Simviation Forum - Visiting Airshows

Nov 7^th, 2005 at 11:30am

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Are sim flyers airshow lovers?

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Reply #1 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 11:37am

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I am limited to a maximum of 4 airshows a year. It is usually 3 sometimes 2. We don't get many airshows in the PNW, but the ones we do get are incredible!

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Reply #2 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 11:51am

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We have almost no airshows within 100 miles of where I live Angry

. I went to two last year, one in Kansas City (about 50 miles away) and AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. That one should count as 20.

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Reply #3 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:16pm

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Another poll...

[calmed down]Try to get to Old Warden and Duxford as much as I can... Wink

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Reply #4 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:19pm

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Reply #5 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:21pm

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Holy crap! your right. And I responded to it without thinking.

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Reply #6 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:23pm

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Every other year as that is when the national airshow is in Hungary..... bummer!
When I lived in the UK it was normally two or 3 a month in the summer!!!

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Reply #7 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:40pm

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I really don't see why a simple question wouldn't suffice. Roll Eyes

I think I get the coconut, over the last few years anyway. I've lost count but I usually get to at least one air display every weekend throughout the season which lasts from May until October. You can work that out yourselves. Wink

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Reply #8 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 12:40pm

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I'm lucky to go to any, at this point in time. However I tend to go to Bruntingthorpe about twice a year, for the Cold War Jet days. And I went to Waddington this year, so I'll put myself down for 1-2 Tongue

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Reply #9 - Nov 7^th, 2005 at 1:03pm

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Airshows? LoL? Never.

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Reply #10 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 1:13am

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Every other year as that is when the national airshow is in Hungary..... bummer!
When I lived in the UK it was normally two or 3 a month in the summer!!!

I'm with you on that one Mark,.....the Comox Airshow is only every second year.........

.......when I lived in Ontario, I would visit the majors in the area.....CNE, Trenton, Hamilton, London, Borden(when they had them) Niagara Falls, and the even some minors were a tad better than just OK.

I was travelling home past the Brampton Airfield on a fine Sunday afternoon one year, and saw the neatest Shrike/Commander, doing a deadstick loop and split-S to a landing.....how many guys do we know of, who could do that maneuver......it was confirmed on the radio as I drove up Hwy 10 ...yup,....none other than Bob Hoover !

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Reply #11 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 6:55am

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I get to all the Duxford shows pluss Waddington most years. Some years I get along to RIAT but I've not been since it moved from Cottesmore back to Fairford. Been to Mildenhall a few times but that show seems to have ended now.
Next year I hope to get to all my usual shows pluss a few of the Old Warden shows.

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Reply #12 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 7:17am

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If you want air shows come to the UK, especially my part of the country. Air displays are one of the most popular outdoor events in Britain. Many of them are free, like the big seafront displays at Southend, Eastbourne & Jersey in the Channel Islands. Some of the bigger ones are not a patch on those I fondly remember from my young days which is why I now prefer the smaller events. The Farnborough Air Show in the 1950s - 1960s was an annual event & very different to what it is now. It was not unusual to see large formations of V-bombers & the latest prototypes & the faster jets were allowed to break the sound barrier during their display. Fantastic. All the big RAF stations around here like Tangmere, Thorney Island & Biggin Hill & the RN station at Ford held their own BoB open days in September but sadly most of these have long been closed down or no longer exist.

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Reply #13 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 9:38am

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We have almost no airshows within 100 miles of where I live Angry

. I went to two last year, one in Kansas City (about 50 miles away) and AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. That one should count as 20.

You should have come to Wichita to see Patty Wagstaff and Jim Leroy

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Reply #14 - Nov 8^th, 2005 at 11:24pm

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went to my first one about a month ago....AWESOME!!!!! I absolutely LOVED it! Cant wait for next year!

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Reply #15 - Nov 9^th, 2005 at 11:49am

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So far just 1 in my life.. when I was very young.
Since Ramstein I think Airshows are forbidden in Germany !

Can anyone suggest a good airshow in a country near Germany ?

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Reply #16 - Nov 9^th, 2005 at 1:21pm

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So far just 1 in my life.. when I was very young.
Since Ramstein I think Airshows are forbidden in Germany !

Can anyone suggest a good airshow in a country near Germany ?

I didn't know that. It was a terrible accident but this happened a long time ago now.

As I mentioned before, the UK is probably the best place for air shows in the world. It's not that far from Germany or anywhere else in Europe these days. There don't seem to be that many in the rest of Europe & the Paris Air Show is held biennually now, alternating with Farnborough. It really depends on which type of display you're interested in. I know of some in Belgium & Holland & Bones will be able to tell you more about this. One event I've always wanted to go to is the annual display at La Ferte Alais just south of Paris in May. This is advertised as the Old Warden of France & the aircraft are usually warbirds & vintage types. Unfortunately the Me 109 that I would most like to see there was badly damaged during a landing accident earlier this year. Pass your mouse cursor over the Info icon on this page for more details. http://www.ajbs.com/Anglais/Meetpantecote-UK/MeetingUKHtml/Meeting%2001UK.htm You can go to the next page from the link at bottom right.

PS. This is the one at Leylstad in Holland. http://www.ruudleeuw.com/lelystad04.htm

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Reply #17 - Nov 9^th, 2005 at 2:14pm

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For some reason I can't vote... Maybe it is because if I did, I would be lying... Sad

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