Blackpool Air Show Day 1 vox pop

Blackpool Gazette

Reporter Luke Patrick speaks to people attending day one of the Blackpool Air Show

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00:00So how excited are you for the airshow today?

00:03Pretty excited, pretty excited. I've been following the Red Arrows for many years now.

00:09Is this the first time you've been? Have you been multiple times?

00:11Second year I've been here.

00:14So you said you came from Somerset the second year?

00:17South Somerset, yeah.

00:18How long ago did you have to set off to get here exactly?

00:22Oh we're camping at Ream Hills as a family, it's a family holiday sort of thing for the year.

00:29What activity, what planes are you most excited to see?

00:32Red Arrows by far.

00:36Bestest blade team in the world.

00:41How excited are you for the airshow today?

00:43On a scale of 1 to 10, 11. I really am, it's been years since I've seen an airshow.

00:48We used to go and watch them at Woodford,

00:50so of course that stopped, that was in Stockport where they had their own airfield.

00:53Now the kids, Jim here and Eve there, they've never seen an airshow,

00:58so I'll be interested to see how they get on with it.

01:01We'll see how the noise is because this little boy here doesn't like the noise very much,

01:04but if we can put up with this, what's going on around here, then we should be okay.

01:09Is this your first time coming to a particular Blackpool airshow?

01:11First time at a Blackpool airshow, yeah, yeah absolutely, yeah.

01:14It's the first time I've been to an airshow for 30 years probably.

01:19I would say probably even a little bit longer, maybe 35 years.

01:23So very excited to see them.

01:25I can watch the planes going across all the time, so I'm quite fascinated by them.

01:29When you work from home you take solace in anything,

01:31so I'm watching people flying in and out.

01:33And I live quite near Manchester airport,

01:35but I think for the kids it's very important to see this

01:37because it's quite spectacular, the Red Arrows.

01:40I hope they are.

01:41Yeah, so you're here all the way from Manchester for the airport,

01:46and how early did you have to set off to get here today?

01:49Well, we set off at daft o'clock

01:51because we were told it would be very, very busy, very early.

01:53It wasn't, but we've been up and down the front, we've been on the pier.

01:57Kids have been on the rides, we've been in all the kiss-me-quick hat shops.

02:01We're going to buy some sticks of rock on the way back

02:03and we'll stop for a meal on the way home.

02:04So it's just been a nice day out,

02:06because you've got to make the most of it while the sun shines this year.

02:10So which planes are you looking forward to seeing?

02:13Red Arrows, without a doubt.

02:15They've got this tribute British second world aircraft flying over later on.

02:21I'd like to see those, and then the Typhoon very last of all.

02:25I'm interested in the big jets rather than the sort of turbo props or the props.

02:30But I think for just pure putting on a show, the Red Arrows all the time.

02:37How excited are you for the Blackpool Airshow?

02:41How excited are you for the airshow?

02:43Oh, very excited, yeah.

02:46Is this your first time coming to the airshow?

02:49No, I've been here a few times.

02:50How many times?

02:51A few times, two or three times.

02:54Thoroughly enjoyed them.

02:56How far have you had to travel to get here?

02:58I've travelled 200 miles from Glasgow.

03:02When did you have to set off from Glasgow to get here for today?

03:06I set off at half past six this morning.

03:10What planes are you most looking forward to seeing?

03:13I want to see the Typhoon.

03:15The Red Arrows and the Typhoon, the best.

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