Thread: AirShow 2017

Yep, it is an awesome event and something you have to experience to understand fully. . I got SWMBO along yesterday for the first time and she loved it.

Numbers are waaay up this year - it's the busiest it has ever been. Will interesting to see final numbers but in previous years around 60,000 on Sat and 50,000 on Sun was about normal. Guestamates for yesterday are around 80,000. Today seems to be even busier if that's even possible. Will post official figures once I know but the organisers are VERY happy so far.

As for the parking - the proceeds from the car park all goes to local charities. The entire event is not for profit. Local Lions and Rotary clubs staff the car parks with their volunteers.

Agree getting back out is a PITA but not sure how else they can do it.

I'll dig up some pics and post them later.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Yep, it is an awesome event and something you have to experience to understand fully. . I got SWMBO along yesterday for the first time and she loved it.

Numbers are waaay up this year - it's the busiest it has ever been. Will interesting to see final numbers but in previous years around 60,000 on Sat and 50,000 on Sun was about normal. Guestamates for yesterday are around 80,000. Today seems to be even busier if that's even possible. Will post official figures once I know but the organisers are VERY happy so far.

As for the parking - the proceeds from the car park all goes to local charities. The entire event is not for profit. Local Lions and Rotary clubs staff the car parks with their volunteers.

Agree getting back out is a PITA but not sure how else they can do it.
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I'll dig up some pics and post them later.

G'Day Gav, I didn't know about the proceeds of parking, in which case all is good,...in fact it looks like a pretty good deal for the charities, so I've got no issues at all!
Martin

Wow!

That was the best one yet. Good to see the B1 Lancer made a return visit.
Some Awesome planes in the air and on the groung. When there, you really have to visit the tents. I walked into one wondering what it was all about. A friendly gentleman told me the story of a local lad, the subject of the stand, Mr Harry Hawker MBE AFC.
Harry George Hawker - Home
And I just love watching Connie fly.

Pics to come later, when I recover.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Wow!

That was the best one yet. Good to see the B1 Lancer made a return visit.
Some Awesome planes in the air and on the groung. When there, you really have to visit the tents. I walked into one wondering what it was all about. A friendly gentleman told me the story of a local lad, the subject of the stand, Mr Harry Hawker MBE AFC.
Harry George Hawker - Home
And I just love watching Connie fly.

Pics to come later, when I recover.

Yes, I'd heard about Connie, but never seen her in the flesh,...she is ageing well!
So much to see, Pickles.

Wish we could have gone to this,, but alas, someone has to work

G'day Gav and Pickles,

I responded to Pickles in another thread on V8 supercars, maybe you can swing it here Gav.

Sorry I missed you both ...yes it was fantastic and I've got the sunburnt red face to prove it.

Gav, I lost your info , which I'd left on here and my drive was waiting for me so had no time to search further. Are you BA systems?

Just got back here an hour ago and watched some departures this morning from avalon airport. Missed the B1-B....it was being tugged when I was boarding...bummer.

Dennis

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

G'day Gav and Pickles,

I responded to Pickles in another thread on V8 supercars, maybe you can swing it here Gav.

Sorry I missed you both ...yes it was fantastic and I've got the sunburnt red face to prove it.

Gav, I lost your info , which I'd left on here and my drive was waiting for me so had no time to search further. Are you BA systems?

Just got back here an hour ago and watched some departures this morning from avalon airport. Missed the B1-B....it was being tugged when I was boarding...bummer.

Dennis

Hi mate, all good. No, I'm with a big orange hire company that was doing all the generators and lighting around the place.

The B1 took off at 3.30pm (it sat on the tarmac for ages waiting for a bloody jetstart flight to land), closely followed by the Antenov. Got some pics I'll post later - I was right on the fence when they left - the B1 rattled my whole skeleton.

It was probably my jetstart holding things up.....

Magic flight back though...not a movement in the sky all the way...after those 2 flights I'm almost beginning to like jetstar....aLMOST....good thing its cheap.