East Fortune Airshow 2018

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East Fortune Airshow 2018

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Just came across the date for this years show it is Saturday 28th July......lets hope for sunny skies this year and a stonker of a line up :biggrin:

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bolshi wrote:Just came across the date for this years show it is Saturday 28th July......lets hope for sunny skies this year and a stonker of a line up :biggrin:

Bolshi


It can only be better than last year. Unless we get snow...

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Hi guys ye just hope we do get good weather realy missed the show last year & hope we get a great line up

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Battle of Britain memorial flight.
LANCASTER
SPITFIRE
HURRICANE

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drumm78 wrote:Battle of Britain memorial flight.
LANCASTER
SPITFIRE
HURRICANE


No need to SHOUT ! :down:

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No probs Wee man.

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drumm78 wrote:No probs Wee man.


"Wee"? That's not what the wife says. :grin: :joystick:

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The question regarding the BBMF, is of course will they get north of Newcastle this year?

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Not sure when this was update onto their website but their current list is as follows...

RAF Red Arrows
RAF Eurofighter Typhoon
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight featuring the Avro Lancaster, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane
RAF Grob Tutor
Chinook helicopter
Percival Pembroke
OV-10 Bronco
BAC Jet Provost
SB Lim-2 (MiG-15UTI)

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Fairey Swordfish
De Havilland Vampire x2 (Norwegian Historical Squadron)
BAC Jet Provost x2
Bell UH-1H
North American T-6 Texan/Harvard
Bristol Blenheim
North American P-51D Mustang

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Crikey, that’s a lovely little update. Well played EF! :clap:
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Going by flightline.Chinook has been withdrawn for some apparent reason.

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drumm78 wrote:Going by flightline.Chinook has been withdrawn for some apparent reason.


No Scottish shows.

https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/chinook-display-team/displays/

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With just over a week to go, current list taken from their website

Avro Lancaster
Bristol Blenheim
Buchón (Me 109)
Fireflies
Hawker Hurricane
Huey
Jet Provost pair
Loach Helicopter
MiG 15
OV-10 Bronco
P-51D Mustang
Percival Pembroke
RAF Eurofighter Typhoon
RAF Grob Tutor
Red Arrows
Rotorsport Uk MT-03 Autogyro
Supermarine Spitfire
Swordfish
T6 Texan
Vampire

All we need is the weather to be on our side this year :smile:

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Best line-up at East Fortune that I can remember for quite some time. Very much looking forward to this one.

...and yes, if it could not hose it down in a torrential downpour for the entire afternoon, well, that would be delightful.
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Just had a look on the BBC weather page and its showing showers :sad: fingers crossed it will change by next week!

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NOTAM up for the Red Arrows.

11:45 GMT (12:45 BST) TO 12:25 GMT (13:25 BST)

Anyone have the display time for Typhoon please?

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vandal wrote:NOTAM up for the Red Arrows.

11:45 GMT (12:45 BST) TO 12:25 GMT (13:25 BST)

Anyone have the display time for Typhoon please?


No official timing but it tends to be last on doesn't it? (When the weather has turned for the worse!)

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BBMF at 4:30 according to their website. Sunderland first at 1pm
They usually put their flight schedule on facebook on the Thursday for the weekend.

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Is anybody aware of how the thunderstorm forecast for the East Lothian area tomorrow might affect the programme? Is it likely to be a complete wash out like 2017?

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Hi guys ye I agree just seen weather report on stv really bad for show tomorrow :sad:

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BBC saying light showers, broken sunshine.

That might be optmistic... :sad:
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Hi skyflash hope we do have a good day I see 2 of the aircraft have arrived in Edinburgh :smile:

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r6pilot wrote:Hi skyflash hope we do have a good day I see 2 of the aircraft have arrived in Edinburgh :smile:


Can you enlighten us with what's arrived at Edinburgh please?

Good luck with the show tomorrow, sadly the weather forecast looks dreadful. :sad:

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Malcovitch wrote:Is anybody aware of how the thunderstorm forecast for the East Lothian area tomorrow might affect the programme? Is it likely to be a complete wash out like 2017?


Checked Met Office. Yesterday it had forecast Thunder for 1pm on Saturday, but now it's saying it will rain, very good visibility, but no Thunder.

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