Kecskemét International Air Show, 16/17 August 2008

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saxonett15 wrote:Hi,

are Euros accepted at the show, or can we only pay with Forint??

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Hi Klaus,

unfortunately no euros are accepted, only forints.

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Post by r.e.hendriks »

Goldenflyer wrote:Does anyone has experiance with getting money there in kecksmet ?
I mean the PIN automaat ?
Yep....as long as you find cash machines with the Maestro sign on it, you're ably to collect money. Most of the cash machines in Hungary accept your "Maestro-card".

Perhaps it's a good idea to collect money when passing the border. You have to stop there anyway to get your car-vignet.

Best regards, Rob.
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Camping at the airshow. There will be a camping, 200m from the 2. gate (main entrance). it opens tomorrow at 1500, costs 1500 HUF/day.


Euros: im not sure it's accepted everywhere, and if yes, i think, the change course won't be the best. better change forint before.

today arrivals, according to bazsi:

Wings of Storm (6x PC-9)
Croatian Mi-171
Frecce Tricolori
Italian C-130 (departed)
Finnish CASA C-295 (departed to Szolnok)
2x Finnish F-18 and flew 2 amazing display Razz
2x Swedish Gripen
2x Greek A-7 (1 black and 1 normal)
3x Mirage 2000 (2x C and 1x N)
2x Belgian F-16
2x USAF A-10
1x Czech L-159
1x Swedish SAAB 340 (departed)
1x German Tornado
1x Spanish CASA C-295
2x Spanish Eurofighter
1x Belgian Embraer

+ swedish gripen + turkish stars
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r.e.hendriks wrote:
Goldenflyer wrote:Does anyone has experiance with getting money there in kecksmet ?
I mean the PIN automaat ?
Yep....as long as you find cash machines with the Maestro sign on it, you're ably to collect money. Most of the cash machines in Hungary accept your "Maestro-card".

Perhaps it's a good idea to collect money when passing the border. You have to stop there anyway to get your car-vignet.

Best regards, Rob.
Rabobank pas is internationaal and I see the Maestro logo tnx !
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almost weekend!

Before I am unable to use the internet due to travelling to Kecskemet, I would like to give a big :clap: to tomcat_hun and LHKE especially (and all others) for their efforts to keep the non-Hungarian-speaking world up to date on all matters concerning this airshow: travel, weather, grandstands, entry, cash machines, tickets, camping, trains... the lot! Great job guys, it's very much appreciated :day:

Hope you will be rewarded with a very worthwile airshow; hope you will be as excited about the western-European presence as we are about the Hungarian AF and the South-East-European participants!

THANKS :yourock:
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Post by Tomcat_hun »

Goldenflyer wrote:
r.e.hendriks wrote:
Goldenflyer wrote:Does anyone has experiance with getting money there in kecksmet ?
I mean the PIN automaat ?
Yep....as long as you find cash machines with the Maestro sign on it, you're ably to collect money. Most of the cash machines in Hungary accept your "Maestro-card".

Perhaps it's a good idea to collect money when passing the border. You have to stop there anyway to get your car-vignet.

Best regards, Rob.
Rabobank pas is internationaal and I see the Maestro logo tnx !
VISA is also widely accepted.
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Post by lhke »

for those, who decided to travel, have a nice trip, for those, who can't be here, here's the link of the live streaming. It's live from tomorrow 1200:

http://www.repulonap.hu/airshow/rovatok/hu/online/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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costs 1500 HUF/day :roll: Tickets?

I Thougt 3500 :?:
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Post by lhke »

camoing is 1500 huf/day, not the entry, its still 3500/4000
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Bus to the airbase

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Hi,

for those of you who are willing to take the bus from the city:

besides the regular local bus service (line no.4) the Kunság Volán also provides special shuttle buses over the weekend on the following routes:
a) Noszlopy Gáspár Park - Railway station - airbase
b) Széchenyi Square - airbase

You can only use on these line the special retour tickets (400 HUF) which are printed for the occasion of the airshow, and the single tickets bought from the driver (245 HUF). Please note that the special retour tickets are being printed in different colours for Saturday and Sunday, so if you buy'em in advance, pls tell at the ticket office for which day you buy it.

There will be parking lots at:
a) Kecskemét-Dél (Kecskemét South) exit of Motorway M5
b) along route 54
c) at kilometer 8 of the route 44

Shuttle buses will run from these parking lots to the airbase. Shuttle bus service between the parking lots and the airbase are free of charge.

For the Hungarian-speaking fellow colleagues more info here: http://www.kunsagvolan.hu/kecskemetihel ... to_rep.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Gábor
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Unfortunately the stream is not working at my computer....only sound. Any ideas to solve this problem?
Menso van Westrhenen

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Post by saxonett15 »

On my computer, sometimes it works, sometimes not, so i think the problem is in kecskemet :wink:

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Post by Tomcat_hun »

Hi,

hope everyone enjoyed todays displays at Kecskemét AFB. The weather turned out to be excellent, especially in the afternoon hours. Look forward for sharing the photos taken during the show.

Regards,
Gábor
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Post by saxonett15 »

Hope it will be excellect tomorrow, when we are at the show :lol:

greets
Klaus
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