Farnborough 2014 - Anyone on here going?

[onyx39]

Apparently there will a Spanish AV8-B and the F35 is confirmed for both Farnborough AND RIAT



Also a preview

http://youtu.be/hAldElsnHWA

Edited by onyx39 on Sunday 20th April 23:39

[onyx39]

Royal Air Force
• Red Arrows - BAE Systems Hawk T1 x 9 (F)
• Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)
• Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 (F) 29(R) Sqn
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Avro Lancaster B1 (F)
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Douglas Dakota III (F)
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Supermarine Spitfire (F)
• Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Hawker Hurricane IIc (F)
United States Marine Corps
• Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F)
Spanish Navy
• McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II (F)
ATR
• ATR 72-600 (S)
Airbus Military
• Airbus A400M (F)
• Airbus CN295 (S)
Airbus
• Airbus A380 (S) Qatar Airways
• Airbus A350 (F) Qatar Airways
• Airbus A320 (S) Qatar Airways
Bell Helicopter
• Bell 429EMS (S)
• Bell 407 (S)
Boeing
• Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet (F/S)
• Boeing 787 Dreamliner (S) Qatar Airways
Dassault Aviation
• Dassault Falcon 2000LX (S)
• Dassault Falcon 7X (S)
Diamond Aircraft
• Diamond DA42MPP GUARDIAN (S)
• Diamond DA42MPP GEOSTAR (S)
Diamond Aircraft
• Diamond DA42 Twinstar x 3 (S)
• Cessna 421 Golden Eagle (S)
Embraer
• Embraer ERJ-145 (S)
• Embraer E-190 (S)
Finmeccanica
• Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartan (S)
• Alenia Aermacchi M346 Master (S)
• NH Industries NH90 (S)
• AgustaWestland AW101 (S)
• AgustaWestland AW139M (S)
• AgustaWestland AW159 (S)
• AgustaWestland AW109 Grande New (S)
Gulfstream
• Gulfstream G280 (S)
• Gulfstream G650 (S)
Hawker Beechcraft
• Hawker Beechcraft AT-6C Texan II (S)
• Hawker Beechcraft T-6C Texan II (S)
• Beechcraft King Air 350 (S)
Marshalls Aerospace
• Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules (S)
Omega
• McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 (S)
Piaggio Aero Systems
• Piaggio P180 Avanti x 2 (S)
Pilatus
• Pilatus PC-21 (S)
• Pilatus PC-12 (S)
SAAB
• SAAB 340MPA (S)
• SAAB JAS39 Gripen (S)
Sukhoi
• Sukhoi Su-35 (TBC)
• Sukhoi Superjet 100 (TBC)
Textron
• Textron AirLand Scorpion (S)
Turkish Aerospace Industries
• TAI T129 ATAK (F/S)
• TAI Hürkuº (F/S)
• TAI ANKA (S)
Classic Jets and Cold War Era Types
• North American F-86A Sabre (F) Golden Apple
• Avro Vulcan B2 (F/S) VttS
Warbirds and Historics
• Douglas DC-3/C-47A Skytrain (F)
• Sopwith Triplane - Great War Display Team (F)
• Fokker Dr1 Triplane x 2- Great War Display Team (F)
• RAF BE2c - Great War Display Team (F)
• RAF SE5a x 3 - Great War Display Team (F)
• Junkers CL1 x 2- Great War Display Team (F)
• De Havilland DH60 Cirrus Moth (S) Shuttleworth Collection
• Blackburn B2 (S) BAE Systems/Shuttleworth Collection
• RAF SE5a (S) BAE Systems/Shuttleworth Collection
• Bleriot XI (S) Shuttleworth Collection
• Sopwith Camel (S)
• Wright Flyer (S)
Civilian
• Extra 300SC (F) Mark Jefferies
• Aerostars - Yakovlev Yak-50 x 6 (F)
• Breitling Wingwalkers - Boeing Stearman x 2/4 (F)
• Stolp Starduster Too (F)
• Lockheed Super Constellation (S) Breitling
• Edgeley Optica (S)
• FLS Sprint 160 (S)
• Britten Norman Islander x 3 (S)
• Cessna F406 (S) Caladonian Airborne Systems
• Eclipse EA500 (S)
• Cessna C208 Caravan (S)
• De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter (S) Viking Air

[y2blade]

"Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)"

I hope so

[NormalWisdom]

y2blade said:

"Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)"

I hope so

I saw confirmation of this earlier in the week on some MoD website, will try to look up the link. Airforce/Navy currently have 3 doing trials in the US and there will be one coming over to do both Fairford and Farnborough

Edited to add

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/f-35-lightning-...

