Farnborough International 2018 - Ticket Prices

[Warmtoast]

Brochure for Farnborough International 2018 fell out of my favourite aviation magazine. If visiting be prepared to dig deep for tickets - £50 if bought on the day!
(Also posted on Spectators Balcony Forum).
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[c52]

Cheaper than the London theatre or aiui a football match, and lasts longer. Good value, I suppose, but I won't be going.

[WilliumMate]

It gets cheaper if you book Sat & Sun. £64 for two days entertainment.

Putting it into perspective, as a long suffering Birmingham City supporter (through thin and thinner) a match ticket, couple of pints, programme and pie, post match tot and tissues for the inevitable disappointment costs more than the above.

Bargain.

[Herod]

Not too bad really. Cosford next week is £29, and there will be more to see at Farnborough

[Rosevidney1]

To make group bookings of more than 10 people you are required to phone. That's at the bargain price of 7 pence per minute! Aren't they all heart? Add the cost of travel and for many it is simply too expensive.

[chevvron]

It gets cheaper if you book Sat & Sun. £64 for two days entertainment.

Putting it into perspective, as a long suffering Birmingham City supporter (through thin and thinner) a match ticket, couple of pints, programme and pie, post match tot and tissues for the inevitable disappointment costs more than the above.

Bargain.
I paid £42 for ticket for Chelsea v Fulham and saw Drogba get sent off; he got his first 'yellow' right in front of me having dived and appealed to the ref, the ref turned to him and gave him a yellow; he got another for a foul later on
Well worth £42 even if Fulham did losehttps://www.pprune.org/images/icons/46.gif.

[Heathrow Harry]

been years since it there was a decent flying display - its principally a trade show these days

and it's still a bugger to get to and even worse to get out of

[chevvron]

been years since it there was a decent flying display - its principally a trade show these days

and it's still a bugger to get to and even worse to get out of
Not if you worked there so you know the rat runs.https://www.pprune.org/images/icons/46.gif

[Heathrow Harry]

Not if you worked there so you know the rat runs.https://www.pprune.org/images/icons/46.gif

driving the back streets of farnbro & Aldershot - you're a brave man sir!!!

[Wander00]

Aah the heady days of the 80s where any lame argument would get you a ticket through the Service. Amazing how a non public funds specialist could come up with a reason for being there!

[Old Photo.Fanatic]

1954. 13 year old OPF. Public Saturday. (Last week-end of sound barrier tests.)
All in Private coach trip from Bath, including entrance Fee, 5 shillings.
Plus most memorable ever Airshow, 5 aircraft breaking the sound Barrier.... Swift, Hunter, DH 110, Javelin, Supermarine 525 .
Plus all the other heavy stuff, including the black Pathfinder Valiant B2.
That takes some beating, a real vintage Farnborough Display .

OPF

[BEagle]

Even in the late '80s one could drive to IAM, park at the OM and go in for a coffee and a natter. Then stroll down to the side gate and walk to the pavilions and static display. Then back up the hill to the Officers' Enclosure for tea and stickies whilst watching the displays - all very civilised.

Watching the Mirage 4000 turning itself inside out one year, our grumpy Air Engineer mumbled "I'm glad they don't have Air Engineers on those things" - to which I replied that I was sure the Mirage pilot would agree!

I've been to a few trade days since, but the number of people in the pavilions has dwindled hugely. Quite difficult these days to get in to a chalet, but I do recall being fed G&T by Flight Refuelling thanks to Sir Michael reminiscing about the 'Wondrous piss-up' at the Randolph Hotel which his firm had given to 101 Sqn. That set me up to bluster my way onto the 'FLA' mock-up for an interesting session, until I was asked to leave because Hessletine was about to show up.

But the last time I went to Fanborough as a guest, the weather was so bad that we were all advised to take the train/bus as the car parks were a sea of mud. Which I did, but on my way back from the real A400M to the bus stop the heavens opened - and there were NO shelters at the bus stop. My fellow drowned rats and I were still dripping water when we reached Reading. As for the displays, really not that much to see. Whereas previously the A400M and A380 were certainly worth the trip.

The layout of the crowd line isn't very clever; even if you can get close there'll be snappers with a plethora of expensive cameras ruining any view.

My best trip to Farnborough was in 1966 thanks to the Fleet Air Arm - in the coal hole of a Sea Vixen. But the worst was leaving the show, only to hear a few minutes later that Air France had just had their Concorde accident....

