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13 hours ago, bushcaddy105 said:

Yes, I flew down from Port Pirie yesterday, and home after it finished this afternoon. It was unusual to have both Matt Hall's Red Bull team AND Paul Bennett Airshows on the same program. There is obviously a certain amount of rivalry! The local amateur team, The Silver Sharks, all flying RV's just keeps on getting more polished every performance I have seen. A surprise low(very!) level handling display by an Air Force Posiedon was a feature. The sheer number of spectators (easily 10,000+) was surprising given the Gather Round of AFL in Adelaide was also on this weekend. 

Aldinga has always been a top airfield and always busy, being home to about 80 aircraft in all taking in Adelaide Biplanes joyflights, Flying schools, Parachuting, Corporate charter ops, maintenance and a great cafe overlooking the field.

Only one strip was in use yesterday with the unicom operator juggling  both left and right hand circuits when I arrived. Same with today's departures after the show. - a very fast moving sequence well handled.

 

 

 

hey.

was great to meet you.
(im the oilpath guy, just recognized your plane in the display photo)
thanks for the chat and the story's.
part of why I enjoyed the event was basking in the shared enthusiasm for aviation.

I don't think they expected anywhere near the attendance number.

and so many young families and teenagers
purchased some art, and talking with the artist as he was packing up (had him hold it, so I wasn't walking around the show with a tube)
and the gate numbers were confirmed to be over 10'000.

reckon they had almost every food van in Adelaide there

was there a STOL display,
saw a Vixxen and carbon cub on the flight line, but missed them flying.

only thing I heard disappoint was the Citabria just doing circuits around lunch time.
I understand that the focus was women in aviation - and it was a young 17 year old girl - I guess showcasing youth flying.
but with such a action packed display, it just seemed out of place. Heard a few people voice the disappointment during its flight not understanding why or what it was about.

(I am 32 and found it bloody hard to hear the commentary when you had the helicopter flights departing every 30 seconds, had to be standing right under a speaker.
I did catch in an interview later that she was meant to be talking while flying but the PA system malfunctioned during her flight).

Was a great day out, well worth the admission.