Back in the day several UFC members had made good contacts and were not afraid to ask from different sources. I remember talking to Gary Numan (Harvard painted as  Japanese Zero G-AZSC) for a while and he signed a heap of his records I brought with me.
Also commentator Angelo Cunningham had plenty of contacts to get interesting aircraft across.
One of the most impressive was the USAF F-111 which was mid 80's maybe 1985 or 86,that thing could shift.

Would you be ok with me sharing these to Newcastle FoF and AirshowsNI FB pages?

Probably an RTA, didn't see anything on the local rags websites,mind you most won't let you read them unless you subscribe,which ain't happening.

Quote from: casper on Sep 29, 2025, 10:05I see you made the 'news'

https://flyinginireland.com/2025/09/history-of-the-ulster-airshow-newtownards/

Hitting the big time now 

I see you made the 'news'

https://flyinginireland.com/2025/09/history-of-the-ulster-airshow-newtownards/

Hi all.

The Irish Coastguard was operating over Glenarm at 4am this morning.

Leonardo AW189
EI-IRR.

Not sure what the emergency was at that time of the morning.  Woke me up from a peaceful sleep as it transited back home, over Belfast at 4,000ft lol

Quote from: angry turnip on Sep 28, 2025, 15:32Wow,you have been busy,I will take some time to watch all these,I videoed a few of the shows late 1990's.
The A-10 story is true,they just had enough fuel for a flypast at Ards, then back to base after displaying at Bishopscort by mistake.
One year at Farnborough the B-52 did it's display over a nearby airfield called Blackbushe,sack the navigator.

Enjoy! You might want to fast forward past the wing walkers in just about every video - I didn't want to edit out the boring stuff so it's very much a case of raw footage. Some real nice machinery overall though.

Wow,you have been busy,I will take some time to watch all these,I videoed a few of the shows late 1990's.
The A-10  (had them twice,once as a two ship,once as a three ship )story is true,they just had enough fuel for a flypast at Ards, then back to base after displaying at Bishopscourt by mistake.I think it was the two ship that displayed at Bishopscourt in error but I'm not certain.
One year at Farnborough the B-52 did it's display over a nearby airfield called Blackbushe,sack the navigator.

Quote from: JasonT1981 on Sep 27, 2025, 21:39A lot more Varity back then rather than the same displays at every show now.

In regards to the A10s, memory might be wrong, but didn't they display at the wrong airfield (Bishopscourt?) and ended up only having enough fuel for a flypast?

Didn't know that!

A lot more Varity back then rather than the same displays at every show now.

In regards to the A10s, memory might be wrong, but didn't they display at the wrong airfield (Bishopscourt?) and ended up only having enough fuel for a flypast?