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Airshows

Duxford Airshow

I flew in to the Duxford Airshow on Saturday. (See our Duxford airport review.) I’ve always wanted to fly into a show since I was a kid and I used to visit the Farnborough Airshow (by road). The museum is tremendous and the air show was fantastic. We saw a Typhoon, various aerobatic displays, a Hunter, the Red Arrows and a mock dogfight with four Spitfires (four!), a Hurricane and an ME109. The best bit was on departure when we were queuing for our turn to take off. ATC said to the plane at the head of the queue “After the landing B17, line up…”  How cool is that!

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Many Spitfires

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A beautiful Beech Staggerwing

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Sally B – a still-flying B17

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An F86 Sabre after its display

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The Red Arrows doing their thing (Ahhh, Concorde)

Farnborough (EGLF)

Airport information

Nearest town: Farnborough (7m by car), Hampshire

PPR: Yes

ICAO: EGLF

Phone: 01252 526 701

Website: Tag Aviation. Wikipedia entry

Landing fees:

Runway: 2,440m x 46m, Asphalt/Concrete.

Opening times: Summer – Mon-Fri 0700-2200; Sat, Sun, & Bank Holidays 0800-2000. Winter – Mon-Fri 0600-2100; Sat, Sun, & Bank Holidays 0700-1900.

Fuel: AVGAS 110LL, AVTUR JET A-1

AIP plates and airport diagram

Airport map

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Airport services

  • Handling: Tag Aviation (01252 379 000).
  • Taxis: Aviacars (08708 508 073, located at the airfield), A-Line Taxi Service (01252 377 500), Airport and West End Transfer (01252 548 015).
  • Car Hire: Hertz (01252 516 137, www.hertz.co.uk), Enterprise (01252 336 633, www.enterprise.com), G Force Economy Car Hire (01252 341 551).
  • Nearest railway stations: Farnborough Main (1 nm); North Camp (1 nm).
  • Passenger facilities: Hotel on site plus several hotels and restaurants within 2nm of the airport. Lounges with conference rooms and catering, crew lounge with wi-fi and satellite television and a full service café. Limited first aid treatment. Customs and immigration by arrangement.
  • UK home of Flight Safety.

Pubs

  • The Prince of Wales, 184 Rectory Rd, Farnborough (01252 545 578). Traditional pub with a good selection of ales.
  • The Old Courthouse, 80 Cove Road, Cove (01252 543 031).
  • The Garden Gate, Church Lane East, Aldershot (01252 321 051). Very welcoming local pub with a weekly bluegrass night.

Restaurants

  • Galicia, 35 Queen’s Road, Farnborough (01252 518 784). Decent Spanish cuisine.
  • Zaffron, 1-2 Firgrove Parade Victoria Road, Farnborough (01252 517 070). Good Indian cuisine with a fashionable over-25s bar.
  • Popadoms, 33 Medway Drive, Farnborough (01252 376 869). Anglo-Indian cuisine with some Nepalese specialties and all locally sourced ingredients.

Hotels

  • Falcon Hotel (01252 545378, www.falconfarnborough.com). Some rooms have a view of the airport. Most people wouldn’t like this. Pilots would.

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