Vulcan at Lowestoft

I’m intrigued by the costs of running an airshow. I’ve heard that the Red Arrows and the Vulcan cost £8000 each per show. With the other acts say the two days cost in the region of £100 to £120,000. What accounts for the other £205,000? I appreciate that there is third party insurance etc but it does seem an awful lot more than appearance fees. They must get income from stallholders as well as donations as well.

I’m hoping the consulting fees are not extensive!

Police – first aid cover – litter pickers – vendors – security – traffic management – fireworks – safety boats – transport – stationary printing/postage, the list is no doubt endless.

The cost of the aircraft is not something you can find out from the net so it is hard to know the true cost of these.

I think the initial cost was kept down due to the current fuel prices which accounted for the amount of prop-jobs that took part in the show.

Brian.

I’m intrigued by the costs of running an airshow. I’ve heard that the Red Arrows and the Vulcan cost £8000 each per show. With the other acts say the two days cost in the region of £100 to £120,000. What accounts for the other £205,000? I appreciate that there is third party insurance etc but it does seem an awful lot more than appearance fees. They must get income from stallholders as well as donations as well.

I’m hoping the consulting fees are not extensive!

It’s probably the Fat and lazy people, you see. The sort of ones who think ” I won’t pay a quid because i’m lazy, it doesn’t matter if they don’t recieve just 1 Quid, and anyway i’m here for the free airshow”

Sorry, i just went beserk 😮

It was a great show, and in my opinion the programme can’t be made better, the only difference between Lowestoft and Duxford is

1, lowestoft is a £1
2, Duxford doesn’t have chubby people in swim wear.
3, Lowestoft doesn’t have an aviation museum.

I had read somewhere that it went “tech” both days, the reason is unknown – perhaps Lee Howard can shed some light??

Gripe!! 😡

I think having over 400,000 people crowding the seafront over the two days was great news and I am pleased that it will go ahead next year – but, only an estimated £80.000 raised from the buckets. All that was asked from the attendees was £1 per person in the bucket. (voluntary contributions)
Where else can you get an afternoons entertainment for a quid??? Best tenner I’ve ever paid for an air display.

I think the committee do a great job raising the funds to the tune of around £300,000 so the show can take place.

Gripe over.

Congratulations to Paul Bayfield and his team for two days of great entertainment – roll on next year.

Brian :D:D:D:D

I saw that as well, work it out and the contribution is less than last year, only 1 in 6.25, pathetic isn’t it.

does anybody know why the Swordfish was a no show on Friday?

I had read somewhere that it went “tech” both days, the reason is unknown – perhaps Lee Howard can shed some light??

Gripe!! 😡

I think having over 400,000 people crowding the seafront over the two days was great news and I am pleased that it will go ahead next year – but, only an estimated £80.000 raised from the buckets. All that was asked from the attendees was £1 per person in the bucket. (voluntary contributions)
Where else can you get an afternoons entertainment for a quid??? Best tenner I’ve ever paid for an air display.

I think the committee do a great job raising the funds to the tune of around £300,000 so the show can take place.

Gripe over.

Congratulations to Paul Bayfield and his team for two days of great entertainment – roll on next year.

Brian :D:D:D:D

does anybody know why the Swordfish was a no show on Friday?

Me again, Just heard on the local tv news that voluntary contributions to Lowestoft Air Festival, this year, were £80,000 up by £20,000 from last year !
This must be good news for the future of this event. Keith.

Thank you all for your insight into displaying is sea mist etc, I was not moaning about the spit / hurri not displaying, just could not remember the exact reasons given !
To the future, it is looking good for 2009, below are a few quotes taken from the Eastern Daly Press. Keith.

An estimated 445,000 people lined the beach and seafront over the two days of the 12th festival to enjoy displays by the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The wing-walkers of Team Guinot and aerobatics from the Blades display team wowed the thousands who headed to the seafront in hot weather yesterday.

Show managing director Paul Bayfield said this summer’s best-ever turnout, with about 225,000 people visiting yesterday, would secure the future of the event. “It will go ahead in 2009 without question. Looking along the seafront seeing all these people is amazing. They are all enjoying themselves, and it makes me realise what an important event this is for everybody in the town – it’s really quite humbling,” he added.

The sea mist was heavy and you could just make out the other end of the beach with bino’s. What it was like for the pilots ????.

I’ll try to dig out a couple of pics tonight (on the home PC) of haze at sea. If you ever lived near it, you’ll have seen ships sailing in the sky plenty often enough to realise that haze over the sea, especially on a blue-sky day, does some very alarming things to the horizon. And water hurts if you hit at flying speed.

Adrian

Just wondering, did the whole of the BBMF Display i.e. Lancaster Spitfire and Hurricane on the Friday of the Lowestoft Airshow ?

Regards

Eddie Winch:)

Yes they did Eddie.

Multivac, No you did not doze off and miss the spit / hurri display on Thursday, there wasn’t one !
When BBMF arrived they did a flypast with the Lancaster and then, according to the commentator, had to disappear because the weather was not suitable ! something about too much sea mist ????
At least the Lancaster did us proud ! Oh and the Vulcan, Oh and the Typhoon, Oh and every body else involved ! Thank you to all. Keith.

The sea mist was heavy and you could just make out the other end of the beach with bino’s. What it was like for the pilots ????.

