Sunderland Airshow 2012 - important info.

[MonkeyHanger]

If any PHer's are going, there has been a change to the Park & Ride service.

Limited Park and Ride spaces will be available at :
Fulwell Quarry (near the Millers Inn, SR5 1JT) for a small charge of £5 per car
Sunderland Enterprise Park, Sunderland SR5 3XB - £1 per person return
Stadium of Light, Sunderland SR5 1SU - £1 per person return

Please note:
Downhill Community North Complex park and ride will now not be operating due to unsuitable ground conditions
No seafront parking will be available due to the unsuitable ground conditions[


Saturday's flying display.



1.30pm
Tornado GR4 Role Demo- 2x Panavia Tornado GR4s, No XV(R) Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth, MorayRAF Falcons- No 1 Parachute Training School, RAF Brize Norton, OxonThe Red Bull Matadors- 2x Sbach 300s, Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones

2.30pm
King Air- Beechcraft King Air B200, No 45(R) Sqn, RAF Cranwell, LincolnshireBlack Cats- 2x Westland Lynx HMA8 Helicopters, No 702 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton, SomersetBattle of Britain Memorial Flight- Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane IIc, Avro Lancaster, RAF Coningsby, LincolnshireSWIP Twister Duo- 2x Silence SA1100 Twisters, Peter Wells and Guy WestgateHunter Mk F58A- 'Miss Demeanour', Heritage Aviation Developments

3.30pm
Breitling Wingwalkers- 2x Boeing Stearman, Aerosuperbatics Ltd, RFC Rendcomb Airfield, Cirencester, GloucestershireSBACH 300- Xtreme Air Sbach 300, Gerald Cooper, One Sky Aviation, Wickenby Aerodrome, LincolnshireMustang P-51D "Jumpin Jacques"- North American P-51D Mustang, Hangar 11 Collection, North Weald, EssexCatalina- Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Plane Sailing Ltd, Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire

4.30pm
RV-8Tors- 2x Vans RV8, Alister Kay and Andy Hill, Pelham Ltd, OxfordTutor- Grob Tutor T1, No 3 Flying Training School, RAF Cranwell, LincolnshireTucano- Shorts Tucano T1, No 72(R) Sqn, RAF Linton-On-Ouse, YorkshireTyphoon- Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4, No 6(F) Sqn, RAF Leuchars, Fife

5.30pm
Red Arrows- 7x Hawk T1A, The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire


Sunday's display starts at 12pm with the Red Arrows opening the show

Edited by MonkeyHanger on Friday 20th July 17:25

[SeanyD]

Useful info ta, I'll be at the private showing aka the Airport ;o)

[sanguinary]

Thanks for the heads up. We're going to drive part way there to save the hassle of a Metro journey from Wallsend. Probably park up at Pelaw so at least we don't have to change at Monument whilst carrying chairs and food etc...

[TameRacingDriver]

I *think* the BUPA 10K run might be on Sunday so anyone going on Sunday, watch out for possible traffic disruption in the Gateshead area.

I'm going on Sunday but as I'm from the West Denton area, I'll be going up to Callerton to do park and ride all the way to Sunderland.

[cslwannabe]

It is Paul - starts and finishes at Gateshead stadium

[sanguinary]

Just got back. We went for the park and ride from the quarry, next to The Harvester. Ground is soft but not muddy, no queues to get there. We walked back though at the end of the day and beat most of the buses back.
Show was good, a little disjointed with some gaps between flights, but as free airshows go, it was top notch again.

[sanguinary]

Dbl post.

[sanguinary]

Triple post! Stupid 'technology' .

Edited by sanguinary on Saturday 21st July 21:40

[MonkeyHanger]

I went to the Stadium of Light, got one of the last places in the car park and was on the Sea front just before 12. Thoroughly enjoyed the show and took loads of photos, most of which will probably be rubbish because i haven't shot an Airshow in 2 years

Well worth the £1 I paid for the Park & ride, although as usual there were people moaning about the organisation

[md.]

Stupid question but when they say no seafront parking does it mean the fields behind Morrisons?

[LimaDelta]

md. said:

Stupid question but when they say no seafront parking does it mean the fields behind Morrisons?

Yes, though I paid a cafe owner £7.50 to park in his car park nearby. Unfortunately, at the opposite end if the show to the RN stuff that I needed to be near. Why is it the crabs always bag the good spot?

Morrisons were handing out dashboard notices for 1 hour parking or risk being clamped. Don't know how serious the threat is though. The passes had no times on and all seemed to be green.

Not a bad show though. Black Cats were great

[md.]

Cheers for that. Think we`re going to go for the Fulwell park and ride and lug the beach gear around.!

[sanguinary]

md. said:

Stupid question but when they say no seafront parking does it mean the fields behind Morrisons?

Speaking of Morrisons. The police stopped anyone from buying more than 1 bottle of beer per person / transaction, which was a bit of an overkill!

My girlfriend and Mother went in and tried to buy 4 beers, one for each of us there. They were only allowed 2 and had to pay for them individually.

[ED209]

sanguinary said:

md. said:

Stupid question but when they say no seafront parking does it mean the fields behind Morrisons?

Speaking of Morrisons. The police stopped anyone from buying more than 1 bottle of beer per person / transaction, which was a bit of an overkill!

My girlfriend and Mother went in and tried to buy 4 beers, one for each of us there. They were only allowed 2 and had to pay for them individually.

You would have understood why this was going on if you had to deal with the drunken, violent individuals i had to yesterday. Most of which were arrested very close to morrisons.

[sanguinary]

ED209 said:

You would have understood why this was going on if you had to deal with the drunken, violent individuals i had to yesterday. Most of which were arrested very close to morrisons.

I know it why it was done. And I wouldn't want to be faced with the idiots you deal with, but it annoys me having to be around these fools and conform to the rules set for the lowest denominator.

I was sat on the front of the promenade and couldn't believe the amount of crap these people left on the beach at the end end of the day. Utter, utter idiots.

[md.]

Agree about the litter! Walking down to the waters edge with the little one we had to dodge allsorts flying up the beach. Carrier bags, icecream tubs. Must be some cleanup operation!

[Buster73]

Went down on my push bike from Washington , plenty of on street parking near the site of the old Roker Park , just a bit of info for next year.