{"id":12430,"date":"2016-09-02T12:20:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12430"},"modified":"2016-09-02T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:20:21","slug":"vampires-flying-in-for-air-waves-portrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/vampires-flying-in-for-air-waves-portrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Vampires flying in for Air Waves Portrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Air Waves Portrush has added a pair of Vampires to its airshow lineup for this weekend.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/press1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-12431\" title=\"2012 by Paver\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/press1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a>The all silver FB.6 and T.55 Vampires of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron will make their maiden appearance at Air Waves Portrush this weekend. These unique aircraft will perform a series of synchronised manoeuvres for an awe-inspiring display, especially for enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>The de Havilland Vampire pair were manufactured in Switzerland in the 1950s and flown with the Swiss Air Force until 1990. Now operated by the Flyv\u00e5pnets Historiske Skvadron and based at Rygge Air Base near Oslo in southern Norway, the aircraft are in the Royal Norwegian Air Force markings to represent Vampire PX-K and Vampire PX-M, serving at the 336 squadron in the early 50s, Norway\u2019s first pure jet fighter squadron.<\/p>\n<p>Air Waves Portrush is the biggest free airshow on the island of Ireland.\u00a0This year Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has expanded the show to deliver a packed programme of aerial entertainment, as well as a host of land and water based activities and events.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airwavesportrush.co.uk\/\">www.airwavesportrush.co.uk<\/a> for info.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Air Waves Portrush has added a pair of Vampires to its airshow lineup for this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The all silver FB.6 and T.55 Vampires of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron will make their maiden appearance at Air Waves Portrush this weekend. These unique aircraft will perform a series of synchronised manoeuvres for an awe-inspiring display, especially for enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>The de Havilland Vampire pair were manufactured in Switzerland in the 1950s and flown with the Swiss Air Force until 1990. Now operated by the Flyv\u00e5pnets Historiske Skvadron and based at Rygge Air Base near Oslo in southern Norway, the aircraft are in the Royal Norwegian Air Force markings to represent Vampire PX-K and Vampire PX-M, serving at the 336 squadron in the early 50s, Norway\u2019s first pure jet fighter squadron.<\/p>\n<p>Air Waves Portrush is the biggest free airshow on the island of Ireland.\u00a0This year Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has expanded the show to deliver a packed programme of aerial entertainment, as well as a host of land and water based activities and events.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airwavesportrush.co.uk\/\">www.airwavesportrush.co.uk<\/a> for info.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Waves Portrush has added a pair of Vampires to its airshow lineup for this weekend. The all silver FB.6 and T.55 Vampires of the Royal Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron will make their maiden appearance at Air Waves Portrush this weekend. These unique aircraft will perform a series of synchronised manoeuvres for an awe-inspiring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/vampires-flying-in-for-air-waves-portrush\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12432,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12430\/revisions\/12432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}