[onyx39]

y2blade said:

"Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)"

I hope so

I have a feeling we will see some sort of display with the Harrier and the F35 together..

[AshVX220]

onyx39 said:

y2blade said:

"Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)"

I hope so

I have a feeling we will see some sort of display with the Harrier and the F35 together..

I think I need to try and get to RIAT this year then. Having spent time on the F-35 project, it would be rude not to.

[y2blade]

NormalWisdom said:

y2blade said:

"Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting II (F) (TBC)"

I hope so

I saw confirmation of this earlier in the week on some MoD website, will try to look up the link. Airforce/Navy currently have 3 doing trials in the US and there will be one coming over to do both Fairford and Farnborough

Edited to add

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/f-35-lightning-...

Fantastic news. I can't wait to see it in the flesh.

[onyx39]

Im told that it's PR day this Wednesday, sometime between 11-1, there will be a display of a Spitfire, a Dakota, and this http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/GreatWarDisplayTeam....

[couzens]

onyx39 said:

Im told that it's PR day this Wednesday, sometime between 11-1, there will be a display of a Spitfire, a Dakota, and this http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/GreatWarDisplayTeam....

Yep, I can confirm that's happening!

[onyx39]

couzens said:

onyx39 said:

Im told that it's PR day this Wednesday, sometime between 11-1, there will be a display of a Spitfire, a Dakota, and this http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/GreatWarDisplayTeam....

Yep, I can confirm that's happening!

Anything more precise on timings?

[grumpy52]

Best take the camera bag in the truck in the morning , first job is a delivery to Farnborough .

[onyx39]

grumpy52 said:

Best take the camera bag in the truck in the morning , first job is a delivery to Farnborough .

How many drops a day do you do!

[Eric Mc]

onyx39 said:

Anything more precise on timings?

Nothing on the official air show website.

[onyx39]

Eric Mc said:

onyx39 said:

Anything more precise on timings?

Nothing on the official air show website.

Not open to the public, so I am not surprised by this.

[Eric Mc]

I thought they might have put something on the Media Section.

[couzens]

onyx39 said:

Anything more precise on timings?

I was told around 1 ish. But don't hold me to this! We just normally get a 5 minute warning from the tower if anything special is doing a fly by. We've had two spits within the last month.

[onyx39]

couzens said:

onyx39 said:

Anything more precise on timings?

I was told around 1 ish. But don't hold me to this! We just normally get a 5 minute warning from the tower if anything special is doing a fly by. We've had two spits within the last month.

Are these ever publiced? Twitter / Facebook etc?

[Eric Mc]

Found this on the Farnborough Spotters' Forum -

H1410/14: Air display will take place

Q) EGTT/QWALW/IV/M/AW/000/025/5117N00047W002
AIR DISPLAYS BY CIVIL ACFT WI 2NM RADIUS 511637N 0004632W
(FARNBOROUGH, HAMPSHIRE). TRANSIT AIRCRAFT ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK A
SERVICE FROM FARNBOROUGH LOWER AIRSPACE RADAR SERVICE WEST ON
125.250MHZ. OPS CTC 07540 439058. 14-05-0249/AS4
LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 2,500 Feet AMSL
FROM: 14 May 2014 10:00 GMT (11:00 BST)
TO: 14 May 2014 12:00 GMT (13:00 BST)

So, could be already happening. Not heard anything to be honest.

[Civpilot]

Eric Mc said:

Found this on the Farnborough Spotters' Forum -

H1410/14: Air display will take place

Q) EGTT/QWALW/IV/M/AW/000/025/5117N00047W002
AIR DISPLAYS BY CIVIL ACFT WI 2NM RADIUS 511637N 0004632W
(FARNBOROUGH, HAMPSHIRE). TRANSIT AIRCRAFT ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK A
SERVICE FROM FARNBOROUGH LOWER AIRSPACE RADAR SERVICE WEST ON
125.250MHZ. OPS CTC 07540 439058. 14-05-0249/AS4
LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 2,500 Feet AMSL
FROM: 14 May 2014 10:00 GMT (11:00 BST)
TO: 14 May 2014 12:00 GMT (13:00 BST)

So, could be already happening. Not heard anything to be honest.

DC3 in D-Day colours has completed a very cool validation flight from about 11.20 (lots of swooping turns and a VERY low level passes down the runway). He has now landed and taxied over near to the south end of the Airfield. He was followed a short while ago by the World War One flight (5 aircraft, various configuations). That Flight have now left the airspace and headed North, Northwest.

It's great having an office with a complete view of the airfield

[Civpilot]

Not seen the Spit yet though?