Lowestoft airshow

[davedubya]

I think the Royal Navy Heritage Flight has been added to the display - not sure which aircraft, but hopefully it's the Sea Hawk.

[vinnyboy]

Sadly no 558 too expensive what with last years poor weather the donations were down but at least there will be an airshow this year thats something i guess.

[TankBuster]

Its a shame about 558, but if they did spend that amount on one aircraft then they probably would'nt have had much of a show to go and see. Lets hope the donations are a bit better for this year so they can get 558 back for 2012.


TankBuster

[davedubya]

Show line-up:

Thursday
13.00 - Parachute Display PWRR Tigers
13.15 - BAe Hawk Royal Air Force
13.25 - YAK 52 x 6 Aerostars Team
13.41 - ME Bf 108 S O’Connell
13.51 - BAe Tucano Royal Air Force
14.00 - Hawker Hunter Heritage Aviation
14.09 - Lockheed MC 130 P United States Air Force
14.18 - P51 Mustang x 2
14.28 - Grob Tutor Royal Air Force
14.38 - Panavia Tornado GR4 Royal AirForce
14.48 - Boeing Stearman x 2 AeroSuperBatics
15.04 - Dakota + Spitfire x 2 BBMF RAF
15.25 - Sukhoi 26 x 2 Matadors Team
15.38 - Sea King /Lifeboat RAF/ RNLI
16.00 - Extra 300 x 4 2Excel Aviation
16.16 - Pitts S 1D x 2 Pitts Team
16.30 - BAe Hawk x 9 RAFAT RAF

Friday
12.30 - BAE Hawk x 9 RAFAT RAF
13.30 - Parachute Display PWRR Tigers
13.45 - Extra 300 x 4 2Excel Aviation
14.01 - BAe Tucano Royal Air Force
14.12 - Lockheed MC 130 P United States Air Force
14.21 - Hawker Hunter Heritage Aviation
14.41 - ME Bf 108 S O’Connell
14.51 - Pitts S 1D x 2 Pitts Team
15.02 - Dakota + Spitfire x 2 BBMF RAF
15.23 - Sukhoi 26 x 2 Matadors Team
15.36 - Sea King / Lifeboat RAF / RNLI
15.58 - P51 Mustang x 2
16.08 - Panavia Tornado GR4 Royal Air Force
16.18 - YAK 52 x 6 Aerostars Team
16.35 - Grob Tutor Royal Air Force
16.46 - BAe Hawk Royal Air Force
16.56 - Boeing Stearman x 2 AeroSuperBatics


Not bad for £2 per person.

[TankBuster]

Thats not a bad line up at all, I'm quite looking forward to that. Will be nice to see the Tonka & the MC-130P.

Dont forget yer bucket & spade!


TankBuster

[davedubya]

Was this off military airshows website?

That was from a mailing list email. (But I see it is also up on MilitaryAirshows.co.uk now as well)

[TankBuster]

If the SP A-10s are over here visiting LN during the dates of the Air Festival then maybe, just maybe we could have a couple of flypasts along the seafront. Food for thought?


TB

[vinnyboy]

I have tried to get a couple of F-15s to do a fly by or a show but they said they were busy But i guess its good of them to send a herky over again. Having said that though i will try again maybe we can get a helicopter they did say if they were not on ops nearer the date they might send something more. Last year they were nice in sending the herk,helicopter and the kc-135.

[Danny]

The line up is looking good, despite low attendance last year.

Good to see the USAFE supporting the show again, any chance of an A-10 flypass?

[vinnyboy]

Im trying danny. We are in talks with LN at the moment but they still keep saying they are busy but you never know but its just to be a herky at the moment

[vinnyboy]

Hi jamie your wish has been granted. I have managed to get 2x F-15s for a ten min slot on the friday . The only bad thing at the moment is the weather forecast but hopefully it wont be too bad for this area lets hope so anyway. They are really good at LN sadly though no A-10s But a herk and 2 F-15s not bad for a seaside show dont forget the F-15s are friday only cheers and if you come please donate as its needed to keep the show going. Its looking like a good line up this year.

[vinnyboy]

Cheers jamie i know its not a mill show but if you get any pics it would be nice to see them in the airshow section. Not sure if im allowed to say this but on UKAR the full list is on there which tim posted as its too much typing for me to do on here cheers and i hope you enjoy the days.

[vinnyboy]

Hi guys for anyone coming to the event with scanners i have been told that the frequencies will be
Lowestoft radio 130.675
Lowestoft radio discrete/a2a 134.550
Dont hold me to that its just what ive been told.

[Hurn]

Good catch on the two F-15's. A ten minute slot sounds a bit more than just a flypast!

[davedubya]

So with two F15s and an MC-130, that means Lowestoft has got more USAF flying that RIAT.

[vinnyboy]

Nice to have support from out local US air bases for lowestoft the things you can do with an email and a phonecall

[vinnyboy]

Also now confirmed Fireworks on friday night at 9.30pm to music.

[vinnyboy]

Yes mustangs no show as the wind was too strong for them to take off apparently, understandable i guess. The raf we are not happy with no tornado but it flies at marham!! no bob mem flight well ok they sent the spitfire solo and also no seaking we were told though it was on a job. But at least we heard from the herk they were on ops and apologised but said they will do their best to come tomorrow. The display gaps were caused by canceled planes plus some a/c came in ahead of schedule meaning there was a bigger gap for those on scheduled time. Hopefully tomorrow will be better for weather and flying thanks for the kind comments jamie glad you enjoyed it. And the show ran fine from 3 it was just the earlier ones that got messed up.

[colt41]

The Red Arrows were : XX177 XX179 XX264 XX227 XX322 XX306 XX237 XX242 XX266

Squirrel ZJ276


Peter

[Gary]

Yes mustangs no show as the wind was too strong for them to take off apparently, understandable i guess. The raf we are not happy with no tornado but it flies at marham!! .

I've already posted on the families day thread,

Blame the Reds they were displaying and stopped the GR4 (yep only 1 gr4, others sounded sick at that time) getting airborne.

GR4 even wanted to try a down wind take off to get to Lowestoft.

By the time the Tornado could get airborne it had missed it's slot. The pilot sounded just as annoyed