Waddington Airshow
 

Just had a look at the display programme for next week on the Airshow website.

Strikes me as thin in the extreme!! No large aircraft, no Harrier, very little NATO involvement..

RAF role demo......departures and recoveries...take offs and landings! Hardly counts as a display!

When the forces are stretched it is understandable that air displays take the back burner, however, it does generate a lot of PR and goodwill.

http://www.waddingtonairshow.co.uk/displaysQ.asp

Not bad at all, given that there's a war or two on at the moment.....

Shady. What are you on? The line up looks awesome...I'm sure the public will love the show and enjoy the Role Demo (which has had rave reviews this year).

It should be a good show- weather permitting! Just watch for the hawks out-turning the Tonkas in the Role Demo dogfight... :ok:

SB

No large aircraft... E-3D and B-52? How large do you want?!

And the Pat Ags are at Waddo and not RIAT this year. Given that the Casa isn't exactly blessed with tons of power I think they are one of the best teams I've seen.:ok:

What more do you want?
 

Even the chance that the mighty Vulcan could fly + all the other demos think that even if the RAF wasn't so streched the only thing missing is the Harrier....probably prepping ready for an appearance on ITV1 :rolleyes:

No Hercs flying?

Maybe Herc on the role demo? You know the scenario, Tonkas get everyones heads down, Albert TALO's, couple of WMIK's full of Rocks armed to the teeth + smoke out of the back, Herc reverses, Rocks back on board and a quick lurk over the far hedge. Oh, and try not to set fire to half the airfield either .....:eek::}

Compared to Cosford, the first official RAF show of the season and the only event of it's kind in the Midlands, Waddington has a stunning line-up.

RAF support at Cosford was very strong but very little thought seems to go in to the event other than that, certainly not in terms of improving the experience and freshening the event up year on year.

Hope the weather holds and the Vulcan makes it for everyone attending Waddo this weekend........

Not this year

From the Waddington website:

This year's show will contain a new updated and exciting Role Demonstration highlighting the RAF's devastating fire power. The 45 minute demonstrations will include Tornado GR4, F3, Hawk, Chinook, Apache and E3-D aircraft and will be supplemented by a fascinating recreation of a desert deployed operating base situated between 3 & 4 Hangars. Come along and see how the battle is planned and controlled and view the miriad of units that are required to put such an operation together.

If only the weather forecast supported the idea of a "desert deployed operating base" then we would be happy. As it is, the BBC 5 day guess reckons that it will be heavy rain again with a 13 knot easterly at 15 degrees! Not what I remember the desert to be....

Wellies On Again.

The role demo is part of the new media and comms strategy rolled out so successfully last year at Abindgon and Kinross.










Or did I miss something? :}

If you are looking at an airshow which is thin on the ground regarding aviation then take a look at Yeoviltons..... An embarrassment

Visitors : RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2008 : RNAS Yeovilton : Naval Bases & Air Stations : Establishments : Operations and Support : Royal Navy

Rain, Rain, Rain and some more rain:(

I wonder if the organisers have implemented any changes to avoid a repeat of last years fiasco.

Looking at weather.com Sunday is forecast to be even worse.

Hard to believe it's a civilian aircraft now.

Look, I've got the message - it's going to p*ss down all Saturday and they'll cancel the flying display so I miss it two years in a row and you lot are going on Sunday when the sun will shine and all will be well.

Now can we discuss how poor it'll be when compared with the Battle of Britain Days in the 50s and 60s? I remember when Middleton St George was a Lightning OCU and...

Don't be such girls:

If it rains, go to the beer tent.
If it's sunny, go to the beer tent.
If your wife is going shopping in Lincoln, go to the beer tent.

Are you getting the message now?

See you all there, in the 44(Rhodesia) Sqn Assoc beer tent.

3P:ok:

.... er, well, .... you been to Kabul in January?

I have to say I've been really impressed by the Airshow FM radio station that has sprung up over the past couple of days (or at least thats when I noticed the banner and tuned it in).

Now Lincolnshire isn't blessed with the best in local radio to start with but these people who I think are sitting in the old ATC tower are giving Linc's FM a run for their money.

Goodness knows how much it costs to pay royalties for all the songs they play, the gear and the license to transmit but all in all, and I don't say this very often, well done!

if we all say pretty please will the greeks put one of their phantoms up?
j79s in full reheat, now THATS entertainment:ok:

Regards to all of my era in the 44(Rhodesia) beer tent Three Putt. Currently looking at 700m vis in thck dust and nearly 40C. Maybe in a couple of years...
Ray

Still wearing those 'Zimbabwe Air Legion' tee shirts, eh Ray?

It's still going to rain!:eek:

Any news on the Vulcan - is it actually going to be flying at Waddo this year?? Rumours are that it won't be.....

Mr fish wrote,

The latest is that the Greeks F-4s are not attending the airshow.

TJ

BBC Central News had an interview with the Head of Engineering who reckoned that 558 would be going on static.

if we all say pretty please will the greeks put one of their phantoms up? j79s in full reheat, now THATS entertainment

Last time I saw the Greek F4 at RIAT, you could smell the AVGAS 100 yards away, there were trays underneath to catch the leaks, and all the other aircraft were parked a respectable distance away

Not surprising if they'd filled it with 'AVGAS'....:rolleyes:

if you think your hard done by re: airshow particpation in the uk check out this line up from the second largest airshow in NZ this year and check out this :rolleyes:massive array of military hardware that performed at the RNZAF OHAKEA Open day 2008.

Details of OHAKEA Open Day

Gates open 9am - 3pm
Admission is $10 family, $5 adult and $2 child over 5 year
Cancellations of the Open Day will be aired on Classic Hits 97.82ZAFM.
Programme of events:

0900 hrs Gates open to the public. Base Band Performing.
1000 hrs Static Displays open - Deployed themes. Air Force Trades displays, Air Force Aircraft.
1030 hrs Flying display commences.
1140 hrs Ground displays, including Ohakea Maori Cultural Group.
1455 hrs Flying Display ends.
1500 hrs Open Day ends.
1700 hrs Gates closed to the public.
Military aircraft on display:

• C-130 Hercules
• P-3K Orion
• F-111
• CT-4E Air trainers
• UH-1H Iroquois
• Red Checkers aerobatic team
• Kiwi Blue parachute team.

Civilian aircraft on display:

• P-40 (x2)
• Corsair
• Trojan Thunder
• Mustang WWI (Avro 504 and Pfalz)
• MX-2
• Roaring 40s Harvards
• Yakrobats
• Hughes 500
• Pitts Special
• DC-3.

Representatives from the Manawatu Microlight Club and Wanganui – Manawatu Gliding Club.
N.B. There will be no C-17 or Spitfire as previously advertised.

RNZAF - Ohakea Open Day 2008

Airshow FM
 

Vim
When I was at Waddo a few years back, Airshow FM was run and equipped by Lincs FM (or may have been BBC Lincolnshire), so any royalties were paid for that way. They saved money by using volunteer DJs (a guy from the Waddo Kart club was one)
That way, you have broadcasters who at least have some knowledge of what's going on rather than the usual coverage of all things military.

:uhoh: Think it will have to be Duxford next week then. The weather sounds b awful for this weekend. Somebody get Brown to sort it out please.....:\
Mrs GA and the half pints won't want to get drenched again....poo

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Guess who turned up today?

What a great sight.

And for those of us who don't like living that close to the Equator, she'll hopefully be at Leuchars on 13 September too.