FAO Farnborough Spotters
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Trevatanus said:
Eric Mc said:
And has a well respected hospital only two miles from the airfield - Frimley Park.
Not sure that is relevant Eric, ALL hospitals are under pressure currently, including FPH.Farnborough is also local to British Army and RAF medical facilities and personnel.
Building a hospital more or less from scratch on the Farnborough exhibition site would seem a lot more effort than converting, say, the nearby Aviator and Village hotels. The latter have rooms with power, water, internet wiring & air conditioning, so much of the work is already done.
GliderRider said:
Building a hospital more or less from scratch on the Farnborough exhibition site would seem a lot more effort than converting, say, the nearby Aviator and Village hotels. The latter have rooms with power, water, internet wiring & air conditioning, so much of the work is already done.
True, but lets not forget, at least some of the build for the airshow would have been started, so a lot of the work is done, plus security and proximity to a major airfield would have been plus points too.GliderRider said:
Building a hospital more or less from scratch on the Farnborough exhibition site would seem a lot more effort than converting, say, the nearby Aviator and Village hotels. The latter have rooms with power, water, internet wiring & air conditioning, so much of the work is already done.
That would be a bloody nightmare. The existing structures would need knocking about for all sorts of things. For a start the oxygen pipework. Then lifts with space for a bed and staff, and on it would go.Much easier to start with a large blank flat space and build in some temporary structures.
Munter said:
GliderRider said:
Building a hospital more or less from scratch on the Farnborough exhibition site would seem a lot more effort than converting, say, the nearby Aviator and Village hotels. The latter have rooms with power, water, internet wiring & air conditioning, so much of the work is already done.
That would be a bloody nightmare. The existing structures would need knocking about for all sorts of things. For a start the oxygen pipework. Then lifts with space for a bed and staff, and on it would go.Much easier to start with a large blank flat space and build in some temporary structures.
couzens said:
Not sure on the reason for go around, definitely didn't have its gear down when it went over the hangars though, just presumed it was doing a fly past at the time.
Made for some cool spectating though. The things a brute on the ground.
First approach looked to be a little unstable, guess he just thought he could do better, so did.Made for some cool spectating though. The things a brute on the ground.
Gear definitely down on both attempts.
Trevatanus said:
couzens said:
Not sure on the reason for go around, definitely didn't have its gear down when it went over the hangars though, just presumed it was doing a fly past at the time.
Made for some cool spectating though. The things a brute on the ground.
First approach looked to be a little unstable, guess he just thought he could do better, so did.Made for some cool spectating though. The things a brute on the ground.
Gear definitely down on both attempts.
Ronstein said:
Trevatanus said:
Morning all,
I am told that Farnborough is getting a couple of V22 Ospreys from the USS IWO Jima today 1245 / 1330 and 1730 / 1800
Typical, I'm in Farnborough tomorrow and Wednesday I am told that Farnborough is getting a couple of V22 Ospreys from the USS IWO Jima today 1245 / 1330 and 1730 / 1800
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