[Heathrow Harry]

best ever 1973 - Lady H managed to call in a few favours she was owned by Britten-Norman and her, me and my mate had a Trade Day in their Chalet - quaffing champagne sitting between the Brazilian Air Attache and someone from the US Embassy who was rather unspecific about his day job..................

[chevvron]

Even in the late '80s one could drive to IAM, park at the OM and go in for a coffee and a natter. Then stroll down to the side gate and walk to the pavilions and static display. Then back up the hill to the Officers' Enclosure for tea and stickies whilst watching the displays - all very civilised.

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That was tightened up on in the '80s. When I joined the mess, (suddenly gaining loads of 'friends' who hadn't contacted me in years!) an Officer's Mess ticket would only get you into the OM enclosure via the gate directly off the A325 and there were 'guards' at every airfield side exit to check if you had a ticket to roam the exnibition area.

[Pontius Navigator]

Only been once, didn't land though (well 3 times that year) :)

[brakedwell]

Last time I went to the Farnborough Air Show was in 1962, when a good friend from my Bahrain/Aden days was on the ETPS course. We spent all afternoon drinking beer in the ETPS Officers Mess bar, but the soundtrack was good !

[Innominate]

I worked in the RAE Main Library; Q4 building had a good view, almost aligned with the display line. I started on the Monday of practice week for the 1982 display, and saw a chap sitting reading the paper, wearing ear defenders!

[Treble one]

Flying display is somewhat limited now due to the locality I believe? The Reds wont even display there now due to this and the post Shoreham World we now live in?.

[Heathrow Harry]

Only partly - the flying display has been in decline for years -much smaller RAF, fewer USAF in country, identikit passenger jets that are sold by Excel spreadsheets rather than appearance, fewer new aircraft in development.............

[212man]

best ever 1973 - Lady H managed to call in a few favours she was owned by Britten-Norman and her, me and my mate had a Trade Day in their Chalet - quaffing champagne sitting between the Brazilian Air Attache and someone from the US Embassy who was rather unspecific about his day job..................
surely 1972 or 1974? 1973 was Paris (complete with Concordski accident).

[chevvron]

Only partly - the flying display has been in decline for years -much smaller RAF, fewer USAF in country, identikit passenger jets that are sold by Excel spreadsheets rather than appearance, fewer new aircraft in development.............
I designed the display for many years until 2004, after that, 'Farnborough International' employed someone else to do it.
My brief from SBAC was don't display similar types one after the other; spread them out; make sure it doesn't finish on a 'damp squib. They preferred the Reds NOT to finish the display as this would mean a 'mass' exit of spectators instead of a steady stream. What I did herefore was programme heavy - helicopter - fast jet, the helicopter being to cover a backtrack by the heavy ahead of it if necessary so as not to waste too much time between 'acts'.
The guy who took it over from 2006 had his own ideas, groupng fast jets together etc and making the timing almost as wide as RIAT.

[Heathrow Harry]

surely 1972 or 1974? 1973 was Paris (complete with Concordski accident).


probably 72 .... a long time ago .....

[Warmtoast]

BBC TV South had a piece today about preparations for Farnborough International 2018 and mentioned that although Red Arrows would be doing a fly past they wouldn't be performing aerobatics because of restrictions imposed after Shoreham incident. Same as two-years ago ISTR.

WT

[Haraka]

As a schoolboy I got to most Farnboroughs between 61 and 68. I had my most memorable displays in 70 & 72 , living in and getting airborne coordinating the press taking the air -to-air photography from Southern Squadron's Hastings. In later years in industry during the 80's I worked on company stands. Whilst still enjoyable it was increasingly apparent that the aircraft displays were actually seen by many as an impediment to the business aspect. Having emigrated I only later worked Paris in industry on occasion ,finishing in '05. All pretty soulless in the end.

[Percy Cute]

Sixty, yes sixty, years ago this September.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_record_loop

https://youtu.be/Uwn9DSG6Hvo

One wonders whether there are currently 22 RAF pilots qualified on the same type to even dream of a similar attempt.

[Tankertrashnav]

Not Farnborough, but my best airshow has to be Biggin, around 1994. A civilian chum with me had never seen a Vulcan and when 558 did its display he was totally gobsmacked. I had recently joined the Aircrew Association and that got me into their enclosure. I was greeted by a venerable member who said he was glad to see some youngsters among the new members.

I was 47 at the time!