5th June - Jubilee Flying Circus

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Weather is looking decidedly dodgy for tomorrow, with a yellow weather warning being put out for the Bedfordshire area!

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Talldan76 wrote:
Sat 04 Jun 2022, 5:11 pm
Weather is looking decidedly dodgy for tomorrow, with a yellow weather warning being put out for the Bedfordshire area!
Looking at weather it'll be a day of cloud and home based aircraft displaying as rain early am and late pm can't see visitors getting in bbmf sounds like scrubbed day

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I am at Shuttleworth in my motorhome. It has been raining hard all night. Pools of water on the field. Sadly, I for one will be aborting and going home. I really feel for the organisers and the people in the queue waiting to go in.

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On closer inspection I can see pools of water on the runway and the access roads have some huge puddles. :(

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I'm about 30 mins away and wouldn't be surprised if it gets called off, the rain this morning was immense, really long heavy downpour. With more rain forecast.
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Lots off standing water especially on roads approaching que is on roadway as grass waiting area is water logged with big puddles

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Silence is deafening from Shuttleworth though…

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I'm afraid that they have your money & don't really worry if you p**s away a tank of fuel getting there for little or nothing!. They will fly whatever they can when they want if they can. It's on a need to know basis & they don't want to tell you. Amazingly Shuttleworth rely on the fact that their client-base is immune from disappointment, BUT things are a changing in peoples perception! :astonished:

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I've got a 200 mile round trip. Already bought a ticket, but the fuel cost is the same again. Was thinking about making the journey, but a combination of the poor outlook and the motorway being even more knackered than usual, I decided to give it a miss.
Hope those who have made the journey have a decent day.

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Apparently the flying starts at 2:30 today.
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rdchawk wrote:
Sun 05 Jun 2022, 1:26 pm
Apparently the flying starts at 2:30 today.
Did it?

I haven't seen any feedback at all, just curious.

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We did get a small flying display from around 2:30 until the weather closed in at around 4:30

Piper Cub towing a 'God Save the Queen' banner
Hawk Speed Six
Barnstorming (Martlet, Tiger Moth, Cub & Chipmunk)
Chipmunk (with ribbons)
F.2B
EoN Glider
S.E.5A
Provost

Had a decent time as I was already there and the flying displays were as good as I was expecting with the cloudy conditions.
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MikeCooper1990 wrote:
Thu 09 Jun 2022, 5:57 pm
We did get a small flying display from around 2:30 until the weather closed in at around 4:30

Piper Cub towing a 'God Save the Queen' banner
Hawk Speed Six
Barnstorming (Martlet, Tiger Moth, Cub & Chipmunk)
Chipmunk (with ribbons)
F.2B
EoN Glider
S.E.5A
Provost

Had a decent time as I was already there and the flying displays were as good as I was expecting with the cloudy conditions.
Thanks Mike, curiosity satisfied.🙂

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