Bray Airshows

[Head]

Anybody have any information on the airshow thats planned for Bray this August?

http://www.brayairshow.com/

[boomer]

Anybody have any information on the airshow thats planned for Bray this August?

http://www.brayairshow.com/

There was talk of this last year, and the year before etc, I will believe it when I see it

[DeV]

I know a few people from Bray and they haven't heard anything about, given that the nearest concrete runway would be Dublin Airport / Baldonnel, I'd says it's unlikely

[futurepilot]

I know a few people from Bray and they haven't heard anything about, given that the nearest concrete runway would be Dublin Airport / Baldonnel, I'd says it's unlikely

How would that make a difference? Theres no runway in Salthill.

[DeV]

True I suppose

[Goldie fish]

How would that make a difference? Theres no runway in Salthill.

There is however a decent runway less than 5 busy miles away....

[Slacker]

Typical Dubliners, always trying to take what the Wesht has............

[DeV]

Bray ISN'T in Dublin!!!!!

[Gasplug]

Its in wickla,Though many snobby dubs moved in there and have basically turned it into an add on to dublin! oh yea and st gerards rugby is crap!

[Goldie fish]

Bray= Continuity Dublin

[futurepilot]

There is however a decent runway less than 5 busy miles away....

As opposed to 3 airports in the dublin area.Also, half the aircraft at the Salthill airshow fly up from Shannon while the Air Corps ones except the Allouettes fly from the Don.

[Joshua]

The site has been updated:



http://www.brayairshow.com/

[Slacker]

BOOOO!!!!!!!!!! HISSSSS!!!!!

Seriously, even thought I'm a Galway man, and it was grea that my native county held the only major airshow in the country for a few years, it's fantastic that there'll now be TWO great airshows on the Irish calendar

[Dave Scully]

Good Evening All,

Iam the organiser for the Bray International Airshow, we recieved permission to stage the event from Bray Town Council in early Jan and all is planned for 21st Aug 2005.
We had a slight setback with the Dart service not running W/ends in the summer months but Min D.Roche has kindly sorted this out and the line will open for the W/end of the 20th and 21st for the show.

The event is been run in conjunction with the charity Chernobyl Childrens Project and will act as a public awareness and fundraising platform.

There was a show planned for 2002 (small event Red Bull aerobatic team) but there was problems with funding etc and it was being organised by a local group of biz people.

Regards

Dave Scully
www.brayairshow.com

PS great website

[DeV]

Bump

[pym]

Any information on whether the Spitfire will be flying over from Britain for the display or be based in Baldonnel?

Would be nice to see a PC-9/Spitfire formation :wink:

[yellowjacket]

Hopefully the Spit wouldn't make a show of the PC9.

I thought the Red Arrows were coming to Bray as well?

[yellowjacket]

Yeah, saw that on their site, earlier in the year though, when they did Abbeyshrule, there was a mention of Bray too, wonder did it fall through?

[DeV]

There is still talk that the Red Arrows may be available. But it depends on timing, weather, etc (at least that is the gossip).

[DeV]

Bray Seafront
Sunday 21st, August 2005
3pm – 6pm
Show Frequency: 121.75 MHz

DARTs will be running today & tomorrow
Most of the roads going in the direction of the seafront will be closed
Limited parking will be available (beware its limited at the best of times)

Displays:

Beech 18
Former IAC Spitfire
Utterly Butterly Wing Walkers
Aero Stars
Extra Elite
RNLAF PC-7
IAC PC-9
IAC CN-235
IAC Dauphin II
IAC Gazelle
IAC Alouette III
IAC Learjet 45
IAC Super King Air
ICG S-61N
Aer Arann ATR 72
Jet Provost
Extra 200
Military equipment

Helicopter pleasure flights will be available

http://www.weather.ie/forecasts/regi...?Prov=Leinster

[boomer]

Folks

The Red Arrows had to cancel as they could not get the height they required (so I am told), Apparantly they require 10k feet and could only get 7500 feet and for safety reasons withdrew from the show.

I will be there tomorrow in one of the ambulances (most likely) if you want to find me (there are only 7 to knock on the window of!)

[DeV]

Did anyone go?
What did you think of it?

I only saw about an hour of it as I was working but from what I saw it was fairly good.

The weather wasn't great.
The guy doing the PA didn't always know what was going on.
There was some long pauses with nothing happening.
The S-61N had to cut its display short due to a real incident.
There wasn't alot to do, when there wasn't a aircraft doing a display.

But a large number of people were there and seemed to enjoy it.
It was for charity.
The first time an ex-AC Spitfire was flown in Ireland at a display since they were retired.
From what I saw of it, the AC helicopter demo was excellent.
With any luck they will reform the Silver Swallows using the PC-9s, their 4 aircraft display was very good.

Well done to the organisers, with any luck it could turn into an annual event.

[HavocIRL]

Army display was the shiznit. Will never forget the look in the PDF privates eyes as I shocked him with my knowledge and expert handling of the steyr and the sound of laughter as I opened up the 203 and a dummy grenade dropped out onto the ground.

[Goldie fish]

Army display was the shiznit. Will never forget the look in the PDF privates eyes as I shocked him with my knowledge and expert handling of the steyr and the sound of laughter as I opened up the 203 and a dummy grenade dropped out onto the ground.

You are quite the working class hero. I bet no member of the Reserves ever done that at an army weapons display stand before.

[boomer]

I was there, working of course in charge of one of the medical posts, so didnt get much of a chance to watch the show. I did spot Frank hovering in the crowds taking pics but didnt get a chance to run over and say hi!