Portrush Airshow - Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2024

[angry turnip]

1502 Cessna C177 Cardinal G-OSFS headed direct to Portrush off the sea to north,not sure why.

1506 EI-ICU ICG S92 as IRCG118 starting run in from West.

[JasonT1981]

Vampire just departed BFS. Looks to be going to Scotland

[JasonT1981]

Delayed even later now.

[Jimi182]

Official Facebook post said delay again at 15:30. They really should just call it a day.

[angry turnip]

Folk ain`t happy, Sadbook rants again..   https://www.facebook.com/NIairshow/

Scroll down messages to see most are livid, and that was yesterdays show.   Can`t do anything about weather.

" Are the Reds coming ? " LOL

[JasonT1981]

Typhoon at 5:07pm.

Yesterday went as best as it could and most flew.

Today communication has been terrible from the show. Weather is well outside of the shows control.

[JasonT1981]

Autogyro about to display.

16:23 - Looks like G-NGTC from the from the Starlings Display team came over from Scotland. NI International Airshow have said they had cancelled though so not sure what has happened. I assume cloud cover was too low for them to safely display. Heading back to Scotland

16:30 - Rich Goodwin Jet Pitts currently displaying it seems

16:40 - OV10 Bronco about to display

16:49 Tutor display then Typhoon

17:06 - Typhoon up from PIK (according to comments, not on radar)

[rookie]

So its officially a wrap. Not a great day today for them but the line as discussed over the last few weeks wasn't great. The SF360 didn't make an appearance yesterday or today. Nor did the Hurricane. Did the RNLI and Irish coast guard display today? Wasn't it mentioned there was to be Royal Navy ships to be in too?
 

[angry turnip]

Irish Coast Guard display was at 1510 today with S-92 EI-ICU

[Jimi182]

Irish Coast Guard display was at 1510 today with S-92 EI-ICU

I was surprised they did but was glad. The S92 did a few passes which is always nice to see.

The Vampire didn't display today - guessing purely to the weather and couldn't fit in a display in late afternoon.

We were very lucky with the weather yesterday. It was night and day to what today was.

Hopefully a better show next year and a possibility of Newcastle as well.

[JasonT1981]

Hopefully a better show next year and a possibility of Newcastle as well.

Next show in Portrush will be 2026 as it moved to every two years.

I was hopeful of Newcastle 2025 but as time goes on I don't see it happening.

[Jimi182]

Hopefully a better show next year and a possibility of Newcastle as well.

Next show in Portrush will be 2026 as it moved to every two years.

I was hopeful of Newcastle 2025 but as time goes on I don't see it happening.

I forgot about the change in airshow frequency. Darn. 

Yes I can't see the Newcastle going any time soon, but try to remain hopeful.

[JasonT1981]

I do think there is a decent chance of Newcastle coming back, work is going on behind the scenes and has a lot of support within the council but I've heard nothing since the start of the summer.

Finances are the key issue. 

[casper]

I wasn't at the show but can never be critical of the organisers. They organise a weekend for the ordinary public and not for us aviation 'geeks' lol, and to that end I think they achieved their goal.
Given that it's a free show with no income, other than sponsorship, they really are restricted in what they can book. So from me it's a well done to the organisers and an up yours to the weather lol

On a side note I've seen members talk here and people online about the Newtownards shows and the Newcastle one. Personally I would love to see the Enniskillen show return - ideal location.

[JasonT1981]

I wasn't at the show but can never be critical of the organisers. They organise a weekend for the ordinary public and not for us aviation 'geeks' lol, and to that end I think they achieved their goal.

Have to agree, all in all it was a sucessful weekend for the show and the local area economy. Weather was great yesterday, bad today. It isn't the first show that will be harmed by weather and won't be the last.

I do complain myself sometimes, but you're right these shows aren't aimed at us and are more for families. Everyone seemed to forget their complaints once they seen the Typhoon this weekend too lol.

The main issue/complaints did seem to be social media communication today though as well as nothing about the cancellations yesterday and lack of focus on the actual aircraft. 

As an AV Geek I would love to see more fast jets and overseas displays but realistically they are council run shows.

I gained a lot of insight when Newcastle was running and the council allowed me to run the unofficial Newcastle FB page. I talked to many on the team over a number of years and it gave me a new understanding of how seaside shows are run for families as they are the key part of tourism. I do still like to complain from time to time, thats me just getting old 

For the most part I just try to see seaside shows as something fun and for the real enthuisist displays I go to RIAT, Cosford and Duxford.

It is good just to have flying displays back in NI again though.