harkins wrote: ↑

Tue 16 Feb 2021, 2:41 pm

The saddest thing is that you can only celebrate your 50th anniversary once, and it was perhaps even the last 'theme' that could pull in a well above typical line up.

Maybe ... but it will still be possible to celebrate the 50th show, even though it won't be in the 50th year

While I fully appreciate the disappointment that most will be feeling with this news, on a personal note, the announcement has come as something of a relief, in that the decision on whether or not to attend has been taken out of my hands. Being in the older and, due to underlying health reasons, mor...

If the reasons given for the grass length at FFD are true, why I wonder, do the Navy keep the grass so neatly cropped at Yeovilton?

Seen on their ticket price page: "Please note that no sun shade umbrellas will be permitted at Air Day." ......

I did P&V East on the Wednesday but want to have the "full experience". So, do you know where the reduced tickets are being advertised? As far as I'm aware, the £5 discount offer is only being made by email, to those who bought Friday tickets for this year; hence you won't see it adve...

Qatar C-17 in and C-130 just on approach.

Gates open 09:00, car parks at 08:00 - no point arriving much before that, IMO As for which car park, there are 6 public car parks and a 'VIP' park for the enclosures etc. - you will be directed to the appropriate one depending which route you approach on - from the SW, on the A303, it will be car p...

katio3 wrote:I have seen Totterdown mentioned a lot on the forum as a viewing area Where is this please?

Totterdown is the unofficial farm campsite and park&view, situated on the hill to the north of the airfield - http://www.totterdownhillcampsite.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/airtattoo/status/1140950043958108160 It's getting close! meh! ... pretty sure those portaloos were there last year ... and the year before .... and the year before that ........ and before anyone starts, I know they've been a RIAT stalwart over the years, but come on DBH, couldn...

This doesn't make sense either - people paying at the gate will arrive early to get in whilst advance ticket holders will still be arriving well after. How do you predict numbers on that basis. hmm ... on second thoughts, I guess you may be right ... but then they know how many advance tickets they...

The bit I never understand, have a sellout than allow a bun fight on the day, 2000 vultures and one small carcass. On the face of it, the policy appears to make no sense .... until, that is, you take into account the fact that the east-west split cannot be accurately predicted and as tickets can be...

PARTICIPATION UPDATE Meteor T7 x 2 – Martin-Baker (Static) Avro XIX – BAE Systems (Static) At least one, possibly both, of Europe’s only airworthy Gloster Meteors will be making a return appearance to the Royal Navy International Air Day’s static display on Saturday 13th July. They will be joined b...

I'm guessing ticket sales for the Friday must be slow, going by RIAT's latest post on their FB page: Have you thought about visiting the Air Tattoo on the Friday? We've listed our top 5 reasons why you need to visit the show on Friday here: https://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/visiting/air-tattoo-blog/...

Have DBH abandoned the practice of holding announcements until the regular Thursday lunch-time update, in favour of announcing participants as and when they get confirmation? In previous years, this has only happened in the final couple of weeks before the show, but this year, from early on, severa...

Have DBH abandoned the practice of holding announcements until the regular Thursday lunch-time update, in favour of announcing participants as and when they get confirmation? In previous years, this has only happened in the final couple of weeks before the show, but this year, from early on, severa...

Have DBH abandoned the practice of holding announcements until the regular Thursday lunch-time update, in favour of announcing participants as and when they get confirmation? In previous years, this has only happened in the final couple of weeks before the show, but this year, from early on, several...

As noted, today is the 70th anniversary of the signing of the treaty. Given the anniversary is part of this years theme, which member states do we think it is possible will be in attendance? (I'm talking aircraft here not delegates) ... / Hungary - Possible but unlikely? / ... Doesn't the (confirme...

I'd choose Dunkeswell as my venue. It's got a half decent solid runway and is in a fairly quiet area. I would love to see a line-up like that at Dunkeswell (it's only 20 minutes away from me ) .... IIRC, the last time an airshow was held there would have been around 2005 (ish) - it was chilly and h...

I think that the options of (i) a cull of inactive members and (ii) seeking sponsorship, should be mutually exclusive, as any potential sponsor is more likely to get on board a going concern with a large membership, where they can see the possibility of significant advertising exposure. On the other...

I'll second the recommendation for the Sigma 100-400 - I bought one last year and have been very impressed with the performance. Some professional reviews rate it on a par with the fabled Canon 100-400 for sharpness (one very comprehensive comparison test reckoned that it is a tad sharper than the C...

Could Chivenor make a home for RAFAT, perhaps?

This has been posted on the (unofficial) Air Day FB group: Nick Jacques Ladies and gents, would appreciate if you can spread the word in relation to the ‘Sheep Field’ - I know I have met with some of you over the last few days and explained already and will do the same at arrivals day- but any enthu...

R4118 wrote:Thanks for the map.
I noticed a carpark right behind the enclosures.
Is this only for the vip or also for those with enclosure tickets?

VIP and enclosure pass holders - Lynx, Swordfish & Flightline car-parking is on-base, behind the enclosures.

If we already have a ticket for Wednesday, I'm assuming we won't be turned away? In principle, correct, however I asssume that the total number of tickets is for both East and West P&V's, whereas each must have their own maximum capacity figure; so I wonder what happens if the majority of ticke...

.......... including some form of limited (small charge) viewing that is away from the road, ther will always be a large amount of people (I call 1-2000 a lot) who for waht ever reason can not go into the show (The reasons are not important) if an area was used and marshalled with vantage points ov...