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OT: Airshows
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Am thinking of going to an airshow this year. Not sure whether to go to
Farnborough or to Fairford. Anyone recommend the best one, or any others?
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RIAT. Went there a few years ago, verr good display, especially the
commercial parcel courier 747 jet doing very silly things :@)
Going this year too.
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Pity Mildenhall don't do them any more - the only one I went to was
impressive with US aircraft you rarely see, like B1s, strutting their
stuff.
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Last time I was at Mildenhall was 83 or 84, the highlight being an
SR-71.
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Blimey, that takes me back. I went around that time. The Blackbird
display was impressive but frustrating waiting between passes - not the
world's most manouverable aircraft. I have a probably incorrect
recollection of the thing flaming out and having to cut the display
short. Ring any bells?
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They don't make 'em like that any more.
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Well, not officially anyway.
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Duxford does some nice airshows, though mostly older aircraft. If you
get bored with the flying displays then there's hours of wandering
round the IWM itself. I particularly like walking round the
restoration hangars.
There are aircraft in all stages of repair, some merely a load of
framework and spars stacked up.
"Can you guess what it is, yet?"
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RIAT tickets- anyone else going?
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Went to Fairford 4 or 5 yrs ago, twas brillic...
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