Next Wednesday and Thursday a load of hair-driers and egg-beaters are going to upset my cat out here in the coastal waters where I do my Sunday morning prawn catching. The line up is mostly jets, with the exception of the BBMF and a Catalina that is still out in Canada and unlikely to arrive. I’ll probably pop my head out from work once a day for the sound of Merlins, but that’s it.
UNLESS.
Are any of you lot coming? Is this worthy of a meet-up? I like the beach and I like a pint, so I could make the effort to walk the few hundred metres from my house…..
Both days flying start at around 1 pm. There is no Harrier display this year though. A pity,a s that would have got a massive welcome from my webfooted townspeople.
By: Snapper - 30th July 2003 at 21:18
More boring. It’s really a pointless show. To think i’ll only pop my head window-wards once each day. Dreadful.
GIVE ME WARBIRDS!
We had a bunch of planes about today, practicing. You’d have thought they’d already learnt how to do it. Would YOU sit on a beach to watch some aircraft who have to practice how to fly the day before? Pah.
Bloody fool Harrier pilot thought his tape was finished, so pressed the eject button.
By: EN830 - 30th July 2003 at 21:00
Originally posted by Snapper
The following is an UPDATED alphabetical list of participants in this year’s LOWESTOFT SEAFRONT AIR FESTIVAL 2003 which will take place on Thursday 31st July & Friday 1st August 2003.AB-412SP SAR Helicopter – 303 Squadron, Royal Netherlands Air Force
BAe Hawk T.1 – 4 Flying Training School, RAF Valley
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane
Blue Eagles – AAC Helicopter Display Team – Lynx + Gazelle AH.1 x 4
Scout AH.1 and Wasp HAS.1 – Kennet Aviation – With HM Customs Cutter ‘Defender’
Extra 300 – D Dobson Aerobatics
Royal Jordanian Falcons – Extra 300 x 4
F-86A Sabre – Golden Apple Operations
Gnat T.1 – Kennet Aviation
Jaguar GR.3 – 16(Reserve) Squadron, RAF Coltishall
Pilatus PC-7 – EMVO, Royal Netherlands Air Force
Red Arrows – BAe Hawk T.1 x 9, RAF Scampton
Sea King HAR.3 – 22 Squadron ‘B’ Flight, Wattisham Airfield – With Lowestoft Lifeboat
Sea Vixen D.3 – DH Aviation/Red Bull
Tornado F.3 – 56(Reserve) Squadron, RAF Leuchars
Tucano T.1 – 1 Flying Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Utterly Butterly Wing Walkers – Boeing Stearman x 2 – AeroSuperBatics
Yakolev Team – Yak-52 x 4
The Tigers – Prince of Wales Regiment Parachute Display Team
This taken from an email sent to me by the great Riger Smith at Lowestoft Aviation Society.
All egg-beaters and hair driers: – Pah boring as a night in, in Lowestoft. Isn’t that right Madame Crame?
By: ageorge - 30th July 2003 at 20:53
Originally posted by Snapper
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Thats going to ride well, what with no Harrier due to the pilot flooding the engine. [/B]
I thought he just overdid the water injection !!!
By: Snapper - 30th July 2003 at 19:18
Um, lets just, like, remove the Red Sparrows on both days shall we?
Thats going to ride well, what with no Harrier due to the pilot flooding the engine.
By: sparky - 30th July 2003 at 10:04
Who can think of a good title for the snapper pic!
I thought maybe
“Waiting for Skyraider”:)
By: Snapper - 30th July 2003 at 09:29
“What, no Harrier?”
Nope. The pilot flooded the engine.
By: Moggy C - 30th July 2003 at 09:02
What, no Harrier?
Highlight of last year’s show so I heard.
Looks like the sort of varied day that will provide some interest for nearly every ‘non-committed’ spectator.
Who knows it might even drag in a few converts to the more specialised shows? This can’t be a bad thing.
I don’t think any of us should all get sniffy ‘cos there is nothing that appeals to our jaded palates.
