Ignoring the weather and global warming points for a mo, does anyone want to discuss the suggestions about moving show dates about?

We can not change the weather trends, however we can move the events.
It seems to me that as the summers are getting wetter the springs and autumns are getting better.

Could some shows actually be moved around a bit with this in mind – discuss!

Fully in agreement with you regarding shifting SOME events closer to Autumn

Seems like “Indian-Summers” are more likely thesedays.

I went to last-years Autumn-Air Display at Duxford on the 14th Oct (’07).

The weather was EXCELLENT & shirt-sleeves were in order, that afternoon.

Back in the ’80’s & ’90’s, I (& family) used to FREEZE at the same event.

I do find it frustrating having ALL the major airshows bunched together so closely – Waddington/Duxford/R.I.A.T & Farnborough all within a few weeks of each other this year; regardless of cancellations & weather, etc….

Problem often is though, with regard to the bigger shows, there’s so much to see & get around to doing, that a late-finish (for the ‘enthusiast’ at least) is often inevitable.

Example; by 8.pm I was only just getting back into the car, at Waddington (as I have done in previous years, i.e. 1980’s/1990’s) & there were STILL almighty queues stretching back to the static (a/c) park, trying to leave the base.

As 21st June is B.S.T’s “high-point”, it’s understandable that organisers want to capitalise on maximum-use of Daylight hours…… something that starts to “tail-off” rapidly as we go further into Autumn.

I guess late Aug’-Sept’ seems a fair compromise, though to be honest, it’s ONLY really the last TWO summers (this & last) that we’ve all got good reason to gripe about, here in the U.K.

I can STILL remember regularly attending the Stapleford-Tawny shows ( in pre- North-Weald “Fighter-Meet” days) back in the early 1980’s & it was almost guaranteed that the weather would be crap (which was a shame, as I often used the bike, rather than my old Sunbeam-Rapier !) and the attractive Girl-friend who became my wife, moaning like hell at “these bloody-Airshows !”
Year in, year out, crap-weather.
Even at some of the (much lamented) Mildenhall shows, until (by 1986) they ALL seemed to go from rainy, to scorching-hot (both weather-wise & in a/c content/participation !). I’m generalising, but you get the picture ?

Currently-speaking…. September airshows; bring ’em on !!!!!!!!!!!!