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Rena
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Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Posted: 27 January 2008 at 12:45 PM »
I hear the Vulcan may appear. the last time I saw her was at maidstone in kent in 1986 it will be nice to see her again wave wave I have got to say she is some aeroplane totally awesome.

If you have seen her flying, you'll know what I mean!



Lowestoft Air Show 2008 hits the skies above the suffolk coast on Thursday 24th July and Friday 25th July 2008. The Lowestoft Air Show 2008 takes place along the Lowestoft seafront and is a festival of flying displays including the world famous Red Arrows. During the 2 day event the sea front has many stalls and funfairs to entertain everyone from young to not so young. The airshow is free in principle but they do ask for a voluntary donation of only £1. There are 4 hours of flying each day and this year appearances are expected from The Blades, Goodyear Extra l300, Aerobatic John Taylor, Team Guinot Wingwalkers, P47 Mustang, Catalina, The tigers parachute team, Spitfire, Flying starts 12:30pm until about 17:30pm each day.
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #1 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 04:34 PM »
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Birdseye's pull out won't hurt the show.  Hopefully it's grown to the point where it doesn't need a major sponsor to prop it up anymore.

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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #2 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 04:54 PM »
It still going on at the moment
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #3 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 04:58 PM »
Wishmaster has been left 18 million in a will, maybe he would like to pay,see how long it take's for a reply from him, best of luck. Grin Grin Grin
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #4 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 05:33 PM »
Woo Hooooo..... I hope the Vulcan is flying. The one thing about the cold war was plenty of airshows. I can remember the groaning noise the vulcan made, the lightning that streaked down the runway and went 90deg into orbit and the sleek blackbird roaring overhead.

I'm still toying with the idea of going to the RIAT at Fairford this year. Going to cost about £200 but without a doubt best airshow in the country.
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #5 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 09:05 PM »
Gaz! glad I am not the only one who understands
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #6 Posted: 27 January 2008 at 10:52 PM »
Do they still have the air show at Mildenhall?
I was working in the Public Relations office on base and was assigned to co-ordinate the Thunderbirds lodging, transportation etc.  Just my luck it was the year they cancelled it so my hard work come to naught!
The Stealth took my breath away-eerie the way it almost disappears from sight-very UFO-like!
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #7 Posted: 28 January 2008 at 09:05 AM »
I have sent a e-mail to my Mate to ask him. I will get back to you later.
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #8 Posted: 03 February 2008 at 10:03 AM »
There hasn't been an airshow (Air Fete) at Mildenhall since 2001.
There was one planned for 2002 but it was cancelled due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the increased security that followed.

I have on two occasions asked staff at Mildenhall if there are any plans for an Air Fete in the near future. The answers were both the same, No!
The reasons given apart from the security nightmare, is that Mildenhall has a constant rotation of staff coming and going from the US, this was never a problem before because the was always a large number of personnel on base that had the experience of putting on an Air Fete, and this experience was passed on to any new staff that year. But not having an Air Fete for 7 years and the constant rotation of base personnel means there is very few people left with any experience of hosting an Air Fete.
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Re: Lowestoft Airshow 2008 « Reply #9 Posted: 03 February 2008 at 04:10 PM »

My mate say's that there isn't one planned this year or next.
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