For more info on “Echelon”, have a look on Youtube for when Mark Thomas
went on a balloon ride over Menwith Hill.

Ahh this really burns me when I hear this as people on this forum should know better. The cost to run a show is huge between all the logistical items to bring the public on site and then the costs for aircraft and crew. To think that this should not be run for profit so as to fund a show for the next year is insane. Hence comes up the Not for Profit issue – Please give your head a shake because not for profit just means the board of directors paid themselves the lions share of the profits and then go begging for public money to fund the next years event. Ie. you pay for it in tax money. If you really enjoy going to a particular show pay the admission and thank the people who put it on.

I don’t think there’s anyone who post here who doesn’t realize that (most) airshows are run for profit. It’s just that most of us can remember going to the “at home days” either RAF or USAF, where profit wasn’t a major concern. Of course with some of the smaller venues, it’s their annual airshows which help to pay the bills, we are I hope well aware of that.

It’s just that many of the organizers, in attempting to maximise their profits, have priced many aviation enthusiasts out of the market. Especially those with families.