Due to planning permission restraints (possibly exceeding their 28 day flying limit) and confusion over whether or not a local clay pidgeon “shoot” could be legally held next to an airshow (it would interfere with aircraft operations and is therefore illegal according to the CAA) the BRANSCOME airshow has been cancelled this year.
We get very few airshows down here (what with one thing and another) and this is just another frustration.
Still, Culdrose next Wednesday – but it won’t have the same atmosphere as this cosy little field.
By: RobAnt - 22nd July 2008 at 20:22
Yes, it’s a marvel if you get any decent photos at all from the seafront. It may be better up on the cliffs, or Smugglers Inn.
Dawlish is not the same as Branscombe, and at the moment it looks more like an RAF recruiting flypast, then an airshow.
I’ve been to Dawlish twice, and there really isn’t much to shout about. 🙁
Don’t get me wrong. Dawlish do a fantastic day out for Carnival day – but when compared to the range of aircraft you might see elsewhere, on it’s own the airshow is not a reason for the die-hard airshow enthusiast to attend.
Nevertheless, I’ll be going because it bridges the gap.
Culdrose is another matter.
Even so, my ambition of being able to see XH558 this year has been totally scuppered according to their events diary.
(Ooooh just got a nice new Logitech keyboard/mouse – it’s so much easier to work with, but I digress. Technika? – Blehh)
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd July 2008 at 12:46
It’s Dawlish on Thursday 14th. Never been, but some claim it’s a photographic marvel !
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July 22, 2008 at 12:17 pm