Skymonster, that’s a very honest and accurate set of comments you gave there. Totally agree.
Steve, in Britain people get ripped off everywhere all the time. Know why? Cause they/we allow it to happen. We should open our mouths more often.
£27 entry fee is becoming quite mad and the yearly increase in price is disproportionate. Having said that I don’t feel too bad donating towards warbird restoration. But £27 times several hundreds of thousands of visitors is an awful lot of money. One would expect to see an airworthy Stirling by now… 😉
Funny you mentioned the SAAB B17 stand. Prices in Sweden are even sillier than in Britain (I’ve been there recently) and the prices of the B17 stand items were simply very decent. And that’s the way to go, as both parties benefit from it (cheaper buy, more sales).
“Would you like a Duxford program?” – Hell no, they’re way over priced! They could’ve simply incldued that in the £27 couldn’t they. Costs a couple of pence to print one of those! When you buy a car, you don’t need to buy the manual seperately do you? *rants on…* 😀
Anyway…
For me what I am really missing in the British airshow circuit is simulation. Simulated dogfights, simulated attacks. It’s not that hard or expensive or dangerous to do and it would be totally awasome. I hope one day we can have a Kittyhawk dogfighting a Macchi 202 or something 😀
O yes, Kemble had simulation. A Hunter flying past and a guy tossing some purple(!) smoke markers and the commentator saying the target was destroyed. Right. For that entry price they could’ve bought a £200 quid 1980 Land Rover wreck and set it on fire at least!! Too much to ask? :rolleyes:
But for the time being I am totally happy that I/we can enjoy these spectacular flying machines and many thanks to the people who make it possible!
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