A dump-and-burn is a fuel dump in which the fuel is ignited intentionally using the plane’s afterburner. The spectacular flame combined with high speed makes this is a popular display for air and sky shows or as a finale to a fireworks display.

There’s a particular sky show held each year in Townsville, Queensland, Australia along The Strand which is a long stretch of beach where families usually play, people have fish and chips and things like the Sky Show are held there. The Townsville Sky Show is one of the most anticipated day/night events of the year. Besides the impressive fireworks display at the end of the show, there’s the RAAF’s (Royal Australian Air Force) fleet of fine aircrafts on display including the popular F-111s.

It would be perfect to use Sky Lanterns at the Sky Show! At the end of the show just before the fireworks end, it would be magical to release some sky lanterns up into the sky alongside the fireworks, it would look amazing and the aircrafts would be long gone by then so they wouldn’t post a threat to the pilots in any way. If you are attending a sky show in the near future, consider taking some sky lanterns to release and add to the marvel in the skies!

Wish Lantern is the UK’s leading supplier of Sky Lanterns. If you would like to purchase some sky lanterns, please click here to be directed to our online purchasing page, alternatively please call us on 0845 500 1215 or email contact@wishlantern.co.uk.

There are lots of ways to welcome a baby into the world, most people mark the day in a special way of some sort whether it’s a party or a simple card that goes out to friends and family informing them of the baby’s name, weight and the day they were born.

A great way to say hello to bub is to have a small gathering at your home and have each guest release a sky lantern along with the wishes they have for the new baby. The wishes might be to have a happy life, to be healthy or perhaps to be brave. Guests can write their wishes directly onto the sky lanterns with a soft felt tip pen or a marker or simply think them in their minds or say them out aloud when they release the sky lantern up into the sky. The sky lantern will carry the wishes with it up into the skies and will create a beautiful visual display in the sky for all the guests at the same time.

There are white and coloured sky lanterns you can choose from, the white lanterns are particularly visually effective if being launched during the evening where as the coloured sky lanterns look amazing when launched during the day. Some people prefer the coloured ones for the babies, especially the blue and pink!

If you are expecting a child or know someone that is and you think sky lanterns would create the perfect moment for welcoming the child into the world, then please click here to be directed to our online purchasing page or call us on 0845 500 1215 or email us at contact@wishlantern.co.uk