When the Lanc was displaying there was a distinct sound of a jet above them. As the Lanc flew back towards Pakefield and cleared, the Hawk came in at a great rate of knots, could this have been the reason for their early depature?

It was the first time I had seen the Hunter in those colours in the flesh, WOW!!

I also believe that the BBMF, Vulcan, Reds and the Typhoon displayed at Raf Marham’s family day on the Thursday too.

I take my hat off to all the pilots for their thrilling displays and hope that enough money is raised for the same next year.

Well done to all :D:D:D:D

Brian.

Just wondering, did the whole of the BBMF Display i.e. Lancaster Spitfire and Hurricane on the Friday of the Lowestoft Airshow ?

Regards

Eddie Winch:)

With half a million people in attendance, accidents were bound to happen.

The latest I heard this morning was that 2 completely moronic teenagers phoned up the police to report a bomb on the beach during the airshow.
They were obviously also not bright enough to realise that their mobiles could be traced and have been arrested. What a bloody stupid thing to do, it could have caused major panic amongst all those families with kids.
If they don’t like airshows, they should be made to take part in one, tied to the back seat of a Typhoon with a sick bag tied round their obnoxious gobs and a nappy on, not for their comfort, just to keep the aircraft clean.

Thank you for replying. So what happened to the Tornados then on the Thursday?

The Tornado’s also called off due to the visibility suffering mid-way through the show.

Multivac, No you did not doze off and miss the spit / hurri display on Thursday, there wasn’t one !
When BBMF arrived they did a flypast with the Lancaster and then, according to the commentator, had to disappear because the weather was not suitable ! something about too much sea mist ????
At least the Lancaster did us proud ! Oh and the Vulcan, Oh and the Typhoon, Oh and every body else involved ! Thank you to all. Keith.

As far as I’m aware The Lancaster has a crew who can back the pilot up with height readings etc, Oh and the Vulcan does as well, The Typhoon has a state of the art head up display and radalt probably. When BBMF displayed the sea mist was particularly nasty, flying a single seat fighters with 1940s instrument fit which you can’t really spare much time to look at because you a low down, no horizon, sea merging with the sky, like flying in a goldfish bowl. No thanks! The BBMF fighter pilots made the right decision, better to disappoint the crowd than crash.

Paddy R, Thank you for that comment, but I must say of 634 shots taken on the day, 2Gb of memory card, I have saved only 90 ! So your camera is possibly as good as mine ! The main difference could be the operator of the equipment !!! Cheers Keith.

Lowestoft Air Show

Thanks to Keithnewsome for the stunning pics from Lowestoft. I photographed most of these (except the Vulcan) at Duxford but your camera is obviously better than mine
I have had a few flights in a vulcan and it was great to see XH 558 take to the skies again
Paddy R

Multivac, No you did not doze off and miss the spit / hurri display on Thursday, there wasn’t one !

Thank you for replying. So what happened to the Tornados then on the Thursday?

Multivac, No you did not doze off and miss the spit / hurri display on Thursday, there wasn’t one !
When BBMF arrived they did a flypast with the Lancaster and then, according to the commentator, had to disappear because the weather was not suitable ! something about too much sea mist ????
At least the Lancaster did us proud ! Oh and the Vulcan, Oh and the Typhoon, Oh and every body else involved ! Thank you to all. Keith.

Oh Dear

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This was on EADT (East anglian daily times website)

Five hurt in air show drama

25 July 2008 | 18:57

SPECTATORS attending a popular air show had to be rushed to hospital after they were sprayed with petrol from a burst fuel line. :eek::eek::eek:

The drama unfolded at the RAF display stand of the Lowestoft Air Festival shortly after 4pm today.

Some 17 spectators were sprayed with fuel and five people – including two children – had to be taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston.

Volunteers from St John Ambulance Suffolk were on hand to provide treatment for a range of injuries, which included burns from unleaded petrol.

The charity – which has been helping out at the event for the last two days – deployed 15 members, three paramedics and one doctor.

In all the team treated 50 casualties yesterday – with a large number of these suffering from heat exhaustion, due to the soaring temperatures.

In addition, a teenager was electrocuted and suffered minor injuries after an incident believed to have happened at the amusement arcade area. :eek::eek:

A team of more than 50 members from St John Ambulance has been at the air show along with four ambulances, three first aid units, two response units, a mini bus and a communications unit.

Tony Curd, county commander of St John Ambulance Suffolk, said: “The Lowestoft Air Festival is one of the major public events covered by our volunteers.

“Our role is to ensure the public have a safe and enjoyable day, with the reassuring presence of our personnel on hand in the event of any emergency.

“Although this could have potentially been very serious, we are all relieved that nothing significant resulted from this and that we were on hand to provide assistance for those caught up in the incident.”

St John Ambulance Suffolk has been providing first aid support at Lowestoft Air Festival for more than ten years, since the event first began in 1997.

Over the years, members of the charity have dealt with casualties and injuries ranging from headaches to heart attacks.

More notably, St John Ambulance provided assistance in the aftermath of the crash of an RAF Harrier in 2002.

For more information about St John Ambulance Suffolk or to enquire about becoming a member, contact 01473 241500.

Did I dose off and miss the BBMF Spitfire and Hurricane display on the Thursday. The Lancaster displayed…

All in all a good display,and where I was there no tannoy.