Malta Air show and Hotel Juliana

Well with the windows being redone at the end of the week and a promise not to take the boat out we decided to treat ourselves to a hotel for two nights and also go to the Air Show.

Malta Air Show

We visited the static display on Saturday morning. Tickets could only be bought online. Once you got there it was a long queue. Temperature check, then ticket check, then covid vaccination check, then armband. Next, you were kept in groups of 100 to move around the display in a clockwise direction. It was supposed to be a single file so if too many bunched up the Marshalls would come along and smooth out the line.

The static display was not particularly interesting but it was interesting to see all the different services and the huge new hanger just built and another going up. Obviously, they are expecting a lot more business.

The static display went from 0900-1400 then the flying display was at Bugibba on St Paul’s Bay and right in front of the aquarium. We secured a spot at a cafe just down the road on the beachfront. Got in a swim as well.

The displays by Coast Guard rescue helicopter, the Rafael https://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/passion/news/rafale-solo-display-2021-schedule/ , and the F16 https://m.facebook.com/100SoloTurk/ were spectacular.

But the two highlights for the formation flying were the Swiss Air Force https://www.pc7-team.ch/en . Then the red arrows from the RAF, https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/ . A good video here by Emily https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLP15Sm6BXM

Brilliant and well worth the trip out to see them. Since they were performing over the water and the viewing area was elevated it made it even better.

Here are a few clips from me: https://youtu.be/CJbW-Qe8gi0

Hotel Juliani

We stayed at Hotel Juliani in Saint Julians on Saturday and Sunday nights. https://www.hoteljuliani.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiuPI24yd8wIVibHtCh0x7QmwEAAYASAAEgLfiPD_BwE .

Great little boutique hotel, lovely staff, and great rooms. It was so good to be somewhere really clean and tidy, we could sleep in and the food and view were spectacular. First Asian fusion meal we have had in Europe and it was great. Plenty of Wifi so updated the computers and finished the blogs.

Would have loved to stay another day but back to the boatyard to chase unfinished jobs.

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