TKK 140 wrote:It has been a wonderful day, unfortunately there has been an incident requiring an ambulance and the police.
Hope everyone is OK.
It was a very nasty incident, not a good way to end an excellent show.
TKK 140 wrote:It has been a wonderful day, unfortunately there has been an incident requiring an ambulance and the police.
Hope everyone is OK.
Talldan76 wrote:Stunning display from XH558... Lots of power, lots of noise...
Car alarms going off by the dozen...
Lots of flies in eyes amongst the crowd...
BrizeWatcher wrote:What happened?
LN Strike Eagle wrote:
Majority of the show seemed to be not up to the usual Old Warden standards in general I thought - lots of undersides and turning away from the bend.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:Talldan76 wrote:Stunning display from XH558... Lots of power, lots of noise...
Car alarms going off by the dozen...
Lots of flies in eyes amongst the crowd...
I was rather underwhelmed by it, noise aside. Not a patch on how it was flown at the Military Pageant in July.
Out with a whimper, sadly. Didn't see anyone with anything in their eye either - just a number making a dash for the car parks.
Majority of the show seemed to be not up to the usual Old Warden standards in general I thought.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:Talldan76 wrote:Stunning display from XH558... Lots of power, lots of noise...
Car alarms going off by the dozen...
Lots of flies in eyes amongst the crowd...
I was rather underwhelmed by it, noise aside. Not a patch on how it was flown at the Military Pageant in July.
Out with a whimper, sadly. Didn't see anyone with anything in their eye either - just a number making a dash for the car parks.
Majority of the show seemed to be not up to the usual Old Warden standards in general I thought - lots of undersides and turning away from the bend...?
The Baron wrote:LN Strike Eagle wrote:Talldan76 wrote:Stunning display from XH558... Lots of power, lots of noise...
Car alarms going off by the dozen...
Lots of flies in eyes amongst the crowd...
I was rather underwhelmed by it, noise aside. Not a patch on how it was flown at the Military Pageant in July.
Out with a whimper, sadly. Didn't see anyone with anything in their eye either - just a number making a dash for the car parks.
Majority of the show seemed to be not up to the usual Old Warden standards in general I thought.
You obviously weren't stood anywhere near me or my parents then. A few tears were definitely shed. Personally I loved the show. Two Hurricanes, Demon, Gladiator, Comet, PO.2, 504, Biff and the Edwardians certainly did it for me. Fantastic show.
Talldan76 wrote:The Baron wrote:LN Strike Eagle wrote:Talldan76 wrote:Stunning display from XH558... Lots of power, lots of noise...
Car alarms going off by the dozen...
Lots of flies in eyes amongst the crowd...
I was rather underwhelmed by it, noise aside. Not a patch on how it was flown at the Military Pageant in July.
Out with a whimper, sadly. Didn't see anyone with anything in their eye either - just a number making a dash for the car parks.
Majority of the show seemed to be not up to the usual Old Warden standards in general I thought.
You obviously weren't stood anywhere near me or my parents then. A few tears were definitely shed. Personally I loved the show. Two Hurricanes, Demon, Gladiator, Comet, PO.2, 504, Biff and the Edwardians certainly did it for me. Fantastic show.
Nor me, there were people crying after the first pass, let alone at the end of the display.
It also seemed like there were lots of topsides - we were stood about 50ft from the tower, and there were no less in this show than July to me...
Talldan76 wrote:Nor me, there were people crying after the first pass, let alone at the end of the display.
It also seemed like there were lots of topsides - we were stood about 50ft from the tower, and there were no less in this show than July to me...
LN Strike Eagle wrote:I thought, as a whole, that the show wasn't as good as usual at Shuttleworth - it felt like something was missing compared to the others I've attended this season
Ryan. wrote:LN Strike Eagle wrote:I thought, as a whole, that the show wasn't as good as usual at Shuttleworth - in fact, I'd go so far to say that it was probably the least satisfying display I've seen at the venue.
