Weekend of the 26 January was supposed to be a 1 day event for us. However, because our scheduled day off fell on the Public holiday the week before we got a day in lieu which we were told we could have off this Saturday!!! A nice surprise indeed!
For weeks we have known about an Airshow which was suppose to be happening at Al Ain, but trying to find out information was a nightmare. Eventually someone found a website and I phoned the number!
CJD myself and another lady in the office jumped in the car and drove to the Oasis Town of Al Ain.
It was an aerobatics display! Not much military action apart from the Royal Saudi Hawks and the Russian Mig29s!
There were model aircraft displays, which were alright, but even better when one of the competitors binned his plane into the tarmac smashing off the propeller and the undercarriage! DOH!!!!!! There was a model glider and a jet powered model that was so fast….very surprising!
The main part of the aerobatics was performed by pilots of light aircraft similar to those used in the Redbull displays, with equally breathtaking stunts! There were three team competitors, the Russian Mig29 (Very NOISY!), the Royal Saudi Hawks, and the Royal Jordian Falcons. For the kids they had a small helicopter with a face on it, doing silly things with barrels, a yoyo and a flag.
It was tame by usual airshow standards, not the RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) that you get at RAF Fairford, but it was an excellent start to the Airshow Calendar and I cant wait to go to many more this later this year!
The static display was small, in fact, you could say disappointing, but the weather more than made up for the fact the venue was small!!!
It was scorching! And thinking we would be safe in the grandstand, sheltered from the sun, we were wrong. BIG RED FACES, I have no idea where we caught that from!
The show ended around 1730hrs and we drove back to Dubai. Totally wrecked from the fresh air and driving I stayed in and chilled and CJD met the boys at a bar called Peanut Butter Jam. It is on the roof at Wafi City Mall and the chairs are all bean bags! I will go there at some point I think!
She even saw Cliff Richard, although she didn’t get his autograph!!!
For weeks we have known about an Airshow which was suppose to be happening at Al Ain, but trying to find out information was a nightmare. Eventually someone found a website and I phoned the number!
CJD myself and another lady in the office jumped in the car and drove to the Oasis Town of Al Ain.
It was an aerobatics display! Not much military action apart from the Royal Saudi Hawks and the Russian Mig29s!
There were model aircraft displays, which were alright, but even better when one of the competitors binned his plane into the tarmac smashing off the propeller and the undercarriage! DOH!!!!!! There was a model glider and a jet powered model that was so fast….very surprising!
The main part of the aerobatics was performed by pilots of light aircraft similar to those used in the Redbull displays, with equally breathtaking stunts! There were three team competitors, the Russian Mig29 (Very NOISY!), the Royal Saudi Hawks, and the Royal Jordian Falcons. For the kids they had a small helicopter with a face on it, doing silly things with barrels, a yoyo and a flag.
It was tame by usual airshow standards, not the RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo) that you get at RAF Fairford, but it was an excellent start to the Airshow Calendar and I cant wait to go to many more this later this year!
The static display was small, in fact, you could say disappointing, but the weather more than made up for the fact the venue was small!!!
It was scorching! And thinking we would be safe in the grandstand, sheltered from the sun, we were wrong. BIG RED FACES, I have no idea where we caught that from!
The show ended around 1730hrs and we drove back to Dubai. Totally wrecked from the fresh air and driving I stayed in and chilled and CJD met the boys at a bar called Peanut Butter Jam. It is on the roof at Wafi City Mall and the chairs are all bean bags! I will go there at some point I think!
She even saw Cliff Richard, although she didn’t get his autograph!!!
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