Moggy
By: Snapper - 29th July 2003 at 23:33
Me either. I’ll poke my head out for the BBMF and maybe the jaguar (missed the last ones to fly over my head!) but the firworks are usually superb.
By: Yak 11 Fan - 29th July 2003 at 23:17
Nowt there then that interests me that I won’t see at Woodchurch, good job I can’t get time off work (especially as my office window overlooks the end of Norwich airports runway.
By: Snapper - 29th July 2003 at 23:12
The following is an UPDATED alphabetical list of participants in this year’s LOWESTOFT SEAFRONT AIR FESTIVAL 2003 which will take place on Thursday 31st July & Friday 1st August 2003.
AB-412SP SAR Helicopter – 303 Squadron, Royal Netherlands Air Force
BAe Hawk T.1 – 4 Flying Training School, RAF Valley
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane
Blue Eagles – AAC Helicopter Display Team – Lynx + Gazelle AH.1 x 4
Scout AH.1 and Wasp HAS.1 – Kennet Aviation – With HM Customs Cutter ‘Defender’
Extra 300 – D Dobson Aerobatics
Royal Jordanian Falcons – Extra 300 x 4
F-86A Sabre – Golden Apple Operations
Gnat T.1 – Kennet Aviation
Jaguar GR.3 – 16(Reserve) Squadron, RAF Coltishall
Pilatus PC-7 – EMVO, Royal Netherlands Air Force
Red Arrows – BAe Hawk T.1 x 9, RAF Scampton
Sea King HAR.3 – 22 Squadron ‘B’ Flight, Wattisham Airfield – With Lowestoft Lifeboat
Sea Vixen D.3 – DH Aviation/Red Bull
Tornado F.3 – 56(Reserve) Squadron, RAF Leuchars
Tucano T.1 – 1 Flying Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Utterly Butterly Wing Walkers – Boeing Stearman x 2 – AeroSuperBatics
Yakolev Team – Yak-52 x 4
The Tigers – Prince of Wales Regiment Parachute Display Team
This taken from an email sent to me by the great Riger Smith at Lowestoft Aviation Society.
By: Snapper - 27th July 2003 at 23:45
Not so Bob – I pushed the bugger into the sea this morning.
“Cute little tot” – her name is Whipper-snapper.
By: Bob - 27th July 2003 at 23:41
Seeing as this got lost when the Stepladder Poll vanished, here it is again..
Snapper “pipped to the post” in the Windbreak Stakes…
By: Bluebird Mike - 27th July 2003 at 18:46
Cute little tot! 🙂
By: Moggy C - 26th July 2003 at 09:20
Probably on their way to Norfolk to wish Mr Martin a happy homecoming from his enforced absence for thoughtlessly shooting a ‘loveable rogue’ and his failed drug-dealer chum.
Legal aid! Pah! 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡
Moggy
By: Snapper - 25th July 2003 at 19:40
You are NOT going to believe this – but it’s true, I swear.
The main southern park and ride place – Pakefield Rifle Range on the A12 – has, these last few days, become populated with Gypo’s!!!!!!!!! Pykie’s with knackered washing machines and engineless cars, lucky heather, mangy dogs, and big posh expensive vehicles have come to watch Denny!
I can’t help but laugh. That really is class.
By: Snapper - 25th July 2003 at 15:54
Use the park and ride – or if early enough, the car park at the railway station / multi storey..
Unless you have, like me, parked already.
Oh, sorry chaps, I knew about the Sea Vixen / Gnat on Tuesday. Didn’t occur to me to post it. My apologies.
By: Moggy C - 25th July 2003 at 12:42
Almost impossible near the seafront I believe, but there’s an efficient Park ‘n’ Ride service
Moggy
By: spring chicken - 25th July 2003 at 12:28
Parking
Where is the best place to park the car? With wife and children in tow.
By: Moggy C - 25th July 2003 at 11:44
Announced today on BBC Radio Suffolk
RNHF Firefly 🙁 and Sea Hawk replaced on the display list by the Sea Vixen and a Gnat
Moggy
By: Snapper - 24th July 2003 at 11:35
Yup, that’s high tide. Low tide has less water and more beach.
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