Clacton Air Show '11

[DeanW]

The 2011 show will be on the 25th and 26th of August. Participation so far is..

RAFAT Red Arrows
RAF Hawk
RAF Tucano
RAF Tutor
RAF King Air
BBMF Dakota & Spitfire
RAF Falcons
The Blades TBC

[itfcscott]

RAF Tutor aswell

[someguy1]

I think they should introduce a way of public donations like lowerstoft, just to keep the show rolling year to year and maybe get a few more unique displays in future displays.

[hawk72]

I think that may happern in years to come, the local council want someone to take the airshow over like lowerstoft , looking about the same as last years airshow at the mo, it is the 20th clacton airshow this year

[Airshowhammer]

Hmmm maybe this folks what do you think??

1.00pm-3.00pm
Raf falcons parachute team
Grob tutor
Raf Hawk t1
Raf tucano
Raf Red arrows bae hawk x9
F86 sabre

3.00pm-5.00pm
Breitling team Boeing stearman x2
Hawker hunter miss demeanour
The blades Extra Ea300lp x4
Royal Historic flight Sea hawk x1 Sea fury x1
BBMF (Supermarine spitfire,Hawker hurricane,dakota)

5.00pm-5.55pm
Royal netherlands f 16
Denny dobson's extra 300
Team viper Hawker hunter x5
The aerostars yak 50 x6
Eurofighter typhoon

Come on this could be possible!!!!

[Chris G]

LOL, just a few mistakes there 1- Denny Dobson disappeared from the circuit years ago, 2- the Viper team fly 5 x Hunter's and 3- at the moment there is no Typhoon display, other than that it could happen

[MrAngry2]

Just to add there is no one on earth Clacton could afford the Vulcan.

[Airshowhammer]

LOL, just a few mistakes there 1- Denny Dobson disappeared from the circuit years ago, 2- the Viper team fly 5 x Hunter's and 3- at the moment there is no Typhoon display, other than that it could happen

Okk replace the denny dobsons extra 300 with the red bull matadors and then have the team viper 5 hunters but the typhoon i most probaly think it will be in time for the airshow season!!

[Airshowhammer]

Just to add there is no one on earth Clacton could afford the Vulcan.

Maybe it could be a one off! lowestoft have had the vulcan for the last 2 years i think!!

[MrAngry2]

As impressive as it would be, I cant see the local council paying for it, Unless it could share with another display but as Clacton is a thur and fri I cant see that happening unfortunately.

[someguy1]

They may try to do something special for 20th year but i dont think the funds would go that far.

[Southendnick]

They may try to do something special for 20th year but i dont think the funds would go that far.

Tendring Council have had an apeal running for anyone who has older airshow programmes they could lend for an exhibition.

[gooner]

Lowestoft air show is no longer run by the council as they pulled out 3 years ago when the funding from europe stopped.It is all done by volunteers now but the council just helps run the show with litter pickers and wardens etc.

[someguy1]

Flight times on website:


Thursday:
Start 14:00
Finish 15:30

Friday:
Start 13:00
Finish 14:50

Looks like it might be a bit light on participants this year

[someguy1]

Breitling Wingwalkers (solo display)

[hawk72]

Just heard on bbc radio essex the raf falcons will be there this year, not sure if both days.

[someguy1]

website says both

my dad just said the vulcan was over clacton flying near a sea king on saturday

[hawk72]

website says both

my dad just said the vulcan was over clacton flying near a sea king on saturday

It was on its way back from margate airshow in kent

[Southendnick]

http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co. ... /?ref=mmsp



Lets hope Essex is not looking at loosing both its sea front shows next year.

[someguy1]

http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/9111885.Death_knell_for_airshow_as_cash_crisis_looms_/?ref=mmsp



Lets hope Essex is not looking at loosing both its sea front shows next year.

Great , i cant see any buisnesses come forward to be honest

[hawk72]

Heard on the radio they are going to go round with buckets on the seafront this year the same thing they do in lowerstoft

[someguy1]

Hopefully peopleare feeling generous if they want to see any future show!

[stonojnr]

Hopefully peopleare feeling generous if they want to see any future show!

I dont think they do anymore thats the point, Im not even sure Tendring council actually put a whole heap of money into the event anyway (the idea of "cuts" is more a political sop than any realistic saving), Im sure Id read somewhere they only committed £15,000 this past year and its been that level for a while and thats prob enough to just cover the costs of organising the event.

Most of the displays were already sponsored by local businesses, the East of England Co-op presents the BBMF, some local IT firm who work with the council presents..., some caravan holiday park presents....etc etc. thats why the display list has been slowly shrinking to the point it is now and I think if you went round with a bucket asking for donations, youd probably end up wearing it.

compared to other seaside airshows round the country, even ones with donations (and whether that works or not is a topic in itself), Clacton really isnt the attraction maybe it or the council thinks it is. hence the increasing lack of support.

I did the show the past four years and I was giving it a miss this year. 90% of the people I saw there last year werent the least fussed about the planes flying or not (fortunate really as not alot were given the weather) it was a day at the seaside with the kids, if there were occasional planes doing stuff, great, if not they could still be happy and go shop at the 50p/£1 stalls that had setup all around instead.

stonojnr

[DeanW]

compared to other seaside airshows round the country, even ones with donations (and whether that works or not is a topic in itself), Clacton really isnt the attraction maybe it or the council thinks it is. hence the increasing lack of support.

I'd totally disagree with you on that one. If the show gets 2 decent days of weather it attracts up to 120,000 people! The likes of Waddington attract say 150,000. So it's definitely got the support in terms of numbers, maybe the council don't realise how big a number this is for an airshow.
I really hope people will chuck a quid in to a bucket this August to help the show continue!

[Southendnick]

compared to other seaside airshows round the country, even ones with donations (and whether that works or not is a topic in itself), Clacton really isnt the attraction maybe it or the council thinks it is. hence the increasing lack of support.

I'd totally disagree with you on that one. If the show gets 2 decent days of weather it attracts up to 120,000 people! The likes of Waddington attract say 150,000. So it's definitely got the support in terms of numbers, maybe the council don't realise how big a number this is for an airshow.
I really hope people will chuck a quid in to a bucket this August to help the show continue!

Agree, Seaside shows are far more popular with family’s than airfield based shows the biggest factor being cost.

Enthusiasts will always gravitate towards the bigger airfield based shows such as RIAT, Waddington & Legends purely because of the sheer content and volume of aircraft in the flying programme.

The sheer cost of buying a ticket for the whole family is beyond many people’s ability to pay the amount being asked and if it rains all day than its money lost without seeing anything fly.

The seaside shows will always attract more families purely because they are all free (apart from Southport) if it rains you have not lost any money on paying to get in and the other attractions the town has to offer are available before flying starts and are still available if the rain starts.

As DeanW has said if a seaside airshow gets good weather it can easily attract more than any airfield based show Southend had an estimated 300,000 this year mostly due to the poor weather forecast, previous years have seen upward of 1million people packing into the town for the two days of flying!