Anyone attending Farnborough 2006?

Gonna be there on the Sunday. Can't wait...anyone else going?

Would love to, but I can't afford a bus ticked to another town right now, much less another country.

Sorry to here about your predicament, mate. That's really sad what happened to you...shows you a thing about humanity when they shove you out the door on a national holiday? Lessons I've already learnt...so take heart that some of us have been there...and gotten through it.

Have you ever thought about setting up a paypal account where people who want to help you out can do so? Don't think it as charity...just helping someone out of a tightspot. We've all been in tightspots...

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Oh my gosh! I would love to go (even though it is France)! One of these days I will, but this year, I think Reno Air Races is going to win the battle.

-S

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My mistake - isn't it England now that I think about it?

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

My mistake - isn't it England now that I think about it?

-S

Farnborough is here in jolly old England.

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Originally Posted by STEED

Farnborough is here in jolly old England.

Thought so. Mixing it up with the Paris Air Show. Thats the show I really like to go see.

-S

Farnborough is like the Paris airshow, but bigger and better. In fact it's the biggest organised aircraft event in the world. Shouldn't be opened to the public, because it's really a trade-fair for customers who want to buy civilian and military jets...but it is, thankfully. It lasts seven days but the public can only attend on the weekend.

So the Paris Airshow is just a scaled down version of Farnborough. Was thinking of going because Farnborough is every two years and Paris is on the years Farnborough isn't on.

Sometimes you can spot these comical looking African generals in full uniform regalia (ever see the movie Dogs of War or Wild Geese?) trying to buy secondhand SU-25s...they even have ticket prices on jet fighters and missiles.

I'll post some photos when I come back next Sunday..

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Paris Air show is going on right now. I didn't know that it was smaller however.

Regardless, i love airshows. I used to go flying every weekend as a kid. I miss it. I think I need to finish my pilots license. I scored 98% in ground school, but that was over 15 years ago. Ran out of money back then because even though I grew up in a rather well off family, my father beleived in the fact that if i wanted it, I should find a way to earn it myself. Back then it was about $100 per hour for instructor/aircraft rental. Now it is probably considerably more, but now I can afford it now when i ran out of money back then.

Growing up flying all the time is kind of like driving a car to me. its second nature.

-S

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Paris Air show is going on right now. I didn't know that it was smaller however.

Regardless, i love airshows. I used to go flying every weekend as a kid. I miss it. I think I need to finish my pilots license. I scored 98% in ground school, but that was over 15 years ago. Ran out of money back then because even though I grew up in a rather well off family, my father beleived in the fact that if i wanted it, I should find a way to earn it myself. Back then it was about $100 per hour for instructor/aircraft rental. Now it is probably considerably more, but now I can afford it now when i ran out of money back then.

Growing up flying all the time is kind of like driving a car to me. its second nature.

-S

The Paris Airshow isn't on now. It was on in 2005 and the next one will be in 2007. It's every other year..sort of like Farnborough...2002,2004,2006. They do it on purpose so they don't clash.

http://www.paris-air-show.com/en/

The only thing that the Paris Airshow has which is better then Farnborough is the food...which you'd expect. The food at Farnborough is dismal, it gets slightly better every time, but from what I heard they do at Paris...it has a long way to go. Expensive hot dogs...that's what you get at Farnborough.

This is the official line on Farnborough:

General Show Information
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Farnborough International Airshow 2006 is again set to be the biggest, most internationally attended aerospace event in the world – a globally renowned showcase of aerospace equipment and technology. As such it provides the perfect venue for the world’s civil and military aerospace suppliers and their customers to meet and discuss, finalise and announce their business transactions. The exhibition provides a recognised business and trade environment and is a key event for enhancing and improving your business performance.

It's officially the biggest with about half a million people attending in just 2 days.

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Originally Posted by Kurushio

The Paris Airshow isn't on now. It was on in 2005 and the next one will be in 2007. It's every other year..sort of like Farnborough...2002,2004,2006. They do it on purpose so they don't clash.

http://www.paris-air-show.com/en/

The only thing that the Paris Airshow has which is better then Farnborough is the food...which you'd expect. The food at Farnborough is dismal, it gets slightly better every time, but from what I heard they do at Paris...it has a long way to go. Expensive hot dogs...that's what you get at Farnborough.

