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What’s on at Avalon?
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The Australian International Airshow is returning to Avalon this year, in its second outing post-COVID following a successful event in 2023. Billed by its organisers as the biggest airshow in the Southern Hemisphere, Avalon is the local equivalent of major events like Paris and Farnborough, says Philip Smart, spokesperson for organiser AMDA Foundation.
“Avalon 2023 saw 794 participating exhibitor companies, around 280 official industry, government and scientific delegations from more than 30 countries, 59 conferences and more than 390 aircraft on display in the air or on the ground, from homebuilt light aircraft to heavies such as the Boeing C-17, and fast jets including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor,” he says. “That attracted more than 48,000 attendances across the event’s industry-only days, with the weekend public airshow swelling total attendances to around a quarter of a million.”
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says:Despite looking after the exhibitors. It seems the organisers have decided the general public and aircraft enthusiasts are expendable mugs.
Charging $65 a day for parking in a grass field?
Gold pass ticket holders were allowed to enter the Airshow gates at 9am to allow a less crowded look around the exhibition halls and displays but now are only allowed in with the rest of the public at midday.
The tickets are expensive when you compare with probably the best Airshow in the world the Royal international air tattoo at Fairford.
A similar price to a 3 day gold pass buys you a 6 day pass to the RIAT. 3 days of arrivals and practice, 2 day Airshow ( without the lengthy interruption by Jetstar flights ) then a jam packed departures day, the final 4 days in a grandstand with double height rows so you don’t hit the head of the person in front with your long camera lens, close up to the display fence line with speakers on the ground so that they don’t get in the way of your photographs.
Avalon is getting worse each year I attend and this will likely be my last visit if it turns out as bad as I believe. Not even the F-22 Raptor display will likely save it.
Unfortunately the general public have not seen overseas air shows like Fairford to see what is possible.
What does anyone else think?
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says:Sadly, I agree. It’s become too expensive for what it is. RIAT is much better value. On Saturday, the parking queue exceeded two hours and 10km. The flying display didn’t start until 1.30 after numerous delays. On Friday you couldn’t access the parking you’d paid for and an unfortunate crash cancelled the evening display. For somebody who’d paid for interstate flights, car rental, fuel, premium parking, Gold Class and a hotel it was poor value. I don’t think I’ll waste my money next time.