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10 hours ago, Alternative 4 said:

Thanks for posting. I wasn't able to make it this year, so it's nice to see what I missed.

No problem!

 

Just asking besides Avalon Airshow, what are the other biggest airshows in Australia?

 

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Temora usually has big show, lots of Warbirds and the RAAF usually send something. I think Wings over Illawarra is a similar show. There is also sometimes a show in Darwin during exercise Pitch Blake, lots of modern military hardware there.

 

That's the ones I know and I have never been to any of them. I had tickets to an Airshow at Amberley on September 2001, not surprisingly that didn't go ahead.

 

 

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18 hours ago, mika14 said:

No problem!

 

Just asking besides Avalon Airshow, what are the other biggest airshows in Australia?

 

 

5 hours ago, Alternative 4 said:

Temora usually has big show, lots of Warbirds and the RAAF usually send something. I think Wings over Illawarra is a similar show. There is also sometimes a show in Darwin during exercise Pitch Blake, lots of modern military hardware there.

 

That's the ones I know and I have never been to any of them. I had tickets to an Airshow at Amberley on September 2001, not surprisingly that didn't go ahead.

 

 

The "big " Temora show is Warbirds Downunder and is to be run every 2 years. Wings Over Illawarra is every year. None of these are "big" compared to a US or UK show. 

Avalon is the biggest show in Australia and is every 2 years . But it's more focused on modern aircraft than Warbirds (It's primarily a trade show with some public days at the end). IMHO , unless you're from NZ or Australia it's not worth travelling to. It certainly nowhere near as good as Duxford, RIAT, Oshkosh  etc.  

You can see my images from some of Warbirds Downunder 2018 by clicking on the images below
 

 

 

And Wings Over Illawarra 2018

 

 

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3 hours ago, a4s4eva said:

 

The "big " Temora show is Warbirds Downunder and is to be run every 2 years. Wings Over Illawarra is every year. None of these are "big" compared to a US or UK show. 

Avalon is the biggest show in Australia and is every 2 years . But it's more focused on modern aircraft than Warbirds (It's primarily a trade show with some public days at the end). IMHO , unless you're from NZ or Australia it's not worth travelling to. It certainly nowhere near as good as Duxford, RIAT, Oshkosh  etc.  
 

 

 

Hi,

 

Have you been to RIAT or Oshkosh Airshows before?

 

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11 hours ago, mika14 said:

 

Hi,

 

Have you been to RIAT or Oshkosh Airshows before?

 

I've been to Oshkosh (2017, here is an album on my flickr site ) and Duxford (2012) but not RIAT (its on the bucket list).. . But it's pretty easy to see from looking online that the variety of aircraft at those shows is vastly superior (IMHO) to what you get at Avalon. That's not necessarily Avalons fault, it's more a function of Geography... it's long way to come to Avalon for anyone but NZ so it's nice that the USAF always makes an effort.  

 

Oshkosh is terrific for photography as well. As you've no doubt noticed Avalon is terrible (Temora isn't great either) Again this geography but the Avalon organisers don't help by alwys siting those stupid speakers at the front of the crowd line. So unless you're in the front row you're always getting a stupid speaker pole in your shot (as your shots prove :-) ) .

I've also found the crowd at Oshkosh much more air show savvy and polite than those at Avalon (mass generalisation I know). At Oshkosh I dump my chair and bag on the crowd line and come back 4 hours later to find they wouldn't be moved, people just set up around you and do the same... I doubt that would happen at Avalon. IMHO Oshkosh is a event all aviation fans should go to at least once.

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10 hours ago, a4s4eva said:

I've been to Oshkosh (2017, here is an album on my flickr site ) and Duxford (2012) but not RIAT (its on the bucket list).. . But it's pretty easy to see from looking online that the variety of aircraft at those shows is vastly superior (IMHO) to what you get at Avalon. That's not necessarily Avalons fault, it's more a function of Geography... it's long way to come to Avalon for anyone but NZ so it's nice that the USAF always makes an effort.  

 

 

Hi,

 

Thanks for your inputs.

The AirVenture Oshkosh u are refering is held in Wisconsin, right?

While you are there, which hotel did u stay? Is it easy to travel from your hotel to the airshow site?

Same as Duxford, where did you stay?

Both RIAT & MAKS are my bucket list, but couldnt find more information online on how's the airshows like besides pictures.

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10 hours ago, mika14 said:

Hi,

 

Thanks for your inputs.

The AirVenture Oshkosh u are refering is held in Wisconsin, right?

While you are there, which hotel did u stay? Is it easy to travel from your hotel to the airshow site?

Same as Duxford, where did you stay?

Both RIAT & MAKS are my bucket list, but couldnt find more information online on how's the airshows like besides pictures.

 

Yeah, AirVenture Oshkosh. I went with an organised tour but it's easy to organise yourself.

We stayed in the University Dorms in Oshkosh. It's summer holidays so the dorms are empty. Lots of people attending the show stay there and there is a shuttle bus that runs constantly to and from the show.

Duxford was just a one day show, I caught an early train from London to Cambridge and got a shuttle bus out to the Airfield. I got a train back in the evening. (IIRC the trip is around 2 hrs) .

 

There are couple of companies in Australia that specialise in Airshow tours (They have trips to RIAT, MAKS, Oshkosh etc) . There is  also at least one based in NZ . Google should help you. There prcies aren't to bad so it may be an option if you don't want to organise things yourself

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