New location confirmed - need to watch to the end

Just finished listening today to Episode 21 of the podcast where airshows next year were being discussed at the end. 30 mins later and up pops on my Twitter feed an announcement that next years Scotland's National Airshow at East Fortune has been cancelled. To deliver next year's Airshow, planning a...

https://soundcloud.com/ukairshowreview/episode-21 This week we break out the bagpipes and get a haggis on the stove as we're talking about Scottish airshows with UKAR's own Gordon Duncan. He takes us dirty southerners through the legacy of the famous Leuchars airshow, what made that show so special...

Thanks for the comments. Doing Shuttleworth from Glasgow?? There's dedication for you! Lovely set of shots, I really like the lighting in your Hurri and Edwardian shots. Worked out I must have been at at least one airshow each year for the past 30 odd years (which makes me feel rather old!) and didn...

What a fantastic day out last Sunday the the Vintage Airshow. This was my first drive-in airshow and enjoyed the experience - feel much more relaxed and great not having to carry chair, camera bug, food etc. about the place. Got there about 9:15 and directed into a queue with all the other early bir...

Great set! From the quick look I've had at mine you couldn't have been too far from where I was parked given the similar angles on some of them.

I had a fantastic day yesterday! First time there with the drive-in format and thought it worked very well - partly down to being fairly close to the front towards the tower. Hangars were also open up as long as your wore a face mask. I also did one of the Flight Line tours which was good. Great aft...

Surprised to read this as a "fairly" regular attender at Legends. One of the main benefits of Duxford previously is it's location and transport links. Easy to get from Stanstead to Cambridge then shuttle bus - for a few years I was able to do it in a day from Glasgow or Prestwick. However, my last c...

Nice visit from the Red Arrows at Prestwick on Saturday as part of their planned VJ flypasts. Seems that the west coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland were the only places in the UK decent weather on Saturday. Cycled over with the family from Troon so didn't want to venture too far which meant I e...

Ticket booked - at the start of the year I was planning another visit to Old Warden as not been for a while. Thought I might not have made it but glad they are able to organise these. I'd ruled this out if it was going to be a "normal" airshow, but much more comfortable attending a drive-in format s...

Like the take off shots Euan. It was well worth the trip over, but as you say, it was packed. I stayed at the mound. I would have liked to have gone to the bridge for the take off, but feared it would have been impossible to get parked there and in position in time. From pictures when it arrived it...

First for me today seeing the fantastic An-225 at Prestwick. Lucky timing with a weekend date and only stopping for a fuel stop. Never seen the place so busy and that was me avoiding the mound. Included a couple of other visitors (including the C-17 but didn't want to create a separate thread just f...

Not sure the topic title needs changing, this is exactly the issue that has stymied the plans. I read the NMS director's comments that these airframe may be lost if this project didn't go ahead. He has had these artefacts in his care for a number of years and not even a paintbrush has been applied ...

I would be interested to know why the existing hangars and surrounding area is a "Scheduled Monument" Anybody with local knowledge know why East Fortune is listed as such, it sounds very grand, but expect it has little relevance, from photographs most of the building appear to be post war...

Proposals turned down - https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news ... tree-loss/

Ok sitting with a nice cup of tea. Let me begin by first saying I have sadly never visited East Fortune but I wish them well with their expansion plans and desire to get more aircraft under cover. May I suggest that the expansion should also provide space for improved restoration workshops and allo...

Just read the first section of the full Report and it looks like the current Military hangar will be WWI and WWII and the main hanger will be "Cold War and Beyond".

Cafe will also move to the new building.

Interesting to see this finally moving forward - this has been proposed for the last 10-15 years. Plan was always to build new hangars off-site due to the restrictions placed on the current site. If anyone's interest all documents (51 of them) available on East Lothian councils planning web-site inc...

Very disappointing day - added a few photos

Yet again East Fortune fell foul of the weather gods on Saturday. Forecast wasn't great to start with but since I'd got a complimentary ticket I thought I'd venture through anyway. Arrived just before 10 and there was already quite a queue to get in. I decided to avoid the rain and sat in the car fo...

Made it down to Duxford on Saturday for Flying Legends. Already given my thoughts on the display on the thread for the airshow. Highlights were the Buchons, Ultimate Fighters and the BoB piece (but really needed at least one Hurricane in there too!). These were taken from the top of the hill at the ...

I was there Saturday - just not made it them yet with pesky things like family and work getting in the way

Got to agree with most of the posts - good day out but certainly left feeling disappointed. Arrived at the West car park about half 7 and it was beginning to bet busy already. Started letting cars in about 7:50 but was disappointed to see that they were only letting camper vans and (presumably) blue...

Big Eric wrote:

cg_341 wrote:Sounds like you've now got the new style, which is a bigger font and bigger line spacing.

It's awful, it looks like its designed for people that refuse to believe that the need reading glasses.

I've got it too today - browser now zoomed out to 80% and looks much better!

Abbo46 wrote:Presume it's the TFC Corsair?

Would presume so as it's the only one registered in the UK.