Airshowhammer wrote:Hope we see blue sky and a high show from the Patrouille De France as their display looks a little good this year!

Will be the flat show due to airspace restrictions

13 (unconfirmed) dead...

Does not mean they can us them at the show though...

Mike wrote:I think they stopped going to shows when people stopped buying film!

or was it competition from the likes of Jessops mail order (way before they hit the high street) when you could get film much cheaper than the rip off airshow prices!

Scraping the barrel with this one: New Carrier Shines Light on Scampton Heritage The arrival of Britain's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth this morning, heralds the start of a new era for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. In the not-too-distant future, The F-35 Lightning II ...

At last a decent update - face painting and wood burning stoves makes this worth every penny.

or the home button on the ticket ordering site

15000?! Is that all?! I had more than that round for my dog's 7th birthday party! Why so low? It's as though shows are scared of any negative response if god forbid the great unwashed have to wait for more than 5 seconds in their car to get in or out or wait for someone to use the loo before them o...

aceyone wrote:

john001 wrote:Anyone know if ticket numbers for the main shows on Sat and Sun are limited?

I believe they are limited to 15, 000 each day !

Thanks

Anyone know if ticket numbers for the main shows on Sat and Sun are limited?

Depends how much you do! If you do a lot the mouse can cause stress on tendons (well mine anyway) the other method with a tablet takes a lot of practice but can be more flexible.

Unfortunately even though we are an island nation we are not blessed with particularly deep or wide natural harbours, so once the decision was taken that we needed ships, of this size and we were not going to relocate one of our existing dockyards to a brand new man made harbour then it had to be P...

Dan O'Hagan wrote:Will it be using an obsolete 60 year old bomber to inspire the students though?

Err, yes and some older than that as the new STEM innovation hub is at RAF Cosford Museum

I was hoping that the organisers might announce some more foreign displays (such as the Polish f16 from Lens) at the media Launch yesterday but it looks like they didn't announce anything new at all? Does anyone have any more details? Also with the Lens show cancelled will the 2 F18s that were comi...

Added: Today we are delighted to confirm that the Royal Netherlands air force Historic flight will be sending their MkIV Spitfire for to take part in the flying display at the Festival of Flight

farnboroughrob wrote:I see they wen't all out on the ticket graphics , actually I like that, saves my ink

So yours is not the John Dibbs air to air Spitfire commemorative special edition ticket at no extra cost then....

Done printed ticket in front of me

Hotel prices are at RIAT levels! Just booked the cheapest in case I can get there thanks for the info

So you are just moaning the details are not on Fb even though you have the information above... shame you can't say great effort Kev how about putting all the details on FB...

15 pounds according to Kev above with a load of details - what more do you want?

Actually I don't mind a few gaps. Sometimes I find it more relaxed - we all know before what we will see and the approx timescale - I have allocated that time and don't need every act right after the other one. It's a day out hopefully in the sun!

or is it just Typhoon take off as it is based there and is doing Eastbourne and Herne Bay on the Saturday?

I used the viewing village few years ago but the space in the grandstand was so small I could not even have my large (but nowhere near the largest) camera bag in front of me, nor was there enough room to even move to take pictures when two people were next to you. I guess the FRIAT stand is much bet...

Wasn't this discussed on here a few months ago? Are memory cards at risk from x-rays?* If not I don't see the problem really. *it seems not. It's just for information - things may take even longer. It not meant to provoke a debate about the rights and wrongs. For the record I have flown in and out ...

WASHINGTON – To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items that require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray scree...