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Bray Airshow 2024

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    #32
    chimp77
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭chimp77


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984424#Comment_121984424

    I tend to agree tbh



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    #33
    Northernlily
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    I'm still traumatised after nearly suffocating to death on the dart in 2022 and having to buy a complete set of new clothes when I arrived in Bray.

    Might get there this year 😁



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    #34
    prunudo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985045#Comment_121985045

    I find I have to buy a new set of clothes after I've been to Bray 😁



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    #35
    chimp77
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭chimp77


    Battle of Britain Memorial flight on their website have listed the Lancaster, a Spitfire and Hurricane to attend Bray. Given the Saturday date of the show, they don't have another display commitment the previous or following day. Hopefully they will arrive into Bal on the Friday.



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    #36
    Hen03
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Hen03


    On visit Wicklow page for bray airshow have red arrows listed?

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    #37
    jasT1981
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭jasT1981


    No longer there, but it looks like it was an almost copy/paste job from the 2023 section as it was word for word in a lot of parts.

    https://visitwicklow.ie/event/bray-air-display-2/

    The updated version for 2024 just has the following now

    The skies over Bray will once again be filled with excitement and awe this summer as the Bray Air Display returns!

     

    Don’t miss out on the chance to see some of the best aerobatic displays in the world! It’s a day of action & entertainment kicking off Saturday, August 3rd.

     

    For the latest information on the Bray Air Display, visit their website or follow on Facebook and Instagram.

     

    https://visitwicklow.ie/event/bray-air-display-2024/



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    #38
    Annasopra
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121840944#Comment_121840944

    No green party ever called for it to be cancelled

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #39
    prunudo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122006508#Comment_122006508

    the local green councillor was giving out about it last year, listing off all the things that were wrong with it, from wanting it to be carbon nuetral to saying the noise drowns out conversations to saying Bray will be effected by sea raises come 2050.

    She may not have actually said she wanted it cancelled but she wasn't going out of her way to promote it.



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    #40
    Annasopra
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122006719#Comment_122006719

    Exactly. My statement was correct and yours wasn't.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #41
    prunudo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122006727#Comment_122006727

    It was a tongue in cheek post, that I posted 6 weeks ago, when there was uncertainty whether this years show would go ahead. Anyone who follows Air shows in Ireland will know that there is a minority who would like to see them stopped for various reasons, from peace campaigners to environmentalists.

    Anyway, its irrelevant now, as its going ahead, so hopefully the weather stays onside and the enthusiasts get to witness the full Battle of Britain display. I know that will be the main draw for me anyway.

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    #42
    jasT1981
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭jasT1981


    Wingwalkers have Bray listed this year again. Though have it for Sunday 4th with Rush on the 3rd?

    Wrong way around?

    https://www.aerosuperbatics.com/airshows/#calendar



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    #43
    chimp77
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭chimp77


    So it's looking like no jets -based on the line up so far.



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    #44
    jasT1981
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭jasT1981


    Less than 2 months left until the airshow and not a word at all about it, very few displays have it listed as well and no over-seas air forces have any listings.

    Quite concerning.



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    #45
    Rock Solid
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    Won't be much happening this year. The Spitfires have been grounded in the UK since the recent crash so the BBMF may not be displaying. Reds not listed and there going to Canada in August. If it goes ahead it will probably be the Air Corps and afew local acts



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    #46
    Rock Solid
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    I don't think Viggen will come for just one day. The Baldonnel atc wouldn't let him do a display on return from Bray last year.



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    #47
    jasT1981
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭jasT1981


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122220502#Comment_122220502

    Swedish Air Force Historic Flight don't have Bray, or any Irish show North or South on their scheudle so doesn't look likely.

    https://swafhf.com/aktuellt/flyguppvisningar/



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    #48
    Rock Solid
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭Rock Solid


    Yeah, more fun plane spotting at Dublin Airport !



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    #49
    chimp77
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    When I seen it just listed for Saturday, I felt it didn't bode well. Very unusual to have an Airshow just on a Saturday. Almost like an add on for the family activities in Bray on the ground that weekend. A pity given its peak in 2016 when we seen the Red Arrows and Freece Tricolori on the same bill. It seems to be the lose of the IAA sponsorship that has seen the slow demise/ return to the earlier shows.



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