Well, it is still early in the season, and the pressrelease on the cancellation off Lelystad only arrived yesterday, but it looks as if the new rules have been triggered by the SU-27 crash in the Ukraine last summer. As a result, the question of how to make an airshow safer could only be answered by the logical outcome that the safest airshows are those that are not taken place. So far this has no effect on the only military airshow in Holland, as the FAA has no juristriction on military airbases. But, imagine, only one show a year! And, don’t forget, this is a heavy metal show, and not a vintage aircraft show (by the way, the FAA has the rule that “old aircraft (over 35 years) are dangerous aircraft”. It is always possible to bypass things by organising a fly-in in stead of an airshow, but this involves no flying, but is better than nothing. I don’t know yet how the display pilots in Holland are reacting to this. But imagine, all over the world they are celebrating 100 years of powered flight, and in my country this is sabotaged y the FAA. BW Roger
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