Farnborough fabulous friday
Farnborough fabulous friday
Hello,
Its going to be my first air show in the uk, and ive been wondering what is the diffrence between the fabulous friday ticket and the regular public show ticket.
I know it has less air shows but has viewing galleries.
Ill be happy to hear your reccomandations on whats better.
Thanks in advance
Its going to be my first air show in the uk, and ive been wondering what is the diffrence between the fabulous friday ticket and the regular public show ticket.
I know it has less air shows but has viewing galleries.
Ill be happy to hear your reccomandations on whats better.
Thanks in advance
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Hi you will find the Friday has less than half the people that would be on the weekend, although there will be lots of students as it is also 'futures day'. The exhibition halls will be open unlike the public days with normally lots of give aways (stickers,posters etc). The flying will be a bit of a hybrid with the red arrows, Eurofighter, Me262 and Meteor, Harrier and F-35, overall a good display this year. Basically by Friday all the trade meetings have been done and its something of a flat day so the make it a special public day, it was the same in the 1970's. It will be a much more relaxed show day than the weekends.
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farnboroughrob wrote:Hi you will find the Friday has less than half the people that would be on the weekend, although there will be lots of students as it is also 'futures day'. The exhibition halls will be open unlike the public days with normally lots of give aways (stickers,posters etc). The flying will be a bit of a hybrid with the red arrows, Eurofighter, Me262 and Meteor, Harrier and F-35, overall a good display this year. Basically by Friday all the trade meetings have been done and its something of a flat day so the make it a special public day, it was the same in the 1970's. It will be a much more relaxed show day than the weekends.
How do you know what will be flying on the Friday? I thought nothing was released until the morning of the day in question? I certainly cannot find anything on the website.
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Seeing they have not even posted a list of anything on their site a display list will be a long way off. Its not normally published until the evening before.
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Exactly, so although it's possible that all those aircraft may fly on the Friday no-one knows and won't until the last minute. It really does make buying tickets for Farnborough stupidly impossible. Let's just buy a ticket for.... well, we don't know.
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I have a ticket for Friday based purely on the fact that there is a longer display program and arrivals for the weekend.
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Sadly Farnborough seems to be the only airshow that does not publicise what aircraft will be present. I can understand it for the trade days but there should be a list for the public days.
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When I've been before as part of the key publishing tickets, all the good aircraft from the trade days went on Thursday, and the good aircraft for the weekend arrived on Saturday. That's not too say you won't catch any good displays /static, but just bear in mind that if it says it's there for the trade days, that may only mean Mon-Thurs
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I am hoping to do the friday show is anyone else going?
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I have decided to go on Friday, rather than the weekend; as it should be less busy and also for the same reasons as Penpusher.
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Does the shuttle bus run on the Friday?
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Shuttle bus from Farnborough station's run all week
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Thanks Brian I am booking now.
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Hi all
I have also booked my tickets for the Friday I last attended the show in 2008 and that year I went on the Friday. The only reason I decided to go on the Friday that year was to see the Vulcan and after seeing her at waddo that year decided I wanted more so I headed to Farnborough on the Friday.
I found it really easy to park get in walk around get a great spot on the flight line and easy to get out and the display was pretty good too that year.
Hope to see some of you there
Cheers
Lee.
I have also booked my tickets for the Friday I last attended the show in 2008 and that year I went on the Friday. The only reason I decided to go on the Friday that year was to see the Vulcan and after seeing her at waddo that year decided I wanted more so I headed to Farnborough on the Friday.
I found it really easy to park get in walk around get a great spot on the flight line and easy to get out and the display was pretty good too that year.
Hope to see some of you there
Cheers
Lee.