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Flight Fest

  • 16-09-2013 12:39AM
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    ** Mods I searched for a similar thread but it was in vein. Please delete if one exists.

    Was anybody there? What did you think? I was, a great day had. Got loads of good photos. Great show was put on


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    I was disappointed the WW2 bomber didn't blow up the North Strand for old times sake.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Was there sandwiches?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭MonaPizza


    I crawled back under the covers as a bomber went over......quivering and mumbling "Vietnam"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    No. I can see plenty of planes in the sky every day if I was bothered.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 339 ✭✭rustedtrumpet


    Say there was a few blimps down by the quays alright. And by blimps I mean fat birds, land blimps if you will


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,639 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    The most dissapointing part was when the A380 didn't fly into our non existant skyscrapers causing a 911 x 1,000 type event.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    I've been on a plane once... I got really high!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 883 ✭✭✭anto9


    Did they fly low over the City ? I still remember when Aerlingus got its first 747 .They flew the plane very low over the City ,and from my garden in Phibsborough ,i felt that i could almost touch it .It was really spectacular .


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    anto9 wrote: »
    Did they fly low over the City ?

    800ft from sea level and at 180 knots.

    Some aircraft like the F-86 Sabre and the Hawker Hunter went over 300knots and below 700ft.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    anncoates wrote: »
    I was disappointed the WW2 bomber didn't blow up the North Strand for old times sake.
    Priory Hall would have made a better target......:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 880 ✭✭✭Rachiee


    I was down at the dockland for the first couple of hours really disappointed with the line up and time gaps between planes ( although I understood the reason for this) some of it was cool but in general no atmosphere way too much standing around. I missed the A380 which is what I was really interested in because I had theatre tickets.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭Sir Humphrey Appleby


    Rachiee wrote: »
    I had theatre tickets.

    Must a been a private hospital, the HSE just issue appoints for their patients!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,624 ✭✭✭Dancor


    It was more like ****efest. Feck all atmosphere, unlike the tall ships event held in the same area.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    The bouncing bomb on the Liffey was the highlight for me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    I thought it was better than tall ships. The planes actually moved unlike a bunch of old ships sitting there manned by very bored looking sailors


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    I was there and thought it was good. Really enjoyed the old stuff like the B17, Catalina, and the Sabre and Hunter display.

    It will probably be a once in a lifetime event to see passenger airplanes such as A380, A340 etc. fly so close to central Dublin unless Air Al Qaeda decide to revive its short lived service it ran temporarily back in 2001.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭nacho66


    When you plan a day like that with a 2 yrs old baby, you stop planning it seeing the weather as it was until 1pm. I was hoping to see something from my balcony and in the end it was more fun than it would in the docks, in this wind, with a kid and a pushchair :) I couldn't have a better view on this to be honest with all the planes banking left and directly in front of our windows. Also, the notion of you sitting at home (as opposed to standing in the crowd of people, in the middle of the even) and seeing those machines flying over the city - quite nice experience.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    I watched some of it from my balcony. I would have been really pissed off though had I have had to travel far to get into town, it was all just a bit shít.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭nacho66


    I watched some of it from my balcony. I would have been really pissed off though had I have had to travel far to get into town, it was all just a bit shít.

    Definitely, going to the docks would end up with a huge disappointment. Seeing it from home tho, can't complain

    Also, thought that the low pass would be... lower


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,058 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    I was going to go, but then just didn't bother.
    Plus I would have had to spend a few hours in the city and seeing the rambling junkie zombies and other such knackers roaming the streets and annoying people would have just p1ssed me off too much.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭nacho66


    Uriel. wrote: »
    I was going to go, but then just didn't bother.
    Plus I would have had to spend a few hours in the city and seeing the rambling junkie zombies and other such knackers roaming the streets and annoying people would have just p1ssed me off too much.

    Not whole city is full of knackers and junkies, you know? Maybe around 99%, but not more :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Priory Hall would have made a better target......:D

    With the developer inside at the time..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,078 ✭✭✭conorhal


    To be honest, I wasn't that impressed, it was mostly commercial aircraft, seeing a Ryan Air plane fly up the Liffy was novel for many tourists, as it's the closest you'll get seeing one within an asses roar of any city destination you'll be flying to.
    This event was last held in the 30's an I can see why, then a commercial plane was a novelty, today it's a necessary evil.
    The A380 was cool enough as were the Sabre and the B17. But only because these were planes you wouldn't normally see on your way through Dublin airport.
    For the most part 800ft was too high to see anything in any great detail and the gap between flyovers left a lot of parents straining to keep restless kids from boredom.

    Also, the perfect opportunity to level Liberty Hall was missed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 708 ✭✭✭Timothy Bryce


    The most dissapointing part was when the A380 didn't fly into our non existant skyscrapers causing a 911 x 1,000 type event.

    911,000?

    That would be catastrophic


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,346 ✭✭✭✭homerjay2005


    Uriel. wrote: »
    I was going to go, but then just didn't bother.
    Plus I would have had to spend a few hours in the city and seeing the rambling junkie zombies and other such knackers roaming the streets and annoying people would have just p1ssed me off too much.

    i didnt see one junkie or knacker in the city yesterday, not one. these people tend to get diluted and become irrelevant when theres something on.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    conorhal wrote: »
    seeing a Ryan Air plane fly up the Liffy was novel for many tourists, as it's the closest you'll get seeing one within an asses roar of any city destination you'll be flying to.
    :pac::pac::pac:

    I was tempted to go when the Vulcan bomber was due to make an appearance, but when they pulled out TBH I thought Meh(leaky fuel tanks I gather. Fair enough. The B17 and the Sabre would have been the only other draw for me, but not enough of a draw. I never got the deal with airliner appreciation TBH. I know they're so much more but for me they're more like buses in the sky. Plus given they were flying over a city I figured it would have been pretty tame for good safety reasons. If anything had gone pear shaped with the vintage stuff it would have been a real disaster/youtube moment.

    I was also disappointed with the lineup TBH. The UK have got all sorts of cool kit in public and private hands yet the sabre and hawker hunter was it(and the no show Vulcan). Never mind what the US has on bases all over Europe. Where they invited, or did they decline? Who knows.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Wibbs wrote: »
    :pac::pac::pac:

    Never mind what the US has on bases all over Europe. Where they invited, or did they decline? Who knows.

    after the budget row last year all funding for US Mil taking part in airshows has basically been pulled .

    You would also attract a load of tree hugging crusty types shouting about war etc ( think Salthill a few years ago )

    I enjoyed the show !


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,162 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    Davidth88 wrote: »
    after the budget row last year all funding for US Mil taking part in airshows has basically been pulled .

    You would also attract a load of tree hugging crusty types shouting about war etc ( think Salthill a few years ago )

    I enjoyed the show !


    Wouldn't it have been great to have the flight fest at the same time as the tall ships? Throw in sausageOktoberfest and we'd be jammin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Eponymous


    Watched it from a room in Blackrock Clinic yesterday, so had a great view of aircraft on approach and had a fair few go directly overhead as the looped for second passes or as they came out from Casement to take part, so we got very close views of the Catalina, Hercules, Etihad A340 and the A380, without having to put up with crowds or the cold.

    Of course, not having to spend the afternoon in Blackrock Clinic at all would have been better!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    I think people should look for refunds if they thought it was that bad..


    the B17-G made it worthwhile on its own. Had a great view of it.. awe inspiring.


    Gutted the vulcan and the hercules did'nt make it. Hopefully next year they get some russian nuclear bombers over, a black jack and a bear would be nice


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