You may be right in principle, but it certainly won’t be the Javelin, which has reached the end of its development road. 🙁

Pity. It was always quite high on my ‘post-lottery win’ list

Moggy

Don’t stop buying those lotto tickets.

From the Javelin website (news 3/3 2008).

“Since suspending the development of the Javelin in late December 2007, the Aviation Technology Board of Directors has continued to engage in negotiations with its strategic partner and various financial institutions. These discussions include developing alternatives to continue operations in the short-term as well as long-term options.

Much of the focus over the last several weeks has been in renegotiating both credit and teaming agreements. We are pleased to report that this task has been accomplished.

The efforts of the Board are now focused on negotiations with interested parties pursuing a possible sale or a majority buyout of ATG.

Multiple teams are pursuing a list of potential buyers. Though subject to change, the general plan in this regard is to ask for best and final offer bids from prospective buyers to reach ATG within the next few weeks. At that point the board will review all bids and negotiate with interested parties. “

Err……that means you’re not even born yet….by at least 42 years 😉

Anyway, I suspect that the airshow scene as we know it today (let alone of 20+ years ago:( ) will be have ceased to exist within the next 10-15 years.

Stop being so mathematical 😀

So you actually think the scene will decline?

Maybe we can agree, that no one knows the future legislation for civilian aircraft. So we should list the aircraft we could imagine (legislation providing) at a future airshow (maybe Duxford 2025).

While i fully ageree with with BlueRobin regarding the growing restoration industry, and we not only find more wrecks, we have also lowered the requirements for a restoration-worthy wreck. I think (besides assuming WWII birds will fly forever) we should keep this thread to current (or near-current) aircraft, that will be “warbirds” of future airshows.

Besides the types mentioned earlier, I would expect to see proto-types, or demo aircraft, as a future show stopper. Mainly trainer and light attack aircraft, due to the cost involved in operating a true fighter like the F-15.

I would already pay to see a Skyfox (Boeing T-33 based trainer/light attack).

Hmm, Quite understand the reasons given above. But where does that leave us in the future for airshows? Will we be relient upon airforces and their budgets? Maybe we need to encourage airlines to start bringing their aircraft for us to look at now flight deck visits are banned in the air.
Would be interested to hear what other people think and would like to see in the future, or should this be a different thread? Mod. please move as you see fit.

I think your post fits quite well here.

The few yearly Danish airshows always gets a flying visit from SAS. Sometimes a static display too (or a combination if its held on a civilian airport). I can’t see them inviting the public inside, there are simply too many people at airshows.

The problem with modern airliners is that they are so boring. It matters little if its a 737 or an Airbus 320, either one of them would be enough to represent that generation of civilian transportplanes. Unless you want registrations :p

I don’t think we need to worry about warbirds as we know them today. There are more and more in the air and hopefully they will fly for many years. There has actually been a sharp rise (or at least it looks that way to me) in private WWII aircraft, and the general interest has also been growing. What we see today, we will continue to see as long as techincally possible.

The Viperjet and javlin would be good guesses on a future display. Along with a range of current military trainers. Maybe even the B-52 mentiones above, but it would be a serious undertaking to operate it (possible equal to restoring and operating two b-29).

Maybe WWI & II replica flying will grow. I’m always reading about a startup production of aircraft somewhere. FW-190, Bücker and others. At the moment they don’t seem to do great business (seem the replica is priced too close to the real macoy, so maybe as actual warbirds increase in value, they will find themselves as a better financial option).

Regarding the show value of current fighter types. Although few people will have the money to operate them, maybe some will be purchased for static display. Not in a museum, but owned by private groups who transport them between airshows (I know it dosent sound like a great airshow, but at least they will be on display).