Once a firm favourite on the European air show circuit, the Royal Netherlands Air Force Helicopter Display Team performed with a formation of four Alouette III helicopters. Here, we are pleased to welcome them for their first appearance at the Telford International Centre for our IPMS 60th Anniversary International Air Tattoo, at Scale ModelWorld 2023.

They are seen here flying over Middelmolen water mill, Molenaarsgraaf, South Holland.

Yes, these models are motorised - all of the rotor blades are actually spinning !

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, flying nine BAE Hawk T.1A aircraft in their iconic "Diamond Nine" formation are no strangers to Scale ModelWorld. So it was inevitable that they would be back in Telford for our IPMS 60th Anniversary International Air Tattoo at SMW2023.

This year however, they are overflying the Mall and Buckingham Palace in London. during celebrations for Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, in June 2022.

The world's oldest display team, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, make their first appearance in a flying display at Telford for our IPMS 60th Anniversary International Air Tattoo at SMW 2023. Although they actually fly a display with six aircraft (four plus two solos), their Diamond formation of four F/A-18A aircraft (which they flew from 1986 - 2010) here demonstrate their famous "Double Farvel" manoeuvre, with numbers 1 and 4 flying inverted in the formation.

The Blue Angels are no strangers to the Golden Gate Bridge, as the team performs each year in San Fransico Bay for “Fleet Week”.

The French Air & Space Force display team, La Patrouille de France have actually flown at Scale ModelWorld previously, back in 2013..... Back then, it was a "History Formation" of the five different types of aircraft the team has flown since 1953, which of course included their current mount, the Alpha Jet, which they have used since 1981. But on the occasion of our IPMS 60th Anniversary International Air Tattoo at SMW 2023, the Patrouille de France appear for the first time with their whole team of eight Alpha Jets, in "Diamant" formation.
However, each of the aircraft sported different tailfin markings, illustrating the history of special markings the team has carried to commemorate notable events and anniversaries.

The Patrouille de France fly over Paris quite frequently and here, we can see many of its iconic landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, Sainte-Clotilde Basilica, Palais de Chaillot, the River Seine, Pont des Arts, Pont du Carrousel, Pont Royal, and the Musée d'Orsay.

The Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori have flown three different types of aircraft in their history, and they transitioned to their current mount, the Aermacchi MB-339, in 1982. But this is the first time that their entire team of ten have appeared at the Telford International Centre, to celebrate our IPMS 60th Anniversary International Air Tattoo, at Scale ModelWorld 2023.

Against the iconic backdrop of the Colosseum in Rome, the team are performing their famous "Il Gran Finale", where the number 10 Solo aircraft flies up and through the tri-coloured smoke of the main formation.