Episode 48: Mike Ling MBE, Red Arrows and Blade pilot

In this episode we chatted to Mike Ling MBE - former RAF fast jet pilot, Red Arrows pilot and commentator and currently a member of the Blades aerobatic display team. This fascinating listen goes into Mike's route into the RAF, how he joined the Red Arrows and the unusual and sometimes tragic circumstances that kept him in the team for so long as well as the transition to civilian life and airshow displaying. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, 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

Om Podcasten

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