Went to Farnborough Air Show Saturday. We decided to park in the on site car park this time, although having taken 90 minutes to get there was questioning the wisdom. (it is only 5 mile trip)
Had a chance to wander around the static displays but only for about 45 mins until the flying display started. The red arrows are first up at 12:30, and at 12:29 we felt the first spots of rain!!! Been in a heat wave with record temperatures for about a week, now we are planning to be outside all day it is monsoon type rain. Of course the umbrella's are in the car (we didn't bother to bring rain coat either) so we end up back at the car a little wet....good job we decided to park on site. As it's lunchtime we decide to eat in the car out of the rain, but then the rain really came down and the displays got postponed until the lightning storm passed over.
One the rain eased off we ventured out again with the umbrellas, which were needed for a couple of hours as we kept getting short showers after that
Other than the weather, the flying displays were memorable and very loud :-) The Airbus A390 (the huge double decker one) was a sight to behold... it is huge ! The military jets all put on a good show, with afterburners blazing away most of the time. Great stuff
We came away slightly disappointed that we didn't get time to really look closely at the static displays and didn't even get into the exhibition halls... which I guess is a good thing as it means we enjoyed it. Next time we will have to get up earlier and get to the gates for 9:30am!
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