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Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by chrisellio » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:31 pm

I know its a long way off but I am planning ahead and was wondering if next years show date is planned

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Gary » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:37 pm

The posters near the exit of this years show gave the date as 5th and 6th July 2014

We were talking with some Police on Saturday and they were under the impression there wouldn't be a show next year. Runway renewal has been mentioned previously. Looks likely there will be a show if they were giving dates out.
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by POL » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:42 pm

Gary wrote:We were talking with some Police on Saturday and they were under the impression there wouldn't be a show next year.
To be fair, based on their traffic management this year, I'm not sure they knew there was one this year until Thursday morning! :roll:

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Dunk » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:44 pm

After the show on Sunday, Airshow FM were asking one of organisers when they started planning for the next show, to which he replied: "planning was well under way for the 2014 Waddington Airshow"

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Post by Gary » Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:16 pm

ChrisGlobe wrote:
Gary wrote:We were talking with some Police on Saturday and they were under the impression there wouldn't be a show next year.
To be fair, based on their traffic management this year, I'm not sure they knew there was one this year until Thursday morning! :roll:
Chris,

I travelled to Waddington and back each day Thursday through Monday, the only day we had problems was Saturday morning. It's not the Lincs Police's traffic management that is the problem. It's our Yellow Belly (Lincolnshire) roads. Despite the best efforts of everyone at the A15 (Sleaford Road) entrance, the queue of traffic ended up single file after leaving the ticket booths and just ground to a halt.
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by reheat module » Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:41 pm

Damn irresponsible people building an operational airfield and giving no thought to a robust, supporting road network for an air show period...
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by ASTOR1 » Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:03 pm

reheat module wrote:Damn irresponsible people building an operational airfield and giving no thought to a robust, supporting road network for an air show period...
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As did any one spot 691 departing on Sunday morning?

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by chrisellio » Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:30 pm

Many thanks for that

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Gary wrote:The posters near the exit of this years show gave the date as 5th and 6th July 2014

We were talking with some Police on Saturday and they were under the impression there wouldn't be a show next year. Runway renewal has been mentioned previously. Looks likely there will be a show if they were giving dates out.

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Peted » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:55 am

Thanks for the confirmation of the date - I was wondering the same....hmmm.....5/6 July 2014 - same weekend as Tour de France in Yorkshire...I know they are different attractions & locations, but leaves me with decision to make...
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by phantom23 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:35 pm

Interesting that the dates are the 5-6th July as fairford are showing there dates as 12th-13th July, where will Yeovilton have there's as they normally slot in between the 2 shows above......answers on a postcard

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Post by Mayfly » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:19 pm

I guess RIAT has brought theirs forward a week because of Farnborough?
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Jason32 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:16 am

Do you think Waddington will try to get some RIAT participants then?
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Post by britaylor » Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:13 am

If its 50 years of the red arrows d/t what do we expect it Fiat is on for 3 days more teams at Waddo very nice

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Dunk » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:23 am

Dates will be very interesting, as Legends/Yeovilton usually share the weekend before RIAT - are we in for a fixture pile up?!

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Post by Gary » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:09 am

Jason32 wrote:Do you think Waddington will try to get some RIAT participants then?
If Exercise Indra Dhanush taking place in 2014, it might be a case of RIAT wanting some participants that Waddington might have :whistle: :lol:
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by antal » Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:07 am

Yeovilton will publish a date for their 2014 show around august. It will not be the same date as RIAT or Waddington.

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Gary » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:51 pm

Dunk wrote:Dates will be very interesting, as Legends/Yeovilton usually share the weekend before RIAT - are we in for a fixture pile up?!
According to the TFC website Legends clashes with RIAT next year (12th and 13th July 2014) :(
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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Dunk » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:56 am

RIAT publish their intended dates years in advance, so theres no real need for airshows to clash, other than its their tradional dates - shouldnt be a reason why others cant move?

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by POL » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:06 am

Dunk wrote:RIAT publish their intended dates years in advance, so theres no real need for airshows to clash, other than its their tradional dates - shouldnt be a reason why others cant move?
I've always wondered this. Why does the majority of the airshow "season" have to be three weekends in July? Why not spread it out across June, July and August?

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Re: Waddington Airshow 2014

Post by Mayfly » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:49 am

RIAT is not the only one to work out their dates well in advance Waddington does too and I would imagine most of them do them same, that way they can make sure all the support businesses know where they stand and when their services will be required.

I suppose there's 2 ways of looking when they are held. If RIAT was in August for example would the Black Eagles have stuck around to display then? - I doubt it. I suppose the advantage of having them held together is you stand a better chance of getting something from further away if they can do 3 - big shows in a smaller amount of time.

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