Bournemouth Air Festival 2010

[septic]

Free four day Seaside show between Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers 19th-22nd August, watch from the beach or clifftop..

Participation list so far : http://www.bournemouthair.co.uk/whats-on/in-the-air/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Might be more as they always seem slow on updates , not bad for a freeby though!!!

See you down there!!!

Septic

[Hurn]

Looking forward to this, should be a good show.

Hurn airport will be an interesting place too, and a certain 'tin triangle' arrives on Thursday.

[the beast]

I'll defo be there !

any ideas what the best places to view are?

[Dave Homer]

Bournemouth Air Festival
Ignorant git here. What's the 'Tin Triangle@

[septic]

Bournemouth Air Festival
Ignorant git here. What's the 'Tin Triangle@

Same as the Aluminium Overcast !!! ie the Vulcan!!

[Hurn]

I'll defo be there !

any ideas what the best places to view are?

There's a viewing enclosure at the airport. It's £4 a car with a good view of the runway, but there is a high mesh fence in front of you, so steps are recommended.
Pretty much most of the aircraft will be operating from there.

At the beach the show is between the two piers. You can either view from the clifftops or go down on the beach to get closer to the action.
The good thing is you don't have a crowd line as such, only the sea, so there's plenty of room if you go right to the shore for photos.

Bournemouth Air Festival
Ignorant git here. What's the 'Tin Triangle@

Vulcan.

[septic]

Looking forward to this, should be a good show.

Hurn airport will be an interesting place too, and a certain 'tin triangle' arrives on Thursday.

Speaking of which, tweet tweet!! http://twitter.com/XH558" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Hurn]

Vulcan due at Hurn on Thursday 19th @ approx 16:30 after a flypast at the seafront airshow.

(Credit Damien Burke)

[septic]

Orange F16 just completed practice display Bnmth sea front, over my garden a few times.... cracking stuff!!

[Hurn]

Yeah he flew over the house en route.

Could see him in the distance practicing and could most definitely hear him too.

[Hurn]

Went down to the beach on Friday to watch the show. It was dry with very low cloud and windy, but everyone bar the Vampire (not sure if wx or u/s) got up and performed.

Well done to all the crew and pilots who got out there and impressed us, even though they were limited to flat displays. It was much appreciated.

[the beast]

just leaving to go to the beach.

come and say hi! i'm the teen wearing a dark pink shirt and camo shorts

[Hurn]

All flying postponed till 2.30pm at the earliest today due to the appalling weather conditions.

Drizzle, wind, low cloud and poor visibility. Is it winter already?

[the beast]

All flying was cancelled today except 1 x black cat

what a waste of a journey, london to bournemouth and back to watch a lynx flat display for 5 mins

[Hurn]

I feel for you, but sadly the weather and conditions made it impossible to fly today. I was at the airport around 2.30pm and the visibility was terrible.

As a local I'm gutted, but for someone who traveled many miles to see a display, well I can only imagine the disappointment.

Unfortunately we're at the mercy of the weather and it just wasn't clearing at all and currently still hasn't.

[basha3738]

Ah weather!!! A coach load of us came down from the Forest of Dean today,to watch the show....Really gutted...

[septic]

yes also as a local I feel very much for those who travelled a distance, and for the people on their hols, but as far as the weather is concerned it's a case of pot luck!!


Tomorrow sounds a bit better, courtesy of UKMO (hope you dont mind !) near as dammit locationwise !!

"Forecast for New Forest National Park for Sunday

A damp and cloudy start but conditions improving throughout, and sunny and dry during the afternoon." Fingers crossed y'all !!

[Hurn]

Wind has dropped right down which is good, but currently still overcast with low cloud, but not the pea soup we had on Saturday.

Really hope it does clear later and we can have some flying today.

[septic]

What a washout!! such a shame.

[Hurn]

Yep, not only for us, but with the jets, including the Vulcan being based at Hurn, it meant they couldn't get out to display elsewhere either.

Sod's Law that the sun has come out this afternoon too.