Farnborough 2014 - Anyone on here going?

[couzens]

A380 due back in at 13.15
A350 due back in at 15.45
Constellation due at 19.00

Amongst other bits back from Fairford no F35 showing on my system currently, depending on what time they were declared fit to fly, there wouldn't have been time yo put in a flight plan. So fingers crossed its added at some point today.

[neenaw]

couzens said:

A380 due back in at 13.15
A350 due back in at 15.45
Constellation due at 19.00

Amongst other bits back from Fairford no F35 showing on my system currently, depending on what time they were declared fit to fly, there wouldn't have been time yo put in a flight plan. So fingers crossed its added at some point today.

According to this, the F35's have been grounded.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/f...

[couzens]

neenaw said:

According to this, the F35's have been grounded.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/f...

Was going off the thread saying they were cleared for flight, although I've now seen it wasn't an official press release.

[onyx39]

Flying display for next weekend.


SATURDAY

AEROSTARS 1230
BREITLING WINGWALKERS 1247
GREAT WAR DISPLAY TEAM 1306
A380 1322
A400M 1332
AIRBUS E-FAN 1342
METEOR & VAMPIRE 1350

INTERVAL

VULCAN XH558 1408
EXTRA 300 1420
ACC LYNX 1430
CONSTELLATION 1456
F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET 1506
SEA FURY 1515
HARRIER 1522
ECLIPSE JET EA500 15.40
AVRO ANSON 1546

INTERVAL

RED ARROWS 1600
STARDUSTER 1633
CANBERRA PR9 1641
DOUGLAS DAKOTA DC-3 x 3 1653
BOEING P8-A POSEIDON 1705
TYPHOON 1715
SPITFIRE 1725


SUNDAY

AEROSTARS 1230
BREITLING WINGWALKERS 1247
GREAT WAR DISPLAY TEAM 1306
A380 1322
A400 1331
METEOR & VAMPIRE 1340
PARAJET 1354

INTERVAL

VULCAN XH558 1410
EXTRA 300 1422
BBMF Flypast 1448
AVRO ANSON 1452
F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNET 1501
SUPER CONSTELLATION 1513
SEA FURY 1523
HARRIER II 1530
LYNX 1544

INTERVAL

RAF RED ARROWS 1559
STARDUSTER 1632
CANBERRA PR9 1640
DAKOTA DC3 x 3 1652
BOEING P8-A POSEIDON 1704
TYPHOON 1714
SPITFIRE 1724

Read more: http://farnborough.proboards.com/thread/16194/week...

[LHRFlightman]

Got to say, that's a pretty underwhelming list of aircraft. The displays were so much fuller 20+ years ago.

[aeropilot]

LHRFlightman said:

Got to say, that's a pretty underwhelming list of aircraft. The displays were so much fuller 20+ years ago.

Welcome to the 21st Century and the swansong of UK air displays.

Following the announcement that post last Waddington display the other week, the news from on high is likely to be the announcement that the RAF will no longer hold any more airshows on any of it's very few remaining bases.

Very much the end of an era. From the legendary Hendon air displays of the 1930's, to the great days of RAF Battle of Britain shows during the 50's and 60's (there were over 50 RAF airfields hosting BofB shows in the 1950's!) to the post cold war peace dividend and middle east mistakes of the past 20 years that has seen the RAF reduced to an overstretched shadow of it's former 1980's self let alone pre-80's.

With no USAFE shows & now no more RAF shows, that leaves a few civvie ones and RIAT and Farnborough, both this year proof that even these two 'great of the past' are but a shadow of what they were.

Sad, but a sign of our modern times.

[Eric Mc]

The whole point of RAF Open Days was that the UK taxpayer got a chance to see what their taxes paid for. I attended a number of RAF Valley Open Days in the 1970s and 80s and admission was free - and I wasn't even living and working in the UK at the time.

And excellent shows they were too.

[onyx39]

Was interesting to hear all the stories from the spotters there today.
One guy claimed that his uncles worked at a US Base (he did say, cannot remember which) and he spent yesterday preparing the F35's for the transit to the Uk.

