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Any else going? I know a short cut to avoid the queues.

You flying in?

Nah, walking across the fields from Kempsford.

Gonna go watch it from Blunsdon tomorrow. Get the beers and the doobs on the go, should be a good day!

I'm supposed to be going tomorrow. Can you take beer in?

Used to go to this every year when i was younger, and watch it in my uncles garden who lives in Fairford. It was a good 10 years ago and i cant even remember it, is it any good?



Edit; Tell i lie, think it might have been red arrows i went to see  :hmmm:

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 Showcase for the global arms trade....good family day out, as long as you don't think about the consequences.

 

Never really been that interested in it. I guess if you can take beer in it's a good day out though.

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A lovely pint.

don't think the spitfires or vulcan is selling too well.

The Red Arrows' new Hellfires look pretty mean too.

I'm working there this year. Saw some of the aircraft flying this morning and it's amazing what those planes/pilots can do. Just try not to think how much it is costing us and what we are using it for.

We have an airshow in Bournemouth in August. It's great as I can see all the action from the garden.
The Red Arrows are absolutely awesome, but my favourites have to be the Battle of Britain flypast, Spitfire, Lancaster and Hurricane, god the sound of those engines gives me goosebumps and if I'm honest bring a tear to my eye. Incredible

used to go to my uncles in lechlade for a BBQ every year, everything flew right over his place.
dunno why he's not got one this year

the best plane related thing i saw was an unexpected display by the red arrows at barry island.went there for the day, and it turned out to be the day they were there.they were superb.

Living where I do, we get an air show almost every day.....we have a bombing range just outside the town!  But it does mean that 'in recompense' the Red Arrows come up every year for our Annual Gala and try out their latest routines.

That's pretty cool, though, having the Red Arrows turn up for the village fete!

I went once when I was about 8 or so and remember it being horribly hot and my Mum refusing to keep buying me drinks. I also remember being very, very bored. Apart from when looking at the planes while grounded rather than watching the displays. Saying that, I do remember being shaken to the bone by the noise from a Vulcan flying about 50 ft from the ground, which was quite cool. :)

We always used to go when I was younger.  Shame they have stuck a ridiculous price tag on it mind.  Not sure how families are supposed to be able to afford to take their kids out nowadays!

Can't remember ever going as a kid, never really interested me and at £37.50 a ticket, fuck that.

I've been about 3 or 4 times but have never paid....complimentary tickets won etc.
Saw the stealth bomber take off; the B1 bomber was very loud  :eek:

It's always been expensive though

Very true SI Pie. Used to work on the gate when you could pay cash and drive onto the air field. Saw a few people go white handing over best part of £80 notes for 4. And that was 1992.

We have the Farnborough Air Show starting here tomorrow.  This year we have all the regulars (incl Red Arrows, MIGs) as well as the new Boeing Dreamliner and the A400M (possible C130/Hercules replacement).  All of which will be performing three point turns over my back garden next weekend.  Huge BBQ planned.  Can't wait.

A400M was at Fairford too. £100 Million per plane!

Would like to see the Dreamliner , but it probably looks boring.  Saw the A380 at Farnborough the Fairford washout year and that was awesome and and massive, and they chucked it around a fair bit for such a big plane!

Billions of money wasted in my view........what do these planes actually do to warrant us spending vast amounts on them..........if some dodgy dictator in a far of land wants to nuke us what are they going to do to stop them..............zilch.
Thats not to say they dont look good.

A400M will replace all the old C-130K models over the next few years. J will be in service a while yet.....

Had to turn down my complimentary invite to Farnborough, too busy at work. Booooooooooo.........

Is that what I went to Australia on?

Did it look like this?

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Yes!!! How clever of you!! And it was Singapore airlines too! It's a beast of a plane but to be honest you don't feel any different when your on it anyway your not allowed upstairs cause that's the private suites

You mean you sat downstairs with the riff raff? Minger.

Yep! BUT I quite enjoyed it as quite alot of the time people ask me if anyone in my family is oriental (probably cause when I smile it makes my eyes go really small!) and the air steward kept speaking to me on Singapore language!

I felt like a real life ting tong! ( my nickname at work!)

"If wet, in the Village Hall"

I'd be surprised if you saw the stealth bomber...it wasnt at fairford. May have been the Raptor, but they're pretty different to look at.

Had to laugh at all the places charging a tenner to get in to watch it in a field a mile away. You can park in the car parks on the airfield, get out and watch from the perimeter for free. They charge to get in to get up close to the planes, see the stands etc.

I think the word you're looking for is Singaporean ;)

It was there, but you couldn't see it :)



Preempt: No not really Crispy, obviously.

Which doesn't exist of course, but I'm sure you were being ironic.

Quite. As the first language of Singapore is, of course, Singlish.

Are you liked at work?  :)

AirCalne.

Yes, I beleive they made an appearane on "That's Life" didn't they.

My dad was in the RAF stationed at Little Rissington and the Kemble with the sparrows. I think he was the aircraft equivelant of a painter and decorator. I have vague memories of the famailies open day and sitting in a Gnat (used by the Sparrows before the Hawk). Mum says all the wives had to leg it into the garden to take down the washing on practice days involving the smoke.