Lough Derg Air Show

hearny

Im not from Clare and wont make it to the airshow but Im just spreading the word on what could be a good family day out.

Keep an eye on http://www.loughdergairspectacular.com/ for more info.

Chucken

Thanks for that. I havent seen any ads for this.

Lady Chatterton

Many thanks OP.

I hadn't heard about it until you posted.

Jim Martin

http://www.loughdergairspectacular.com/

Clareman

I have to ask Jim, why did you just post a link that was already posted in the Op?

Jim Martin

Clareman wrote: »

I have to ask Jim, why did you just post a link that was already posted in the Op?

Excuse me! I didn't realise my error. Who or what is "OP"?

martyc5674

Clareman wrote: »

I have to ask Jim, why did you just post a link that was already posted in the Op?

Well I'm glad he did!!... I seemed to miss the dates in the original post

OP is original poster

Clareman

Jim Martin wrote: »

Excuse me! I didn't realise my error. Who or what is "OP"?

No bother, Op is usually the first Post and/or poster in a thread.

Jim Martin

OK thks.

MHalberstram

Any idea what kind of planes will be on display? I don't even know what the air corp have...:o

Akrasia

Its a pretty terrible website. Doesn't give any information and is hard to read

Sterling Archer

Less than 2 weeks to this and i've yet to hear an ad for it.

hearny

Akrasia wrote: »

Its a pretty terrible website. Doesn't give any information and is hard to read

Ha thanks Akrasia I put the page together. Im going to put more info up as soon as I have it. I will see if I can make it easier to read.

As far as the advertising (or lack of) I know its been on Clare FM but not sure of the amount of air time its getting. I will pass the comments on to the organiser.

hearny

Akrasia wrote: »

Its a pretty terrible website. Doesn't give any information and is hard to read

Hi Akrasia,
I have made the website a little easier to read (hopefully).

A2LUE42

hearny wrote: »

Ha thanks Akrasia I put the page together. Im going to put more info up as soon as I have it. I will see if I can make it easier to read.

As far as the advertising (or lack of) I know its been on Clare FM but not sure of the amount of air time its getting. I will pass the comments on to the organiser.

Any information on what will be displayed and approximate times ?

hearny

Here is the proposed schedule: It is Subject to Change so dont hold me to it

1430 -1445 OPEN XA42 SBACH
1500 -1515 Seaplane Fly-Past.
1520-1550 Parachute Jump
1555-1620 SAR Demo
1630-1645 Bellanca Display
1710-1525 RV7
1730-1745 CLOSE with XA42 SBACH

Im updating the website once I get some pictures.

Sterling Archer

hearny wrote: »

Here is the proposed schedule: It is Subject to Change so dont hold me to it

1430 -1445 OPEN XA42 SBACH
1500 -1515 Seaplane Fly-Past.
1520-1550 Parachute Jump
1555-1620 SAR Demo
1630-1645 Bellanca Display
1710-1525 RV7
1730-1745 CLOSE with XA42 SBACH

Im updating the website once I get some pictures.

And what part of Lough Derg will it take place?

tagoona

Its not immediately obvious on the site, but its at Mountshannon

watchingthepols

Will this pose any danger to Mountshannon Sea Eagles?


Feeding time for the White Tailed Sea Eagles in Mountshannon

"AFTER CONFIRMATION yesterday that a pair of young white-tailed sea eagles have finally nested and bred in Ireland – the first such occurrence in more than 100 years – the public were urged to respect an exclusion zone around a small island in Lough Derg on the river Shannon.

“A truly momentous event for Clare and Ireland,” is how Dr Allan Mee, the Golden Eagle Trust’s project manager for the Irish White-tailed Sea Eagle Reintroduction Programme, described the development yesterday."

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0501/1224315407261.html

Chucken

The Eagles didnt stay as far as I know.

MHalberstram

They are still there last I heard. Someone in the nature forum should know.

Pebbles82

They were there last friday...

have2flushtwice

The website is extremely uninformative, and lacks the detail about what you are going to see. It has more details on the traffic mgt plan than the air display. I was going travel by boat and watch from the lake, and make a nice day out of it, but as I dont even know whats going to be there, I dont think the effort of making the trip would be worth it.

Builderfromhell

For the most part the web site seems to give enough info.
However, people who do not know much about aeroplanes may not understand the schedule. For example;
1430 -1445 OPEN XA42 SBACH ; Is this a type of aircraft?
1500 -1515 Seaplane Fly-Past.
1520-1550 Parachute Jump
1555-1620 SAR Demo; is this Search and Rescue?
1630-1645 Bellanca Display; What's this?
1710-1525 RV7; what's this?
1730-1745 CLOSE with XA42 SBACH; I think this is a model aeroplane. Is it?

hearny

I will see if the organiser can provide some more info for you.

Poxyshamrock

Anyone go? How was it?

have2flushtwice

I didnt go, primarily because of the lack of information.

Poxyshamrock

I didn't go cos when I was driving through Parteen, the heavens opened! :P
Wouldn't mind seeing a few pics though.

Jim Martin

I didn't go because of the lack of info & with the weather looking so dodgy, I couldn't afford to risk wasting money on petrol for a 100 mile drive, possibly for nothing!

Builderfromhell

Didn't go because I completely forgot about it.
People I know in Mountshannon didn't know it was on!

Stuxnet

I was on my way, till we got to Scarrif, saw a big lit up sign, said no parking was gonna be available in MS, you had to park and ride, which is bollox, it was pissing rain, and I had my 4 year old & new baby, with a big pram and all the accessories, we turned around and went home,