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Southport Air Show 05
Photographs and video by Patrick Trollope
THIS years
Pleasureland Southport Air Show started on a wet note on Saturday 10
September. Lots of the aircraft could not fly due to the weather
conditions throughout the country and also over Southport. The long
gaps where filled with acrobatic displays preformed by Southport
Model Aero Club's model planes. Many of them fooling some of the air
crews themselves. In the evening, Casablanca held a meet for the air
crews and pilots and afterwards the event went on to Roberta Lees.
Bright sunshine brought out the crowds on Sunday though and most of
the billed aircraft took to the skies. The "Magnificent Men" and
women "In their Flying Machines" performing daredevil stunts, from
Utterly Butterly Wing Walkers to the Red Arrows. Also on show were
other aircraft like prop planes like the Sukhoi SU26, to the latest
in Helicopter warfare equipment with the Royal Navy's Merlin HC3.
That’s not forgetting the fast jets like the Tornado GR4 and lots of
other planes and aircraft. Over both days on ground, modern military
machines where all over the place for visitors to look at, ranging
from Tanks to diggers. Other entertainments where also on offer to
showgoers including flight simulators to paint ball alleys and
climbing walls.
Despite the bad start to
the weekend the show still attracted an estimated 200,000 people
over the two days.
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