Farnborough Airshow

[V1 Rotate]

Saw an SAA 747 land at EGLF today presumably to partake in the Airshow next week.
The plane looked fabulous; it certainly put the re-cycled Renault (A340) to shame!
I will follow it's progress and report further
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[Stassiebal]

Man oh man....

How much would I love to see that. I have seen what the SAA pilots can do with a 747 at airshows and it is pretty spectacular. But noooo guess who has to sit groundschool next week. A whole week of Farnborough and I am going to miss it all sitting in a classroom in Cheddar (Bristol GS) listening to Baz explaining how to use the wizz wheel!

D

[Gainesy]

Anybody know who the Bokkie 747 display pilots are? Was wonderring if its Dennis Spence?

[Fluffy flyer]

Gainesy

To put you out of your misery it was the 1 and only commander Lavine .......... surely you're not surprised.

Anyway my family was at the airshow and the display was great they said.

I was working myself so missed it also.

Regards FF

[beechbum]

Wait a minute, Commander Levin........... is on the A340 (or so I thought). Just check you have the right commander Fluffy!!!!!!

[lonkmu]

On Saturday it was a Captain Mc Alpine flying the display. Scully Levine did the commentary

[GMC]

Display pilot for each flight was Grant McAlpine. Brian Cartwright flew in the RH seat.

[Gainesy]

Thanks folks; there are some Fbro pics in the history forum BTW.

[Gauteng Pilot]

Here is a pic of ZS-SAK landing at Farnborough before the show

ZS-SAK Landing (http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=620965&WxsIERv=Qm9laW5nIDc0Ny00NDQ%3D&WdsYXMg=U291dGggQWZyaWNhbiBBaXJ3YXlz&QtODMg=RmFybmJvcm91Z2ggKEZBQiAvIEVHTEYp&ERDLTkt=VUsgLSBFbmdsYW5k&ktODMp=SnVseSAxNCwgMjAwNA%3D%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=UGF1bCBEb3Bzb24gLSBBaXJUZWFtSW1hZ2Vz&xsIERvdWdsY=WlMtU0FL&MgTUQtODMgKE=U21hbGwgcGllY2Ugb2YgaGlzdG9yeSBpbiB0aGUgbWFraW5 nIGFzIFNwcmluZ2JvayA0NzAxIGJlY29tZXMgdGhlIGZpcnN0IDc0NyB0byB sYW5kIGF0IEZhcm5ib3JvdWdoLg%3D%3D&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MjY4MA%3D%3D&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwNC0wNy0xNQ%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=Mjg0NjgvMTE2Mg%3D%3D&static=yes&size=M)

[Gimbal]

:D What a beautiful, beautiful, baby !!

Apparently the display pilots coudn't really put on the show they would have loved to, because of the strict restrictions imposed on all the display aircraft from ATC. Obviously due to safety considerations.

Its really great to know though that out of all the airlines in the world, Rolls Royce invited SAA to do the display for their centenary celebrations.

[unablereqnavperf]

Ya the boere certainly showed how a 47 should be handled it was the only great display during an otherwise lousy airshow!

As has been mentioned in previous posts the displays were so sterile that the entrance fee was a rip off!

I for one will certainly not be paying to go to farnborough again dispite only living a few miles away I'd rather travel to Durb's and see a real airshow flown by real display pilots!

Long live Scully and the boy wonder Spence!

[BAe 146-100]

Those SAA guys put on a fantastic display!

http://www.airliners.net/photos/small/3/8/7/626783.jpg

http://www.airliners.net/photos/small/9/8/3/627389.jpg

http://www.airliners.net/photos/small/6/6/3/628366.jpg

BAe 146 :ok:

[V1 Rotate]

Love the pics 146,
where can we get some hi-res copies?
V1

[Milt]

The Landing

It's only perfect when the main wheel trucks rotate slowly in unison !!! Score is 9.9/10.

[Fluffy flyer]

Sorry gent for leading you all astray with my information regarding who was flying the 74 ………

As I was not there and it was my family reporting back they must have misheard.

FF

[Drop and Stop]

ZS-SAK (http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=ZS-SAK&distinct_entry=true)

[dickyd737]

wonder if Rolls Royce paid for the display?
Anyone know?