Portrush Airshow any one going?

wayne77

Cheers...may go,weather is a bit bad though.

dmxdave

Nice pictures MG thanks, the last time I saw the Red Arrows here was at the QE2 farewell and it chucked it down all day

Jaime-V

Great pics Moneygrabber, love the red arrows ones. We decided not to head up today to much else to do lol.

Money_Grabber13579

gibbyni wrote: »

11am - Gates open, Model aircraft flights on beach
11.30am - Royal Marine unarmed combat on beach
12.15pm - Air displays start
5.30pm - Air displays end
5.45pm - Model aircraft flights on beach (to 6.45pm)
7pm - Beach re-opens

Thats the timetable as for whats on all I know of is the Euro Fighter, not to sure on the time and Red Arrows at 5pm. Im sure there will be plenty inbetween

There was supposed to be model aircraft flights on saturday too, but they didn't appear! So the the first thing was at 11.30 and the unarmed combat. (Unless we were looking at the wrong part of the beach that is!)

It was much better in the morning than the afternoon, as it seemed to slow down quite a bit, and there were longer gaps between the flights.

steveymp

A good show as always, weather not great for photos

but got a few of the Red Arrows who were superb:T




These 2 were impressive as well


and the Merlin was nice


Didn't make it on Sunday because of weather, but wanted to see the poppy drop:o the Airbus was impressive but had to stay too far from the coast for safety reasons and 2 kids at my feet restricted photo opportunities:rotfl:

Jaime-V

steveymp - fab photos!

gibbyni

Steve what equipment where you using? some nice sharp ones there

steveymp

Thanks Peep:o

A Nikon D300 and a 500mm F1.8 lens, weights a bloody tonne:eek: but takes some good piccies, unfortunately the lens is not mine but borrowed from a friend who does sports photography;) I couldn't afford one on my meagre health service wages:rotfl:

Money_Grabber13579

steveymp wrote: »

Thanks Peep:o

A Nikon D300 and a 500mm F1.8 lens, weights a bloody tonne:eek: but takes some good piccies, unfortunately the lens is not mine but borrowed from a friend who does sports photography;) I couldn't afford one on my meagre health service wages:rotfl:

Yeah, they are great pictures! I was only using a small cannon digital compact, so it explains the difference! lol