What Would Make Brunty Events Better?

Think the obvious improvement would be to combine the runs with a flying display. I know it’s incredibly difficult and expensive but the simple fact of life is that a lot of people will not drive to an airfield, pay a fair amount of cash, and then just see a few aircraft taxy. I know we all support the CWJ people (of course!) but in broader terms, the only way that significant amounts of people can be drawn-in is to make the event more than just taxy runs. Even if it was just a small flying display it would be more of a crowd-puller.

Failing that, perhaps some other sort of event could be incorporated into the taxy runs such as an aero jumble, flying model aircraft, balloons, or whatever? Think the basic downside to the events is the amount of time where nothing is happening and you’re obliged to sit around looking at nothing, getting cold and/or wet. Although lots of us are willing to endure a less-than perfect arrangement in order to see the jets taxy, the wider public expects to be “entertained”.

I know there are no easy solutions but I think it’s a fact of life that in order to bring the crowds in, you’re obliged to put on a show!

Another alternative might be to provide more creative opportunities for photographers? How about completing the taxy runs and then line-up some of the aircraft along the runway – and then let photographers onto the runway threshold to photograph them? Make a great photo opportunity if the jets were parked facing along the runway in a big gaggle – what a picture!