Paul J Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 ...... at work! Yesterday an email came round offering tickets for Farnborough. Names to go in hat and lucky recipient (around 12 I think) who have names drawn win! And today I learn that I am one of them and have ticket for Tuesday, one of the trade days. One thing I have to do is post pics up on the company chat room with a few notes of the day. The last time I went was 1998 and the very first time 1968. Someone said to me when I mentioned those dates said the aeroplanes nowadays have jet engines and no propellers. Shucks! But I am well pleased and whats more still get paid for it!!! Its treated as a 'development training event' or something like that. Makes up for missing yeovilton I had hoped to get to but didn't. And... its a LOT closer to home. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Well done We want to see the pics too Now that makes 2 lucky winners and things go in 3's so off to buy a lottery ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 You'll love it. No crowds and lots of space. I remember arriving one year to see two Skyship 500's beating up the runway. It took them 10 minutes! Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Result! Make sure and get some pics up here too. Enjoy, Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Congratulations and enjoy the day. I can only imagine how good it was back in 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Congratulations and enjoy the day. I can only imagine how good it was back in 1968. A few I recall from '68 were Civvy reg BAC167 and Lightning F53 for export to Saudi, Victor and a pair of Lightnings refeuiling demo, Polish Iskra, lots of then modern light aircraft, not sure what airliners were there then but there was a NAMc YS11 from Japan, you knoe, the Avro 748 look a likey, and the crash of a berguet Atlantic a few days before I went during the trade week. And it was very wet in September that year!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 The year I was there, this happened the day after! http://www.baaa-acro.com/Photos-26/C-GCTC.jpg No one hurt as far as I remember. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Some Pics now up on new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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