Erk! Anyone going to Fairford this year?

[DR]

Anyone off to see more planes at Fairford?

[Neil Washbrook]

Dont think so this year. Interesting set of Aircraft including a B2 again

B-52,B1,F117,F15,U2,B2,F16, Apache, F18,Blackhawk,P3
Harrier, Hawk, Nimrod, E-3D Sentry, Canbera,Typhoon, Jaguar, Lancaster, Tornado, Spitfire. Wildcat, Avenger, Mustang, P47

No doubt plenty of C130 variants.

Tickets are not cheap £35 on the day. Do get there as early as you can as Traffic is a total and utter nightmare. It is also a very very big static display - last time I went it took a good hour and a bit to walk the static display.

Be prepared for one heck of a wait to get out of the carpark. Think my record delay is about 4 hours after some plonker parked his car in front of the exit from the section we were in.

[DR]

My house overlooks Fairford so I have no intention of going but I was going to take some pics of them flying over the place... will post if you guys want

[Skii]

My house overlooks Fairford so I have no intention of going but I was going to take some pics of them flying over the place... will post if you guys want

Gahhhhhhh

ask a silly question David

[DR]

Gahhhhhhh

ask a silly question David

Gets coat

[Dakaras]

Gets coat

Looking forward to them

[Stoo]

Hopefully you have a better zoom than I had

[Zak33]

David....up on the roof mate....sort it

look forward to it...

[[GSV]Trig]

So party round Daves then, Deck can cook

[Nick]

Silence.......hmm.....

[[GSV]Trig]

Well I dont see the problem with it, I dont have to cook and I dont have to clean up afterwards

[DR]

If anyone does want to go to Fairford they are welcome to come see me, or come round - whatever

I ain't doing the traffic thing though - I will put up with the view from here

[Neil Washbrook]

Well..... an ex boss of mine phoned earlier today and said "I have won tickets to Fairford, if you drive you can have a ticket" so guess where I am on sunday <very very big grin> I was told on Wednesday my vision was legal for driving again so time to celebrate

[DR]

Sweet Well you can give me a call if you want - PM me for my num

[yamangman]

I'm off there, Sunday nicer weather apparantly. Got me tickets. I'll be taking a digital camcorder so i'll probably post some vids when I get back but im warning you I don't have a tripod . (But ya better appreciate em cos its a 420 mile round trip )Cheekily, here is the full flying program for both days.

Saturday 17th July

1005-1100

Hunter F58
F/A-18C (Sw)
Patrouille Suisse + Fly-by

1100-1200

B-1B
B-52H
Jaguar GR3
G222TCM
Sea Harrier F/A2
B-1B Display/Land
B-52H Display/Land
Transall C-160D
MC-130H
2 x MH-53M
4 x RAF C-130K/J

1200-1230

Sukhoi Su-26M2
F-15C Eagle Solo
F-15C + P-51D (TFC)

1230-1355

Red Arrows
F-117A
Fouga Magister
Blacks Cats - Lynx HAS3 x 2
MB339CD
T-67M260 Firefly
TBM700
Tucano T1

1355-1505

Royal Jordanian Falcons
C-130J Hercules C5 Tac Demo
Piper PA28 - RJ Falcons (Paul Bowen Tribute)
Mirage 2000 solo
Tornado GR4
Mirage 2000 + Jaguar GR3A

1505-1600

B-2A Spirit
RNethAF F-16AM
Hawk T1
Midnight Hawks

1600-1710

Harrier GR7
Tornado F3
F/A-18F
Typhoon T1
Patrouille de France

1710-1805

Team Condor - K21 x 2
2 x C-47 Skytrain
Miles Messenger
L-4H Grasshopper
FM-2 Wildcat
TBM-3E Avenger
2 x Spitfire T9
Spitfire PR19
B-25J Mitchell
4 x P-51D Mustang
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight:-
Lancaster, C-47, Spitfire x 2

Sunday 18th July

1005-1055

RNethAF F-16AM
Tornado F3
B-1B
B-52H
Transall C-160D

1055-1200

Midnight Hawks
B-1B Land
B-52H Land
TBM700
Tucano T1
MC-130P
2 x MH-53M
2 x C-130J/K Hercules
Mirage 2000C
Mirage 2000C + Jaguar GR3A

1200-1350

Hunter F58A
F/A-18C (Sw)
Patrouille Suisse + Fly-by
G222TCM
T-67M-260 Firefly
Black Cats - Lynx HAS3 x 2
Fouga Magister
MB339CD
Sukhoi Su-26M2

1350-1500

Harrier GR7
Tornado GR4
Royal Jordanian Falcons
Jaguar GR3
PA28 + RJ Falcons (Paul Bowen Tribute)
B-2A Spirit

1500-1545

Typhoon T1
F-15C Eagle Solo
F-15C + P-51D (TFC)
F-117A

1545-1705

Hawk T1
Red Arrows
C-130J Hercules C5 Tac Demo
Belg F-16AM
F/A-18F
Sea Harrier F/A2

1710-1805

Team Condor - K21 x 2
2 x C-47 Skytrain
Miles Messenger
L-4H Grasshopper
FM-2 Wildcat
TBM-3E Avenger
2 x Spitfire T9
Spitfire PR19
B-25J Mitchell
4 x P-51D Mustang
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight:-
Lancaster, C-47, Spitfire x 2

Bit dissapointing really. The main theme is Fighter 04 and there are no SAAB, Sukhoi, Mikoyan & Dassault fighters (apart from the 2000). Pretty mediocre.

[Creature]

ill be going saturday

my dad works for british aerospace so we can get cheap tickets plus we
can go in the BA System hospitalty tent for free grub and other stuff