Report and photography by Captain Heikki Tolvanen
Helsinki‐Malmi Airport after five years of absence hosted a ma‐
jor air show on August 16‐17, 2014. Finland's largest aviation
and entertainment event returned to Helsinki‐Malmi Airport
heralded as the Finland International Air Show, offering enter‐
tainment for the whole family.
The event's highlights included breathtaking aerobatic displays
and plane rides offered to the public. Visitors had a unique op‐
portunity to take rides on a passenger plane, helicopters and
hot air balloons. Helsinki‐Malmi Airport is one of the world’s
best preserved civil airports from the early days of commercial
aviation, giving a charming backdrop to take images of such
aircraft as the venerable DC‐3. The ground display presented a
wide variety of airplanes, helicopters and other avionics, as
well as simulators.
The weather was a bit on the damp side (alternating rain and
sunshine) which gave a dramatic backdrop to the aerial action.
The performers