Show wows a sky-gazing record crowd
SUNSHINE, amazing aerial acrobatics and thousands of happy people on Swansea beach — it can only be the Wales National Air Show.
The popular event returned to Swansea Bay over the weekend with two days of spectacular flying in the skies, and a host of activities for families on the prom.
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Visitors to the Wales National Airshow 2011
A Second World War Lancaster bomber got the show off to memorable start on Saturday lunchtime with a low-level pass over the city, followed by displays and fly-pasts from a range of aircraft including helicopters, to a Tornado jet and the crowd-pleasing Red Arrows team.
Graham Thomas, Swansea Council's cabinet member for culture, recreation and tourism, said: "The air show was again a major success for Swansea and the city centre, attracting by far the largest number of visitors to the city for a single event ever staged in the city.
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"Bright sunshine and amazing attractions made it the must-see event of the summer in the city."
He added: "What this shows is that Swansea is a city that's more than capable of hosting the very best events."
The show also saw the fulfilment of an ambition for Swansea Council admin assistant Rebecca Lloyd from Bonymaen.
The 24-year-old went for a spin around Gower as a wing-walker after winning an Evening Post competition.
She said: "I was absolutely amazing experience — it was fantastic.
"I can't wait to do it again."
jason.evans@swwmedia.co.uk
Comments
by Jimmy_Blue
Monday, July 11 2011, 8:03PM
“The transport situation was fairly shambolic, and the obviously total lack of anything even approaching forward planning in this respect did the clty little credit. Extra buses should have been laid on for popular routes (including the park & ride) and would have easily paid for themselves.”
by Daffodil77
Monday, July 11 2011, 7:50PM
“Fab Show. Absolutely amazing with all those thousands of people having free access to the bay to watch it all. Trust the moaners as usual. Forward planning goes a long way and there were bound to be queues everywhere - get a grip. They could have prepaid £10 and had a guaranteed car parking space on the rec as I did - brilliant. The show was free so I didn't begrude the £10 charge. When my children were young 20 years ago we used to go to St. Athan and that was all pretty expensive then but worth it.”
by KevNed
Monday, July 11 2011, 6:10PM
“Just uploaded some photos, was a fantastic day on Sunday! :)”
by chwareteg1
Monday, July 11 2011, 5:15PM
“Here we go "GREAT SHOW THE ONLY THING THAT SPOILT IT " was the inconvenience of having to park the car, OH WELL, DEAR ME, NEVER MIND!.
Next year take the train, Fantastic service punctuality second to none, £2.20p return fantastic.
Awesome show the Red Arrows took your breath away, looking forward to next year.”
by cazanne
Monday, July 11 2011, 12:17PM
“Had a fantastic time at the airshow on Saturday. The show was absolutely awesome. And you couldn't fault the weather.
The only thing that spoilt it was the park and ride at Fabian Way. We took over 1 hour to reach the show and we missed the Lancaster Bombers. We were very unhappy, they weren't there on Sunday, so we wanted to see them especially. Coming back was even worse. We took nearly 2 hours to reach the front of the queue. There was only 2 buses on. Swansea Council reckon they did put more on. Where the buses were is a mistery because we didn't see them. The size of the queue was horrendous, everybody was complaining. Children were getting tired and irritable as the adults were. A man behind phoned to complain, but that didn't get him anywhere, nobody wanted to know.”
by vikingkitten
Monday, July 11 2011, 11:33AM
“The Red Arrows were awesome as always!”
by skooby12
Monday, July 11 2011, 11:31AM
“great show ,the only problem was the prices to park your car i was told to park by the fair it would cost us 10 pounds i told him i only want to park the car not buy the whole area”
by Pmarchant01
Monday, July 11 2011, 11:19AM
“I attended both Saturday and Sunday taking different members of my family with me. I was overwhelmed by the both shows, truly a memorable event.”
by deridu
Monday, July 11 2011, 10:54AM
“Wasn`t there a spitfire with the bomber??? deserves a mention too
Red arrows just wonderful”