a major exercise for the Taxpayers Alliance, flying

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-35533231089684952882009-04-23T07:50:00.003Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.847Z

Airads will be flying a giant sheet St George's Day flag over Bradford today as part of the city council's parade and celebrations to mark the event. Over 1,000 square feet in size it should be vsible from a long way with excellent weather expected along the route of the parade.Next week, Havering Coucil in Essex, have asked Airads to fly a banner (pictured) promoting their "Night Life Awards"

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-55504630566215715162009-04-17T08:14:00.000Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.849Z

I'm just back from taking photos of 'Operation Stack' and the blockade of Calais harbour. I do feel very sorry for al those caught up in the chaos this is causing, with goods vehicles queuing for miles on the M20 from about the area of Leeds castle and P&O ferries sitting in Dover, going nowhere.On the French side, to be honest, there is very little to see, other than a scruffy collection of

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-59724312425323860902009-03-18T19:42:00.006Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.850Z

Captain Snap was busy over London's Old Kent Road this afternoon taking photographs for construction giant Volker Fitzpatrick.Very hazy conditions made the exercise a bit of a challenge and of course, because this is inner London, we had to borrow a Seneca twin-engine aircraft from Stapleford.On the way back, the pace of development at the 20012 London Olympics site at Stratford was also

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It looks as if Spring has most certainly arrived today. I had to go and collect a new addition to my small fleet over towards Brighton this afternoon (the one on the left) and the late afternoon views over Kent and Sussex were stunning.

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-90904296216744279202009-02-28T10:02:00.003Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.853Z

Great excitement on Thursday with some unexpected coverage on the BBC Radio Kent's 'Pat Marsh Show'.I was busy setting up a banner for a proposal over Bluebell Hill in Kent, where Max was to proposse to girlfriend, Emma. Anyway, the phone rang and it was the BBC asking if we did 'Romantic' messages?"Funny you should ask", I replied because I'm doing just that in fifteen minutes. "Can we find out

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-6904090866084445862009-02-22T14:58:00.007Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.854Z

We have been up and about over the big wedding in Hertfordshire this afternoon. I did shoot some video footage from above and you can see the BBC take here.Everything went on time and according to plan and we seem to have featured on Sky News too, which is nice!More photos here:

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Airads will be working with Channel M Television and Greater Manchester Police this month to support a new public information campaign aimed at giving greater impact to a local policing message to the population of Manchester.This isn't the first time by any means that Airads has worked with the Police Service, the last being with Kent Police and we are always delighted to lend our support to

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The return to what has become a regular fixture, this weekend, the annual 'FastFit Station Tyre Sale' at Milton Keynes.In fact, we were very lucky to get the flights in on Saturday as the weather on the days either side was simply dreadful. We had been booked for two days but had to double up on the one as both our operating base airfields were badly flooded at Rochester and Maypole. It took two

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-77590863493029237972009-01-25T09:22:00.002Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.858Z

One Photo of the wood washed ashore at Ramsgate for the papers this afternoon. (photo is copyright) but I thought readers might like to see the results. The weather broke sufficiently for a flight just before sunset and so the image clarity isn't as good as I would like.The timber, which came from the cargo ship Sinegorsk in the English Channel, began washing ashore on beaches around Ramsgate and

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-28898032323689447972008-12-26T14:21:00.002Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.860Z

I was up over the Bluewater and Lakeside shopping centres at noon today as a photo flight for one of the national newspapers. While everyone, the media included, appears to expect a record number of shoppers, I can tell you that neither one of the two shopping centres had what I would describe as an unusual amount of traffic and I did actually wonder if John Lewis was closed.If I hadn't known it

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Captain Snap was flitting about just before noon today, taking photographs of the Christmas Eve activity below and particularly at the Westwood Cross shopping centre on the Isle of Thanet. I've uploaded some of my photos which take in Westgate, Margate and Westwood Cross on to Flickr and you can find these here.I can't admit to seeing as many people shopping as I would have expected at the peak

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-37271301963663544182008-12-03T15:35:00.001Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.863Z

Not for the nervous flyer perhaps but the video below displays such outstanding airmanship on the part of the pilot, that other than gawp with admiration at his skill and fast reactions, I can't really pass comment!

