Bournemouth Air Festival 2009

[250kts]

The four day free Airshow is on Thursday 20th - Sunday 23rd August. The display line is over the sea, parallel with the beach, between the piers.

A great show for viewing from a RIB.
The line up for this includes;-
Red Sparrows
Eurofighter Typhoon
Beech Kingair
Bae Hawk
Boeing Chinook
Battle of Britain Flight - Lanc, Spit & Hurricane
Black Cats Hele's
Augusta AB412 - SAR Demo
Sea Vixen - Not Fri
Vulcan - Sat only (Poss)
B-17 Flying Fortress (Sally-B)
Spitfire
P51 Mustang
Curtiss P-40
Boeing Stearman's
The Blades - Extra's
Yak 52's
Sukhoi 26m's

All we need is the weather .......

[PeterM]

Will be out Fri ( with ' guests' ) & sat & maybe Sunday . Always a good free show , but I will be aimingg to anchor away from the masses - carnage last year where I was !

Really hoping the Vulcan can display - I remember as kid watching them at shows climbing out at full power - awesome to feel the ground shake - makes the eurofigher sound like a wisper !

Steve - will you be able to get hold of timings around the various timings etc ?

Pete

[250kts]

Hi Pete

I have some very provisional times now, but will hold back until I get better certaincy, and post then.

Will only be out on the Sunday, due to Hols with the boat in Cornwall and U2 concert on the Saturday night.

Will anchour amongst the masses again this year, but will have a sharpened boat hope to fend off all the plonkers that could not even master the basics of boat control!
Steve

[neilda]

Originally Posted by Blackroady

Will be out Fri ( with ' guests' ) & sat & maybe Sunday . Always a good free show , but I will be aimingg to anchor away from the masses - carnage last year where I was !

Really hoping the Vulcan can display - I remember as kid watching them at shows climbing out at full power - awesome to feel the ground shake - makes the eurofigher sound like a wisper !

Steve - will you be able to get hold of timings around the various timings etc ?

Pete

Perhaps closer to the event you might suggest a decent place to moor away from the masses? I'm tempted to go, but don't want carnage....

[PeterM]

Neil - generally just off the main display box works. Alot & I really mean alot of boats try & get as close as possible , but I reckon you see just as much from further out. None of the bay is hugely deep ( 20-30ft max generally) so you can just anchor anywhere.

Do you know what day you are planning - welcome to raft up & share a beer or two.

Pete

[neilda]

It's my birthday on the 23rd, if the weather looks good, that would probably be the day... definitely up for a cold one!

[BrAinZ]

We are hoping to come over as well, either on the Sat or Sun.

Maybe there on Fri on a smaller portable device as well

[PeterM]

Originally Posted by BrAinZ

We are hoping to come over as well, either on the Sat or Sun.

Maybe there on Fri on a smaller portable device as well

Not sure what this is ? a Li-Lo maybe ? Rubber-ring, arm bands ?

Sounds like good fun anyway !

[ribpilot]

Hi all,this sounds like a great avent not to be missed.Can anyone help me please,hoping to come up on one of the days but need some advice on the best place to launch nearby and parking for trailer (costs etc).Driving up from Newton Abbot and hoping to get there early...Thanks Richard.

[250kts]

Originally Posted by ribpilot

Hi all,this sounds like a great avent not to be missed.Can anyone help me please,hoping to come up on one of the days but need some advice on the best place to launch nearby and parking for trailer (costs etc).Driving up from Newton Abbot and hoping to get there early...Thanks Richard.

Hi Richard
Depends how far you want to travel by RIB. I would stay West of Bournemouth as it will be very busy, so would recommend Baiter Park in Poole. £9 for the day, but it is a long shallow slip, so you will have to detach trailer from car at waters edge and push into water by hand to launch & recover. Be there early as it gets very busy with jet skis. Stick to 10kt speed limit in harbour.
The only other place I would recommend is the slip in Weymouth. A very good steep concrete slip. Only space for parking trailer, you have to put car into another car park, which can be a pain. Cost could end up as high as £15. Depending on sea state, take about 1-2 hours to get to Bournemouth.

The Vulcan is flying!! Saturday only

Will be there myself on Sunday, hope to see you
Steve