Any one been this year?

I think it is only trade until the weekend.

Been meaning to get to Avalon. Bucket list thing

went to avalon back in the early 70s. saw an english electric lightning. came over the crowd, put the reheat on, stood on its tail and went straight up. aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome.

Boris said:

went to avalon back in the early 70s. saw an english electric lightning. came over the crowd, put the reheat on, stood on its tail and went straight up. aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome.

Been under a couple of triple ones doing a dump and burn… Had a semi :)

No.

party_pants said:

No.

Someone has

bob(from black rock) said:

Any one been this year?

There was a red aeroplane doing loop-de-loops over the blowhole at Kiama on the weekend. Does that count?

i wanted to, but couldn’t find it…

swear I left it next to my air guitar…

Speedy said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Any one been this year?

There was a red aeroplane doing loop-de-loops over the blowhole at Kiama on the weekend. Does that count?

Chris Sperou?

they used to have the Red Bull air show in perth.. then someone crashed during training ad the next year the numbers were down ad that was the end of loud noises and invaded air space for the city. Of course they ever blamed the on return on the crash the show just was no longer ‘economically viable’

Missed it this year, though very tempted. A previous Avalon I had to go along for work because I was working on aircraft corrosion with one of the participants. That previous Avalon I also took a strong interest in pilotless aircraft being designed and built in Australia.

This Avalon has been on the news tonight because there’s a 3-D printed jet engine on display. Made from sintered nickel and titanium powders it saves 10 to 20% off the weight of a conventional jet engine.

clearly my n key is not working properly add nnnnnnn’s where needed

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

stumpy_seahorse said:

Speedy said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Any one been this year?

There was a red aeroplane doing loop-de-loops over the blowhole at Kiama on the weekend. Does that count?

Chris Sperou?

Could’ve been. The on-line pics of his plane look the same.

Now I have the SpongeBob song stuck in my head.

Loop de loop – one minute only edition :)

LOL at the 5 hour edition on YT.

Arts said:

they used to have the Red Bull air show in perth.. then someone crashed during training ad the next year the numbers were down ad that was the end of loud noises and invaded air space for the city. Of course they ever blamed the on return on the crash the show just was no longer ‘economically viable’

I went a couple of times. Best day I found was being on the Perth side of the river and watching them take off and land on the grass, rather than watching them from a distance do their thing over the pylons. That kind of got a bit same same after a while, hard to judge with the naked eye if pilot A was better than pilot B or C just watching them do their tricks one by one.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

they used to have the Red Bull air show in perth.. then someone crashed during training ad the next year the numbers were down ad that was the end of loud noises and invaded air space for the city. Of course they ever blamed the on return on the crash the show just was no longer ‘economically viable’

I went a couple of times. Best day I found was being on the Perth side of the river and watching them take off and land on the grass, rather than watching them from a distance do their thing over the pylons. That kind of got a bit same same after a while, hard to judge with the naked eye if pilot A was better than pilot B or C just watching them do their tricks one by one.

apparently that little brick buildig on the park there was the original Perth Airport and the runway was what is now the park… neat hey?

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

Get a private jet ya cheap bastard!

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

False. They open up a new road in to Avalon for the airshow. It’s a longer route in but the traffic along it flows quite freely.

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

Get a private jet ya cheap bastard!

Miss your arrival window and you’re farked

that ‘m troughs’n meter reads and put few droppers in a fence done, lightnin’ speed the Courier engine is bit short on coolant’n had keep the speed up to keep it cool enough, fill that tomorrow, + realized when got out there forgot me torch and would have run out of light if didn’t pull me finger out.

nice evening 25.9C in here presently, dogs are quiet, all good

mollwollfumble said:

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

False. They open up a new road in to Avalon for the airshow. It’s a longer route in but the traffic along it flows quite freely.

That’s good news.. One of the things keeping me away

woops

Dropbear said:

mollwollfumble said:

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

False. They open up a new road in to Avalon for the airshow. It’s a longer route in but the traffic along it flows quite freely.

That’s good news.. One of the things keeping me away

On ya bike then…

I flew to Avalon (the Air Show) one year. I’ll never go back. The whole thing was incredibly badly organised, and security was a joke – it was obvious that security was only a last-minute consideration.

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

Get a private jet ya cheap bastard!

I went on Wednesday by pubic transport, bus Black Rock to Sandringham station, train to city, then train to Lara, then Shuttle bus to Avalon, painless, and more enjoyable than driving.

my thoughts are if you want to go then go… I mean it’s not going to get any less popular (unless you are in Perth and you government would rather spend the money on Barnett’s Inlet – not mentioning any names)
it will be what it is, and you’ll either enjoy it and tick it off the list.. or you’ll think it crap and tick it off the list anyway.. nothing to lose..

bob(from black rock) said:

party_pants said:

Dropbear said:

They tell me the drive down to Avalon is a nightmare on the weekend.. Gotta be fond of queues

Get a private jet ya cheap bastard!

I went on Wednesday by pubic transport, bus Black Rock to Sandringham station, train to city, then train to Lara, then Shuttle bus to Avalon, painless, and more enjoyable than driving.

You must be trade….not open to public admission until today:

http://www.airshow.com.au/airshow2015/PUBLIC/ticketing/general-admission.asp

I wonder how the public transport option goes with all the public doing it. And it being mostly a weekend thing.