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Offline Guinness

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« on: April 05, 2005, 08:39:12 pm »
Guys,

The RNLAF has an airshow on the 17th and 18th of June.
These will be held at Gilze Rijen AFB in the south of the country.

Easy and cheap flights are availible to Charleroi an Niederrhein.

The line-up so far ( and much more to come ) :

Belgium:
4 x    F-16AM                31Sm
2 x    CM-170R              11Sm
1 x    A-109HO              SLV
1 x    All 2                     40Sm
1 x    Sea King Mk.48    40Sm


Germany:
1  x   UH-1D                  HFR-10
1  x   EC-135T1             HFWS
2  x   Tornado IDS          MFG-2
1  x   Tornado ECR         JBG-32
1  x   C-160D                 LTG-62
1  x   F-4F                      FLZ


Austria:
2 x    J-35OE                Flrg-2
1 x    SC-7 Skyvan        Flrg-1


Turkey
2 x    RF-4E                113 Filo


Nato:
1 x    E-3A Awacs        NAEWF


Switserland:
2  x    F/A-18C            Flst 11
1  x    Super Puma        Flst 6


Jordania:
4  x    EA.300S               Jordanian Falcons


Greece:
1  x    F-4E                    337MPK???
1  x    A-7H                    336MV                    


UK:
10 x   Hawk T.1            Red Arrows        
2   x   Tornado F.3        56®Sqn
1   x   C-130J                LTW
2   x   Harrier GR.7        3Sqn???
1   x   Chinook HC.2      27Sqn???
1   x   Spitfire                 BBMMF
1   x   Lancaster             BBMMF
1   x   Sea King Mk7     849NAS
2   x   Lynx Mk.8          815NAS
4   x   Gazelle AH.1       671 Sqn

To my opinion a nice list so far and there will be much more to come e.g USAF, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish AF etc.

I'll keep you updated.

If I can help you guys with info, accomodation etc. please let me know and we'll be haven'a ball with.....GUINNESS!!!
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Guinness ':cool:'



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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2005, 09:56:59 am »
Is there any public transport access available? Say from Amsterdam? The train journey from Charleroi to south Holland does take a couple of hours.
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2005, 10:04:47 am »
Hi 202,

The best thing to do would be to hire a car.  I'm thinking of going for the Saturday show and if you fly with Ryanair and book a car via their website you'll get the likes of a Fiesta for 65 yoyo's, Focus for 80 yoyo's.

Getting accommodation could be the biggest problem.


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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2005, 10:25:00 am »
Quote (Frank @ 06 April 2005,10:04)
Fiesta for 65 yoyo's, Focus for 80 yoyo's.

I don`t think I can ever forgive you for using the word Yoyo '<img'>
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2005, 10:50:21 am »
Sorry,

Bad habits creeping in there!


Regards,

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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2005, 07:27:15 pm »
202,

the easiest way to do it is to fly to Charleroi or Niederrein ( 2 or 1 hour drive to Gilze Rijen) and then to book a hotel in Tilburg.
From Tilburg central station there will be free buses to the airshow ( aprox. 20 min).

If you guys need info of hotels down-town Tilburg, please let me know as it is my home-town and I know a few people around here.

I realy hope we can have a gathering in the Netherlands on the saturday night :-).

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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2005, 09:18:29 pm »
Surely Rotterdam is much closer - direct flights from Dublin by Transavia.
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2005, 09:46:45 pm »
Hi Short Finals,

It all depends on what part of Ireland you're coming from.

For instance.... Ryanair fly to Charleroi from Shannon and Shannon is a lot closer to Galway than Dublin, and I'd rather cover 120 miles on European roads than Irish roads any day!

As well as that, the Ryanair Shannon flight times suit me down to a tee.


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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2005, 07:55:48 pm »
Try the Ryanair Niederrhein route .
It's for sure that Niederein is much closer to Tilburg ( and the airshow)than Charleroi.

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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2005, 12:05:00 pm »
I might be there also. On those Belgian Fouga's: one is for the Solo  Display, the other one is the spare. They might place it in static, but small chance. And they are not 11SQN but 7SQN/Flight Fouga  ':p'
edit: Almost forgot: 2005 Solo Display shedule on my website www.fougamagister.be . this year is the FINAL display year before retirement, so if you want to see a Fouga flying in Europe, check out one of the shows! Their are a few displays in the UK also like Duxford.



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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2005, 12:09:05 pm »
another thing. 40SQN doesn't fly alouette 2 but Alouette 3 (technicly Navy pilots, but they are with 40SQN). the Alouette 2 is flown by the ex-army guys (SLV I think)
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« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2005, 03:13:32 pm »
UPDATE:

The IAC will be present on the static with the Beech from 102 Sqn.
This will be the first time in history that the IAC is on a RNLAF open day.

Any chance of bringin' a Casa an PC-9 as well ':p'

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« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2005, 11:24:47 pm »
does anyone know anything about the open day at Valkenburg on the june bak holiday week end? are the P-3 s still there?
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« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2005, 01:47:10 am »
"The rumours are that it will be a "closed" ceremony for the P-3 Orion with no special visitors. Or it will be a small "open day" with a small collection visitors."

Hope thats of use to you.
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« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2005, 07:16:58 pm »
Davedublin,

The P-3C 's are still there.
I hope they will recieve their new collors before the "show".
10 of them are bought by the German Navy and 3 by the Portugese.
I'll try to find out if visitors will be present and keep u all informed.

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