I wondered if any of the visiting aircraft, most of which had left before us, had encountered any problems on their way home.
We left in the gap between the Edwardians and weather was fine until South of WW where it was overcast with light rain patches (which were easily avoided).
WX was brilliant all day at OW and I am told it was one of their best for a while. I certainly found it a delight and thoroughly enjoyed it as it was my first.:D
Re cancelling display slots, older aircraft are more diffcult to operate (in the air and landing), have a lot less instrument flying equipment, are not good instrument platforms even if you have them, almost all are restricted to day VFR anyway and because of aeros you can’t have lots of bits in the cockpit to help the enroute. So it is perhaps a greater challenge than people realise.
Add to that the wish not to damage a historical aircraft ( e.g. rain damage as metioned above) and manage risk whilst also dealing with the presures and responsibilities of display flying, there will be times the right decision is to cancel and whilst it causes disappointment, at least you can display another time. Unfortunately there have been times where weather has caught out transiting display aircraft with tragic consequences.
So perhaps we should treat any slot as it will happen if at all possible and treat it as a bonus if it does; they will certainly try their best to make sure it does.
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