Pacific Airshow Gold Coast

[Dave Homewood]

I understand this will be pretty epic. The Pacific Airshow that gets 10 million viewers at Huntington Beach, California, will be performing on the Gold Coast of Australia next year!

18-20 August 2023
Loads of international acts.

pacificairshowaus.com/

[Dave Homewood]

Tickets go on sale for this airshow next week on 1st of February.

I had actually considered going to this when I first learned about it, but now that I will be in the UK the month before I doubt I will have enough money to go, sadly.

[machina]

Just work harder Dave.

[aeromedia]

I’m there. Flights and accommodation booked. Can’t wait.

[Dave Homewood]

Who else is going? Only 10 days away now.

No warbirds on the line up so not really of much interest to me, but I hope it goes well for them.

[falcon124]

Steve & I should be up there for interviews and general enjoyment. Will know for sure later this week

[11SQNLDR]

There's been nothing listed that would get me flying 5 hours across the continent for this show. I hope it goes off well for them but this one is not for me....

[falcon124]

We're confirmed and will be recording content for PCDU while there. So far we'll be focusing mostly on the visitors and a few Oz routines we've not talked to before. Probably also find some folks we may know to talk from the punters' angle about what's different re: over beach, the on-ground features, etc.

We can easily catch up with the local acts we know afterwards to get a debrief but for now, our first interviews are starting today and then on-site from Wednesday next week for media events, etc. I'll also be catching up with Matt Jolley (Dave & I have worked with him but I've not met him in person yet ) and meet Wayne Boggs (air boss) plus catch up with friends (oh, and escape Melbourne winter for a bit ).

Feel free to reach out if you're going to be there and lets see if we can catch up for a bit

[Dave Homewood]

Great stuff Grant.

I was told tonight that a load of the US military acts have now dropped out of the show. Had you heard that?

[falcon124]

Sadly, yes. As per their latest "Final Performer Line Up" the PACAF F-16 Demo Team, USN Leap Frogs and USAF C-5M are out due to operational requirements, which is a shame.

We're still going up as there's a chance to meet with some old friends, catch up in person with online friends and check out how Kevin & Ken from Pacific Airshows put on something for the general populace, not just us aviation folks. I want to check out what's happening on the ground, not just in the air, and see if I can get a feel from those general public folks I get a chance to chat to.

Our next episode is coming out soon (hopefully over the weekend if we can) and it includes a chat with Kevin Elliott (organiser) and also with Jeff Boerboon who flies the Yak-110. We're hoping to spend a day at Southport airport to catch up with Jeff & the others we know using it as a base. We should also be able to check out the Yak-110 up close & personal, so that should be a plus (I saw it at Osh19 and it was amazing ).

[kiwined]

Have to say there is absolutely nothing in that lineup that would get me there - better events elsewhere with better acts.

[ErrolC]

At least it doesn't involve as much staring into the sun as several Australasian airshows?

[falcon124]

100% correct re staring into the sun!

To be honest, those of us here are not the target audience for this show: it's the general public and inspiring people to see aviation as a possible thing in their future (fun, employment, etc). Even just to make people more willing to put up with aircraft operating in their area would be a plus.

So yes, for many who go to Avalon, WOI, Wanaka, Temora, etc etc etc this is probably not enough to get them there. Given the Saturday event has sold out General Admission, I suspect it's got enough Joe Public types interested enough to attend plus a few aviation enthusiasts from the area who want to check it out.