Birthday Banner at Old Buckenham

Views of Norfolk

Back from Norfolk, where Airads dropped into a warm welcome at Tibbenham to pick up a “Happy Birthday Nick” banner to tow around Old Buckenham airfield, fifteen minutes away.

Both Tibbenham and Old Buckenham have distinguished histories as bomber bases in the Second World War. The latter is very much in use today with parachuting a flying club and of course home to its famous vintage warbird airshow in June. Tibbenham however, is now home to the Norfolk Gliding Club, small gliders looking lost amid large runways, when once it was home to the 445th Bomb Group, commanded by the Hollywood star, James Stewart, who was also exec officer at Old Buckenham.



One of Stewart’s contemporaries wrote: “Everybody loved Stewart. As commander, he could select the missions he’d go on. Whether it was Nuremberg or Berlin, one of the heavily-protected targets, he’d always take that mission,” he says. “He never ducked out, never took what they called a milk run. He always took the toughest mission, and all the pilots loved him. He was just an honest-to-goodness hero.”



Watch out for Airads advertising the Old Buckenham airshow on June 26th 2005.

Captain Cupid on Meridian Television News

Bob Shilling (described as "Captain Cupid") was featured on Meridian Evening News on 30th November.

The feature followed a marriage proposal, towed behind the Airads aircraft and described how Bob has now successfully proposed to over fifty women on behalf of their fiances.



Bob being filmed for the Meridian News story

Banners for Local Government

You might normally associate Simon Moores’ name with the leading edge of eGovernment but there’s another aspect of his public sector work that you might not be familiar with.

Regularly flying with Airads, Simon is also a working pilot and can frequently be seen over the UK towing banners with local government messages, two in the last month having been “Crimestoppers” over East Anglia and “One County – One Council – Vote A” for Durham County Council.



As a means of communicating public service messages to the general population, he believes aerial banners can be remarkably wide-reaching and cost-effective, particularly over large urban shopping centres at weekends and lunchtimes. Airads many local government customers include Warwickshire, Breckland, Canterbury, Kent and Durham. “For local government, keen to promote online services or new initiatives, simply towing a banner with the web address behind the aircraft can capture more interest in sixty minutes than the most expensive local radio campaign.

It’s not quite the eGovernment I’m used to”, says Simon Moores, “but in many ways, it captures the attention of the general public with more impact and interest than most public service messages ever can.”

Don't Forget to Book Your Romantic Banner for Valentine's Day 2005

It's the ultimate romantic gesture and Airads will say it for you. Make your message or proposal one that she'll never forget. Call Airads now to book your Valentine's Day Banner, a very special expression of your feelings at six hundred feet at a Southern England location of your choice.



Please note central London restrictions. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Banner Towing Over a Crowded Beach

Somewhere on the English south coast...Any guesses?

Trislander over Lydd 

Aerial Photography on Request 

Airads carries a very special message over Tenterden in Kent. 

The London Erotica Show Chooses Airads to Advertise

Celebrating the 2004 Erotica Show at London's Olympia, Airads was busily engaged towing a show banner around London and the South of England, advertising the show.

Sunset over Whistable

A trawler making it's way back into Whitstable at sunset this afternoon. Having towed a banner for the London Erotica show for four hours around all the South-east's major shopping centres and towns, all the way up the Thames to Canary Wharf, we worked our way home via Ashford, Dover, Ramsgate, Margate and then Herne Bay and Whistable, landing just as the Sun went down.

Westgate on Sea 

Air to Air Photography 

Ramsgate Harbour 

Margate Sands 

Ramsgate from the Air 

Westgate on Sea 

The M6 Toll Road is Open 

House Photographs by Appointment 

Sky Advertising - Michael Moore 

Banner Pickup at Maypole Farm 

Banner Drop 

Marriage Proposal over Kent 

Towing for the PCS Union over Birmingham. 

Airads Photographs

This Website allows you to see some of the collection of photographs taken by Airads for different clients and on its many banner towing trips around the UK.