Strange how two people interested in aviation can go to the same event, stand fairly close to each other and have complete opposite opinions. I easily thought it passed as Shuttleworth's best show this year. First time I've seen a Scout fly, first time for a long time the Hurricane R4118 displayed there and never seen a Provest and Havard together and the already mentioned Vulcan and Anson. It's not often you go to an airshow and see so much you've never seen before, displayed beautifully.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:
I think part of the problem for me was the pacing - Seafire, Hurricanes, Gladiator, Demon, Comet all up inside the first hour left little to look forward to besides the Vulcan, and as the weather and light got better and better, all the good stuff was on the ground. Too many of them flew in mixed displays too - I prefer to see each aircraft get the spotlight with a proper solo instead of formation passes and truncated individual performances.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:Ryan. wrote:LN Strike Eagle wrote:I thought, as a whole, that the show wasn't as good as usual at Shuttleworth - it felt like something was missing compared to the others I've attended this season.
Strange how two people interested in aviation can go to the same event, stand fairly close to each other and have complete opposite opinions. I easily thought it passed as Shuttleworth's best show this year. First time I've seen a Scout fly, first time for a long time the Hurricane R4118 displayed there and never seen a Provest and Havard together and the already mentioned Vulcan and Anson. It's not often you go to an airshow and see so much you've never seen before, displayed beautifully.
Still better than most airshows, and not without its moments (best displays for me either Dodge in the Scout, or the Yak-52 which was a terrifically punchy aerobatic routine), but not as good as the show last month IMO, which itself wasn't as good as either the July Pageant or Evening display IMO.
I think part of the problem for me was the pacing - Seafire, Hurricanes, Gladiator, Demon, Comet all up inside the first hour left little to look forward to besides the Vulcan, and as the weather and light got better and better, all the good stuff was on the ground. Too many of them flew in mixed displays too - I prefer to see each aircraft get the spotlight with a proper solo instead of formation passes and truncated individual performances.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:Ryan. wrote:LN Strike Eagle wrote:I thought, as a whole, that the show wasn't as good as usual at Shuttleworth - it felt like something was missing compared to the others I've attended this season
Strange how two people interested in aviation can go to the same event, stand fairly close to each other and have complete opposite opinions. I easily thought it passed as Shuttleworth's best show this year. First time I've seen a Scout fly, first time for a long time the Hurricane R4118 displayed there and never seen a Provest and Havard together and the already mentioned Vulcan and Anson. It's not often you go to an airshow and see so much you've never seen before, displayed beautifully.
Still better than most airshows, and not without its moments (best displays for me either Dodge in the Scout, or the Yak-52 which was a terrifically punchy aerobatic routine), but not as good as the show last month IMO, which itself wasn't as good as either the July Pageant or Evening display IMO.
I think part of the problem for me was the pacing - Seafire, Hurricanes, Gladiator, Demon, Comet all up inside the first hour left little to look forward to besides the Vulcan, and as the weather and light got better and better, all the good stuff was on the ground. Too many of them flew in mixed displays too - I prefer to see each aircraft get the spotlight with a proper solo instead of formation passes and truncated individual performances.
TKK 140 wrote:Sounds like your positioning this week was not as good as Duxford? We had the sun perfectly behind us today.
but surely today must be better than a slow day at North Weald?
LN Strike Eagle wrote:I think part of the problem for me was the pacing - Seafire, Hurricanes, Gladiator, Demon, Comet all up inside the first hour left little to look forward to besides the Vulcan, and as the weather and light got better and better, all the good stuff was on the ground.
LN Strike Eagle wrote:TKK 140 wrote:Sounds like your positioning this week was not as good as Duxford? We had the sun perfectly behind us today.
Probably no more than 100 feet or so apart, but you had the sun and I and everyone else around me didn't, based on what, exactly...?but surely today must be better than a slow day at North Weald?
It's all relative.
rob68 wrote:TKK. Excellent memory nice meeting up