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Having revalidated my night rating at Manston airport yesterday evening, I decided to try out the new Pentax camera on the growing 'Thanet Earth' construction site on the way back to to the base airfield this morning.Not the best of days to take photos with a 1,500 cloud base but I thought that curious readers might like to see the current progress of the world's largest greenhouse in Kent and

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'Captain Snap' was in the air for the Daily Mail yesterday, the target of interest being Heather Mills' swimming pool in Sussex. I had been to the house once before about two years ago, when the local authority asked for some photos of an outbuilding extension but this time, there is reportedly some kind of planning dispute involving the lovely Heather's new swimming pool - I assume she received

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One more lucky marriage proposal today! Even luckier in the circumstances of the weather over the last week.Northern Ireland was a washout and you'll understand why if you saw the news from the Lake District with two thousand runners stuck up a mountain in torrential rain and gales.The cloud was too low to support the Chelsea game on Sunday but at least our luck was in for 'Heroes of Sport' over

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You might be forgiven for thinking that summer had returned today. The last time I recall the weather was this good in October was in 2000 and it helped us achieve the unexpected, with the BT Vision banners over the Scotland vs. Norway international football match at Hampden Park and three league matches in Belfast with a second aircraft at the same time!Tomorrow, Sunday, looks set to start with

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Following the worst possible conditions for a marriage proposal on Saturday, a delighted Scott Greenhill writes:"I would like to say a very big thank you to you and your team at Airads for making the day a very special one for Emma and myself. I have been very impressed with your service and professionalism from start to finish. The weather was against you and despite this you still flew the

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Airads and The Sun Newspaper were the first to welcome pilot Yves Rossy today as he became the first person to fly between France and England on Friday with a jetpack strapped to his back.The simple kerosene-burning jet turbines propelled him the 22 miles between Calais and Dover at speeds of up to 120 mph. The journey took just under 10 minutes. The 49-year-old Rossy, who calls himself "Fusion

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Floating over Premier League games today with the BT Vision banner.Our presence clearly didn't help the score between Tottenham and Wigan; a nil, nil draw but arriving as I did just before the match started, I'm sure lots of people saw the banner; the same being true of the match at Middlesborough earlier.It's a really big banner and 30 feet high and you have to appreciate the effect it has on

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-27881841461972040762008-09-13T19:59:00.004Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.875Z

As if by a miracle, a day of good weather and that allowed us to fly the BT Vision and Setanta Sports football shirts banners over Manchester United vs Liverpool, Manchester City vs Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers vs Arsenal, as well as sneak in a marriage proposal over Southend pier as well.The lucky lady, Annie, said "Yes" I'm told!Tomorrow, it's over to the Lakeside shopping centre for another

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During the summer, Tesco's advertising agency contacted Airads asking how it might be able to use an aircraft banner to support the supermarket giant's new motor insurance television advertising campaign www.tescocompare.com . The final result wan't quite what we expected but involved veteran magician, Paul Daniels, walking down Croydon High Street and 'by magic' an aircraft flying past with a

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A mixed bag last weekend, thanks to the weather. All the BT Vision banners flew over the North-east football venues, as instructed but in the South, I found it impossible to reach the slot we had before the start of the Bournemouth airshow, thanks to low cloud sitting on the hills around Compton Abbas.Tuesday was the day of the COI public safety film at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight but while

DrM.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03755236438987278120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150878.post-91762063844841229812008-08-26T20:18:00.003Z2009-09-02T06:37:57.879Z

Beyond the up and coming Bournemouth Air Show this weekend and several Premier League football matches on Saturday, there's another interesting challenge ahead on Tuesday involving fliming with the central Office of Information (COI).The COI are making some kind of beach/water safety TV advertisement and Airads has been asked to fly over to Sandown on the Isle of Wight, with a banner saying: "Do

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A packed Reading Festival this afternoon and with this and the Leeds Festival on Friday and a poposal over Southend Pier yesterday, you might think it was summer after all! Next week it's the Bournemouth Airshow and a whole run of east coast premier league football games as we start to reach the busy peak of the aircraft banner season. Watching the closing cermony of the Beijing Olympics, it

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In what is the broadest aerial advertising campaign in the UK to date, British Telecom (BT) will in the coming weeks, will be promoting Setanta Sports, and the BT Vision Broadband service over premier league football matches in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Airads Operations Director, Simon Moores, commented: "I'm delighted that Airads has been selected as the aviation partner for this

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