Author Topic: Old Newtownards Airshows (Read 79342 times)

jasT1981 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 28, 2016, 05:16:11 PM »

NI_Gaz's photo of the A10 Flypast after displaying at the wrong place (Bishopscourt) Not sure of year.

gadwall58 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 28, 2016, 05:31:45 PM »

Wasn't that around 1982.

The F-111 did two fast passes and that was it and the RF4C gave a good display.

Sneaky_Nikon · « **Reply #27 on:** January 28, 2016, 05:37:22 PM »

Don't think I ever saw a particularly inspiring display from a 'Vark anywhere.

NISPOT · « **Reply #28 on:** January 28, 2016, 06:08:20 PM »

ULSTER AIR SHOW - NEWTOWNARDS June 2nd 1984.

3 x A10As of 81TFW
2 F.111Fs of 48 TFW
1 RF 4C of 1TRS/10TRW.

gadwall58 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 28, 2016, 06:15:33 PM »

I was close.

Airymouse · « **Reply #30 on:** March 10, 2016, 07:59:17 AM »

Just a couple of small things. The Vulcan never displayed at Newtownards,. Its last display (before Newcastle) was at Aldergrove.
Mark Hanna sadly died after an accident in the Buchon (in Spain I believe). His beloved Spitfire (MH434) is still alive and well.

The A10s did not actually "display" at Bishops Court (though they may well have flown through that airfield on arrival) They did fly through it on the way back to Dublin (and got into some trouble with the Gliding Squadron who were active down there at the time). All USAF assets were always "flyby only", they were not permitted to do displays.

The F1-11 flyby was cancelled as the night before they were used to bomb Libya.

Here's a publicity pic (from Ulster Air Show 1999), of the Schlepp flown that year by Clive Davidson

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Sneaky_Nikon · « **Reply #31 on:** March 10, 2016, 10:16:40 AM »

Quote from: Airymouse on March 10, 2016, 07:59:17 AM

The F1-11 flyby was cancelled as the night before they were used to bomb Libya.

Muuuh... dunno about that. El Dorado Canyon was Tuesday 15th April 1986.

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #32 on:** March 10, 2016, 11:37:45 AM »

Quote from: Sneaky_Nikon on March 10, 2016, 10:16:40 AM

Quote from: Airymouse on March 10, 2016, 07:59:17 AM

The F1-11 flyby was cancelled as the night before they were used to bomb Libya.

Muuuh... dunno about that. El Dorado Canyon was Tuesday 15th April 1986.

I was at the 1984 show,and the F-111 was there alright,I have some pics which I will put on later.

Sneaky_Nikon · « **Reply #33 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:02:14 PM »

Quote from: Angry Turnip on March 10, 2016, 11:37:45 AM

I was at the 1984 show,and the F-111 was there alright,I have some pics which I will put on later.

I certainly remember seeing it!

Airymouse · « **Reply #34 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:10:31 PM »

I will certainly stand corrected if someone produces a picture. But I was the person that USAF contacted to explain why they could not come.

casper · « **Reply #35 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:12:13 PM »

It's over 30 years ago. Is it possible that they were due appear at two different years and missed one of the them?

Sneaky_Nikon · « **Reply #36 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:13:32 PM »

Wiki is yer friend.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-111,_Newtownards_Air_Show,_June_1984.jpg

Airymouse · « **Reply #37 on:** March 10, 2016, 12:22:47 PM »

I stand corrected, They must have been allocated twice (again in 1986) It was that second allocation that was cancelled. My poor old memory!

Angry Turnip · « **Reply #38 on:** March 10, 2016, 09:03:37 PM »

I have some pics-had to re shoot them with DSLR,they are dreadful quality

-oh for a DSLR back then,instead of my very humble Praktika MTL5 I bought from Argos

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Angry Turnip · « **Reply #39 on:** March 10, 2016, 09:06:32 PM »

Well,here it is the mighty F-111 in all it`s fuzzy glory

,one of the loudest aircraft I`ve heard

Plus a USAF F-4 Phantom II taken from cricket pitch.

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mustang51 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 10, 2016, 08:12:27 PM »

This brings back some memories, i was a member of the ATC and was airside of the runway the year Ken Wallace crashed and was able to get close enough to overhear him saying "i dont know what went wrong there" quite remarkable for a man of his age at the time who has basically fallen out of the sky. I was also close enough to the parked sea harrier airside, i think from memory it was the same year. Got to speak with the pilot who informed us that he had flown in the Falklands and that if there was ever another war he would resign as hed never want to experience that again! I thought at the time, not very good advertising for the armed forces to a cadet thinking of such a carer. But good times, that's when airshows really were good in northern ireland even though much of the aircraft couldn't land.
Does anyone remember the aldergrove airshow in the 80s with all the airliners doing low level fly pasts before coming around to land and the wonderful concord too.?

Midas · « **Reply #41 on:** May 10, 2016, 08:46:58 PM »

I was at the airshow held in Aldergrove when Concord arrived. If I remember correctly, the ground actually "shook" when it passed (or so it seemed to me as I was a tad younger than I am now!). I think I still have a magazine from it in the house somewhere. It was a great day out!

smudge · « **Reply #42 on:** July 31, 2016, 09:42:01 PM »

Awful quality, but here's a shot of the Cat with the Stearmans of Crunchie wing-walkers plus the Pitts of the Toyota Display Team.

I vaguely recall that the Toyota team also had an Extra but I can't remember whether it was at this show or not too.

There was also a Tigercat + Mustang +

formation at the same show, looks like I have one negative recoverable of that. Edit: blimey, through the unintended motion blur and film grain you can just discern that #3 was a Tucano!

Only the cheapest Belmont Photo Service ISO200 film for teenage smudge in those days... Kodachrome was for really special occasions like Great Warbirds at West Malling!

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Angry Turnip · « **Reply #43 on:** July 31, 2016, 11:27:31 PM »

The Tucano is likely to be G-BTUC,which is now with the UAS Collection.

gadwall58 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 01, 2016, 12:02:59 AM »

Super seeing these Smudge.

smudge · « **Reply #45 on:** August 01, 2016, 09:44:40 AM »

Another one for 'scene', not 'detail'.

Puma, pair of Humphreys and a Wokka with the original three-bladed rotors.

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gadwall58 · « **Reply #46 on:** August 01, 2016, 10:13:15 AM »

Nice.

Sneaky_Nikon · « **Reply #47 on:** August 01, 2016, 10:43:49 AM »

Why am I thinking of Big Yellow Taxi?

Airymouse · « **Reply #48 on:** August 01, 2016, 06:41:18 PM »

Two more from the Club side. In those days there was no crowd side

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Ed5995 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 01, 2016, 11:31:15 PM »

I well remember the B25 Mitchell doing a wonderful display at Newtownards prob early '90's, the pilot really chucking it around. Another fav memory is hitching a lift in a DH rapide from BFS, where some of the display aircraft were based, to N'ards.

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Author Topic: Old Newtownards Airshows (Read 79342 times)