Farnborough International Air Show 2006

On Friday 21 of July, Harry and I went to the Farnborough International Air Show, sowthwest London.
The show was open for a week and had several exhibitors pavilions, static aircraft displays and an excellent flying display. We flew from Cranfield Airport (Harry is a private airplane and helicopter pilot) in a small Cessna to Blackbushe Airport where we took a cab to Farnborough; I don't think they would let us park the Cessna next to the A380.



We start with Bell/Boing where we saw a V-22 Osprey and several Bell Helicopters; then the Italians display with the Tornado and the C27J Spartan.




After that we passed through the Us Navy and US Airforce displays, the RAF, some jet companies and every other display with airplanes like the Soux, the Skeeter, the Sligsby T67 and others that we also had the opportunity to see flying, such as the AH64D Apache Longbow, a C17, a Lynx Mk7, a C130J and many others.





The Red Devils (a group of crack heads), the UK Parachute team did a nice show to start the flying display.
The most amazing demostrations were performed by the F-16, the MIG-29 OVT, the Harrier GR7, the V-22, the A340 and the big A380 (this airplane is huge!!!). Airbus pilots fly the A380 so easy and the slow pass in front of the tribune was incredible.




The Red Arrows did an excellent shown with their Hawk T11-A, 9 aircaft in the air at full speed, beautiful formations and scary crossings in front of the people. Another of the highlights of the day: a Spitfire, a Lancaster and a Hurricane passing over the field in formation.
That was just beautiful.





I used my phone to take the pictures the pictures (I forgot my camera), not bad at all!!!
After a lot of walking around, a small sandwich for lunch and four hours of flying display, we came back to Cranfield by the end of the afternoon (45 minutes flying instead of 2 an a half hours driving, good time to pop on the pub for a pint). If you want more information about the show, here is the link.