Guest aviatrix27 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Anyone going? I have tickets. A friend is in charge of the temporary airstrips, he tells me that anyone flying in will need floats ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I'm going down on the Saturday . I will be flying into Tulla arriving at 8.30ish and driving down to AVV , then driving back to Tulla for a 2115Hrs flight back to SYD ..I will be on DJ .. I looked at flying into AVV but all the commercial flghts from SYD arrive too late and dep too early for any serious time down there .. It's been a few years since I last attended , I hope it will be an improvement on the last effort , which I recall was pretty ordinary ... May see you there .. Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm thinki9ing of going on the Friday night. I went to the Sunday of the last Airshow and it was a shocker! It was cold, blowing a gale and you could hardly hear the commentary. It won't be the same this year as the F-111 won;t be doing the dump and burn :( . I hope that I can meet some of the other members of this forum there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aviatrix27 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Looks like we will be going Friday - our tickets are for any session during the public display days. We have a friend coming to visit tomorrow, we will be taking him back to Avalon Thursday night, so will stay, then get our full fix of airshows Friday. Anyone wanting to meet up, PM me for my mobile phone #. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Not Chainy, have a daughter to give away on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Not Chainy, have a daughter to give away on the weekend. You're giving her away? You're not paying him to take her away, then....? Coop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 heh heh How about begging then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 OK I went on Friday night and had a great night. I really enjoyed the aerial display that was on offer but unfortunate there wasn't any Commercial Aircraft :( I was really hoping to see at least a Boeing or Airbus commercial aircraft but nothing. There where a lot of private jets but not what i was looking for. The B1 Lancer is 1 of the most awesomeness things I have ever seen. The Sound and the afterburner effect at night is truly AWESOME!!!!! What did everyone else think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aviatrix27 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I had a good time, saw a couple of TAA members, and spent a lot of time in Jelly Belly's hangar. It's a pity his night display was shortened (was going to land on the truck but they wouldn't let him - he's only done it at night once) and his fireworks didn't all go off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I've created a category in the photo gallery for those who would like to upload their photos to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I was there on the Saturday ... The static displays were good I thought . A very wide spectrum of aircraft types , from Ultralights to heavies . Like Chop Chop I was a little disappointed that the civvie airliner types were not represented , they always attract a large crowd and a lot of interest . I thought the F22 was awesome . We were very privileged to see this aircraft at such close quarters , and indeed here at all . It has been shown rarely outside of the USA , and even then never as close up as at Avalon , the RIAT last year at RAF Fairford was one example . The flying display on Saturday was poor I thought , very disjointed , repeat performances to fill in the "program" , and all in all a poor bit of organisation .There just wasn't enough content . The commentator at times clearly was not that well versed in the technical aspects of the display aircraft . Having said all this , it was well worth the $55 entry fee , and I will be there next time around . Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Dave, Did you get a glimpse of XFA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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