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Surely a few pounds on a ticket would not reduce attendances by much? Apart from enthusiasts most would attend only a few air shows annually.
Compared to football the air displays are great value http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/ticket-prices-how-much-does-it-cost-to-watch-your-team-a6694486.html

A fairly recent book ,high price,however postage is free!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aeroplane-Icons-Lightning-Very-Good-Condition-Book-/361339886620?hash=item5421891c1c:g:ZL4AAOSwPcVVoYzc

Is this connected with the application of a daily rate for attendence at a location to carry out a professional task? As a self employed photographer I can use a daily rate to calculate my fee for a job and then add on travel costs.On the other hand it might be the case that the CAA was tasking inspectors and similiar within a monthly fixed wage.

The trend towards interactive CGI displays is growing not because it is better but mainly based on the idea that a novelty attracts more interest until it becomes dated then a new novelty is installed.Consider amusement parks, that is the way attitudes are shifting.By all means have some interactive side shows but the main display should be the actual item,large or small.
Consolidating aircraft static displays seems to be the future .

I had a book about the history of the Air Training Corps and it included a photo of the tail of a Canadian Sabre which was presented to a Uk ATC squadron,more accurately the vertical stabiliser with the unit markings,wondering if that still survives?.

Great pictures thanks, I always thought of this jet as very exotic when at Squires Gate.Oddly I did not cop it there, first seen by me when displayed next to NX611 at a Biggin Hill air Fair. It had a connection to Kinloss which I served at. Kinloss was the UK landfall for the Operation Beechers Brook formation ferry flights and it transitted there. One of the Sabres was lost in fatal accident locally near Forres but i have not been to the crash location.