[aeropilot]

onyx39 said:

Was interesting to hear all the stories from the spotters there today.
One guy claimed that his uncles worked at a US Base (he did say, cannot remember which) and he spent yesterday preparing the F35's for the transit to the Uk.

The F-35B's are sitting on the ground at NAS Pax River, and undoubtably they are being prepared for the transit, just as they have been for the past several weeks while grounded, and will continue to be while grounded until someone admits that the point has passed where it's just not going to happen.
In reality that point has long passed, but hope will continue while tickets can be sold

[ukaskew]

LHRFlightman said:

Got to say, that's a pretty underwhelming list of aircraft. The displays were so much fuller 20+ years ago.

Having been to RIAT yesterday I have to say the Farnborough line-up appeals to me far more, so ordering my ticket later. I enjoyed RIAT, but it was a bit 'obvious', presumably as they are heavily restricted by filling their line-up with stuff from countries they invite (i.e. 3 F16 displays, good as they were, I would rather a bit of variation)

Quality over quantity for me, the Constellation / Vulcan / Harrier combo is a winner.

[DamienB]

If the Connie does the same routine it did at Duxford this weekend, prepare to be underwhelmed. Take-off, huge far away circuit, straight line pass, huge far away circuit, straight line pass and turn into a slightly less huge circuit to land. I really don't know why they bothered bringing it to the UK with the ailerons apparently welded in place.

Good to see Farnborough showing some imagination and mixing up the order of the displays on the two public days... oh hang on, they haven't. So assuming similar weather, anybody who goes both days gets the same lighting and photos two days running.

[hurstg01]

The Connie just flew over Yateley! 6.46pm

[DodgeeDave]

hurstg01 said:

The Connie just flew over Yateley! 6.46pm

.. And Camberley shortly after. Not seen or heard one of these in the flesh before and have to say it sounded unwell, popping and banging maybe that's normal.

[FourWheelDrift]

It sounded like an apache helicopter when it flew over me, it was only that it seemed to take ages to fly over that I realised it was something different, not that it is slow but I could hear it coming from a long way off.

72 cylinders and 4 superchargers in perfect unison, sometimes.

[smack]

A US Navy snooping plane is on the landing approach.

Well I think it had US markings, it was in the sun so didn't get a clear look.

[onyx39]

smack said:

A US Navy snooping plane is on the landing approach.

Well I think it had US markings, it was in the sun so didn't get a clear look.

P8 (737)?

[anonymous-user]

The P8 was due in around then.

[fatboy69]

smack said:

A US Navy snooping plane is on the landing approach.

Well I think it had US markings, it was in the sun so didn't get a clear look.

I am fairly certain that it departed Fairford once the flying displays had been completed. It was well hidden - as were the B52's that were supposed to be a static display!!!!

I think they are now Stealth B52's.......

[onyx39]

The mrs has just called me, she is currently working for a company based on the airfield, and they have all been invited up on the roof to watch the Red Arrows when they display...

<jealous>

[Civpilot]

onyx39 said:

The mrs has just called me, she is currently working for a company based on the airfield, and they have all been invited up on the roof to watch the Red Arrows when they display...

<jealous>

don't be too jealous... they don't fly again until late Friday afternoon

Friday
Display Start: 1315
UAS flying displays 
Great War Display Team
ROTRON PARAJET
AIRBUS A380
AIRBUS A400
Aavro Anson
 F35B Lightning II (Not arrived)
SCHOOLS BUILD A PLANE Rans S6_E6
TRESCAL Starduster
AV8B Harrier
 Diamond Aircraft/Airbus Group/ Siemens E-Star 2
ALENIA M346
F/A18 E/F Super Hornet
Red Arrows <-------
ECLIPSE JET EA500
EUROFIGHTER Typhoon FGR4
SUPERMARINE Spitfire
BOEING P-8A Poseidon
BOEING 787-9
AVRO Vulcan