Despite battling strong winds all day I've thoroughly enjoyed another excellent JIAD. Congratulations to the aircrews for flying in such blustery conditions, especially the light aircraft. And the organisers who were changing the programme to keep everything running smoothly.
Yes a terrific display in very difficult conditions; not surprisingly neither the Seastar or the Skydive displays were able to do other than a purely flying display. Loved the French trio and the Swedish team. Sadly I think the Bees were not able to put on a full display, I was very glad to have been at the static display the night before, where they did a superb split above the airport on their validation run.
Loved the Draken, got to see a flying Lansen . A visit to Jersey is worth it for the flying Swedes alone. Forgot how big an Alize is. BTW, was the Castle open?
tu16 wrote:Loved the Draken, got to see a flying Lansen . A visit to Jersey is worth it for the flying Swedes alone. Forgot how big an Alize is. BTW, was the Castle open?
I'm fairly certain not, the landing craft thingies were up on the road level all day and the commentators were commenting that there were no boats allowed in the bay either so I doubt they would have allowed access to the castle.
tu16 wrote:Loved the Draken, got to see a flying Lansen . A visit to Jersey is worth it for the flying Swedes alone. Forgot how big an Alize is. BTW, was the Castle open?
their was no access to the casle on Wed or Thurs to allow for practice and displays.
The 230m display does curve at either end to follow the bay. The new(ish) Radisson Hotel is an avoid and the other parts of the marina etc are briefed as no overflight below 812ft (there's a 312ft Chimney within that area if you are wondering about the specific number!)