This is the official line on Farnborough:

It's officially the biggest with about half a million people attending in just 2 days.

English have better beer! So who cares?

-S

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Military firms eye up contracts Read on.

Military firms eye up contracts
By Jorn Madslien
Business reporter, BBC News, Farnborough Airshow



Forget the heat wave that is sweeping Britain; it is all business as usual at the Farnborough International Airshow, with most people donning suits and ties.
The British aerospace industry is booming; the value added to the UK economy from the sector's commercial and military sales rose 5% in the last year, according to Department of Trade and Industry figures.
Much of the growth comes from the US, where military contracts in particular have proven attractive for British and European manufacturers.
Take BAE Systems, which clocked up sales of $28bn (£15bn) last year. Almost a third of it came in the form of contracts with the Pentagon.
Impressive hardware
Thus there is one notable exception to all those in suits at Farnborough, namely the ones in uniforms representing a number of the world's armed forces.


For many of Farnborough's exhibitors, these chaps, many of whom work in military procurement, are the ones to charm.
And there is plenty here to impress them, ranging from the spectacular Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft - which is a mixture between a plane and a helicopter and thus requiring super-skilled pilots - to unmanned mean-machines from Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems.
And then there are the fighter jets, like the Super Hornet from Boeing, the Mig-29 or the Gripen, all whirling at great expense over the crowd of G&T or mineral water sipping aerospace professionals, some with bonuses in sight, others with money to burn.
Pulling in the dollars
The EADS subsidiary Eurocopter is also turning heads at the show, mainly because it has landed a spectacular contract.
The US army recently signed up for 322 of the Franco-German chopper maker's Light Utility Helicopter.


In a sense, the deal marks the firm return of Old Europe following a now distant-seeming spat between President George W Bush and the French and German leaders over the Iraq war.
But more importantly, at least for the company itself, the $3bn deal marks Eurocopter's first foray into the US military market.
EADS, which is also eyeing a major contract to replace the US Air Force's tanker aircraft, can only hope that the deal marks a softening in attitudes towards the European giant.
Shiny airport
Away from the military arena, companies making smaller aircraft for business users were optimistic.
Bombardier has released its market forecast for the first time, and it is bullish reading.
The Canadian plane maker predicts that 600 to 700 corporate jets will be sold each year in both 2007 and 2008.
And that is a trend that is welcomed in Farnborough itself, where a shiny new glass and steel airport that specifically caters for the business user has been opened.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...ss/5189168.stm

Published: 2006/07/17 18:05:51 GMT

© BBC MMVI

Originally Posted by Kurushio

Have you ever thought about setting up a paypal account where people who want to help you out can do so? Don't think it as charity...just helping someone out of a tightspot. We've all been in tightspots...

I've had people offer financial aid directly, and I've turned them down. Not because of pride, because I've been offered charity before and accepted it. We have a pretty good support structure here through local and state agencies. I have a place to sleep (even if it is with 200 other guys in a huge dorm) and there are several sources for free meals. I'm working at a day-labor job, so I work a day and get paid the same day. It's just a matter of time before I have a good job again, and a little more until things are better than they were.

Even if I had a good job right now I probably wouldn't be able to travel all the way to Farnborough.

Sailor Steve: ok then, as long as you don't get yourself down...that's the main thing. Brighter days are on the horizon...

Steed, thanx for the article, I don't usually visit the BBC website. I also heard the Airbus A380 (double decker) has sold a lot there too, so I suppose that will be the next Jumbo? Can't wait to see it to be honest...and the V-22, though I'm quite wary here because I've heard some of them crashed...I have a bit more responsibility this year in terms of who I'm taking along....so nothing better happen. Though when I went to see what they had to offer this year (after the last time I went, which was a bit disappointing, I wasn't sure about this year), I was sold on those three planes...the V-22, the A380 and the Mig29. It'll be a return of the Russian jets in over 4 years...was hoping for a Sukhoi though...oh well, better then nothing.
Two years ago was a disappointment in terms of weather and how they organised it...for some reason they put the barriers further back from the runway...so we were a bit squashed. This year there's a new picnic area...let's hope they got it right...cos the weather is going to be good. I'll post pics when I get back...