SBAC 1988

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Hi All,

Another selection from my scanned slides this time from the 1988 SBAC show.

I try to pick less obvious subjects so I hope you find them interesting.

To start with some arrival shots and flying display shots from outside the show.

The MiGs arrival over the Swan.



BAe 146 STA Military airlifter variant.



Fokker 100 flew by on each trade day.




An unusual Combine. A Brasilia & Tucano in formation.




Not a good quality pic but this one took me all week to get.

All the participating aircraft in the Royal Navy set piece in one shot!

So here we have it 6x Sea Harrier, 4x Sea King variants, 4x Gazelle (The Sharks) & a pair of Lynx.




Now for a selection from the static display.

Astra Jet



Norwegian Medivac MBB 105.



The ever present T35 Pillan



A bit of history the Comet Racer.



French meteorological Merlin IV



From Poland a Dromader crop sprayer.



MiG29UB which stayed on static all week.



Highland Aero Dynamics Sparrowhawk.



From Sweden FFV Aerotech Starling.



Now for some of the flying display.

Powerchute Raider opened the flying display.




Westland Super Lynx.



Pilatus PC9



Rafale A



A type not seen again Promavia Jet Squalus.



MD80 UHB Demonstrator.



And the MiG 29A and the end of its display




And finally the undoubted star of that years show which was just a support visitor!

An22 which brought the new engine for the An124 after it blew one on the opening day.




Hope you enjoy these & cheers for looking

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That's still the only AN22 I've seen. A few have been in places like Manchester since then.
The 'good old days' when most of the show aircraft were still present for the public days!

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Hi Chris and your Lordship...
Did either of you keep a log of the '88 show??
I've just been looking at mine and I have a couple of blanks...
1) US Army AH-64A Apache ??
2) Italian AMX ??
Any ideas??
I visited on September 6th - which meant I didn't see the AN-22!! But I did see one at the 1969 Paris Air Show - CCCP67691 - Big beast..
Cheers lads,
Bill

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I seem to be able to find all but my 1988 log. I think I had all but given up collecting military aircraft by that time anyway, however the Scramble site has a pretty comprehensive airshow section: www.scramble.nl/airshows/index.html
or this page which I also found may answer your queries: www.farnboroughspotters.com/88.html

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Good to see those old pictures, I'll have a look for mine now.
Perhaps someone will tell me I'm incorrect but I'm pretty sure the MD80 UHB Demonstrator was based at Lasham for the week.

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Hello Bill,

Got around to researching some of the regs at the 1988 show, so if Scramble hasn't helped here are the regs.

AH64 86-8981 flew 86-8983 static
AMX MM X 595 flew MM X 599 static.

If you see a book 40 Years of Farnborough by Mike Hooks that is a good reference point with lists up to the 1988 show. It in fact is Haynes manual.

Also a note for David I don't know if the MD80 was at Lasham but if you look closely at the Pillan pic the MD80 is in the background. This was taken on the Tuesday. I do remember that the MD80 was probably the earliest arrival I can recall doing practice flights 2 weeks before the show so it may have visited Lasham then for demos.

Cheers
Chris

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Thanks for that Chris... Its much appreciated.
Bill