Airshows

[FOZ_1983]

Originally Posted by Gilly

As it's summer and the season for airshows I thought I'd post a thread whereby you can post details of upcoming airshows.

Don't know if anyone is up my neck of the woods this weekend but it's the 10th Windermere Airshow.

http://www.windermereairshow.co.uk/

Highlights include the Red Arrows, BoB memorial flight, aerostar yak team and breitling wing walkers.

It's great for photography as the fells and lakes provide a fantastic backdrop.....when it ain't raining!!!

Edit: just found the following links to highlights of last years show presented by my mate Kim!

http://www.lakestv.net/lakestv-loadp...type=highwinds

http://www.lakestv.net/lakestv-loadp...type=highwinds

Im up North, but wont be going to Windemere...... i will see them anyway im just down the road from you at Blackpool, so we'll have the luxury of the coming here to refuel etc.

You'll be getting the Spitfire, Hurricane, Dakota from the BBMF this year over the weekend of the 24th/25th july.

8th August we've got the BBMF (Lancaster/Spitfire/Hurricane) Red Arrows and others i cant think of from memory here at Blackpool performing on the sea front. Makes for some good viewing!!

Checking the BBMF's display chart... we wont see them here in Blackpool when they do your display because the same three aircraft are performing in Sunderland on the 25th after displaying at Windemere....so they will be refueling and overnight stay at Carlisle more than likely.

[FOZ_1983]

And if you get to see the Vulcan Bomber...... wow!!! That thing is incredible!! Loud is an understatement.

[flynlion]

Who doesn't love an airshow? Great idea for a thread

The big fly in at Oshkosh is just days away!

http://www.airventure.org/

[The_Goalie_94]

CF-18 crashed in an Alberta Airshow yesturday, it stalled doing a low speed pass.

[winny]

Originally Posted by The_Goalie_94

CF-18 crashed in an Alberta Airshow yesturday, it stalled doing a low speed pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1i3...yer_embedded#!

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by The_Goalie_94

CF-18 crashed in an Alberta Airshow yesturday, it stalled doing a low speed pass.

Yeah, that was insane. I saw that on the news, and then though of why the pilot was doing that anyway? FA-18s are known to have the wing dip left or right, when doing slow passes like that (or just a slow pass in general). Or at least, from the C-E versions they are. I can't remember why off hand, but it's something they're not good at. One of their aerodynamic flaws or something?

[bobbysocks]

i think he just stalled, and of course being that close to the ground couldnt dump the nose to gain enough air speed before he'd hit the ground so bailed.

[FOZ_1983]

It was part of the display routine though, was just a practise run wasnt it?

Point being, the pilot had done this move many times before and had logged up a huge amount of flying hours in this particular aircraft. Right now all anyone can do really is speculate until the crash is looked into some more.

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

And if you get to see the Vulcan Bomber...... wow!!! That thing is incredible!! Loud is an understatement.

Not this year but last year my mate was on the lake when this happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZJL0...=youtube_gdata

[Jim di Griz]

Being unable to attend any airshows this year due to work, it was a pleasure to see a P-51 quite casually flying over Falmouth town this morning. Since then, he's done another fly-by...can't mistake that sound, can you?

Probably in the area for the RNAS Culdrose airshow, so I'll keep an eye out for more.