Souhtport Airshow 2008

[MrRooney]

Just wondering if anyone is going to be there on the 6th or 7th of September and has seen the provisional flying display participation details yet:

RAF Red Arrows (F)
RAF BBMF - Dakota, Spitfire, Spitfire (F)
RAF Falcons Parachute Team
RAF Typhoon (F)
RAF Hawk T1 (F)
RAF Tucano T1 (F)
RAF Tutor T1 (F)
RAF Chinook HC2 (F)
RAF Beech King Air 200 (F)
Role Demonstration (see below) (F)
RN Black Cats (F)
The Blades (F)
Team Guinot Wingwalkers (F)
Swift Aerobatic Display Team (Swift Glider, Piper Pawnee and Silence Twister) (F)
Great War Display Team (3 x SE5, 2 x CL1, DR1, N17) (F)
The Yakovlevs (F)
Blue Eagles (Lynx, Gazelle, Scout, Alouette and Apache AH1) (F)

Role Demo:
x2 Tornado F3
x2 Tornado GR4
x2 Hawk T1
x1 E3-D Sentry
x1 Chinook HC2
x1 Apache AH1

Tiger Moth and Fox Moth aircraft to be on static display on the beach .

Red Arrows displaying Saturday at 1700, Sunday 1200

[mrjake2002]

I'm pretty sure the Fury won't be there... doesn't she still have an engine problem? The 747 won't either as Oasis Hong Kong have gone bust.

EDIT: Sorry to bring the bad news but...

Q. With the Vulcan XH558 be at the Southport Air Show?

A. No, the Vulcan XH558 is not scheduled to be at the show.

(found on the Airshow site).  :(

[Mictheslik]

Looks good....the role demo over water will be interesting.....

Oh, another definate no-no is the extra 300 in the swift aerobatic team....it crashed in May

How does a glider do a display over sea? Land on the beach?

.mic

[C]

I'm pretty sure the Fury won't be there... doesn't she still have an engine problem?

Note the fact that the Sea Fury listed is the RNHF T.20 - not the FB.11...

As for the Extra 300/Swift pairing, Mic is right, however, I wonder if by now they have found the use of another airframe to allow them to fulfill bookings? Just a thought.

The following page on the TVOC site is useful:

http://tvoc.co.uk/flightoperations.asp

And to quote from that page, which may explain any "TBC" appearing in airshow provisional listings:

The venues below are those agreed to date for the appearance of XH558 until the end of the season, negotiations are still in progress with several other venues.

[Mictheslik]

As for the Extra 300/Swift pairing, Mic is right, however, I wonder if by now they have found the use of another airframe to allow them to fulfill bookings? Just a thought.

They were still using the Pawnee at Farnborough, though they've commandeered the Twister (G-TWST) to do some aerobatics with the glider, just not the towing.

.mic

[Anark]

I'll most likely be there.

[MrRooney]

Looks like i'm gonna be there for both days this year, just updating the list too for whats been confirmed so far

edit.... plus if anyones definately going to this will be down at liverpool on the friday as as far as i know they'll be taking off from there this year instead of blackpool (gonna visit my old work place and try and get some photo's)

[eno]

Might be worth getting to ..... as I haven't managed any other shows this year.

[Anark]

I'm not sure what to go to now, Southport or Duxford because I really would like to see the Vulcan flying seeing as I've already missed it twice this year.