Lets be honest, its a terrible venue … access is just appalling by car. They should find somewhere else with rail and better road links.

Parking and mud aside, I would rather RIAT stayed at Fairford, I like the area. It’s never a problem for us, we camp nearby and get up early. If it was at Cottesmore, it’d be easier transport wise, that I’d agree. There are plenty of nearby locations to run park and rides.

For those of us camped close by, a few flypasts late in the day(when it was cancelled) would have been some compensation. As it was and desperate to get some return, we stayed for departures on Monday. That was good, but very much what it said on the tin. Our friends that came with us left on the Saturday afternoon. We rushed out to buy tickets for the Sunday when I read on the internet that you would need tickets beforehand, but alas, it was not to be and at 1600 it was cancelled.

From the RIAT site, photo taken on the Saturday:

We were ok though, we had no children to entertain, our accommodation was cheap and we weren’t pressured for time, but I feel sorry for all those who travelled a long way. I ran into one family scouring the fenceline on Saturday just hoping for a glimpse of something with their two little lads. 🙁

I’m sure the local zoo, Fairford and Lechlade all did very well out of it, but it’s in their interests for a successful event next year.

Hi Lotus72,

At the moment, nothing to report – she’s still in the hanger, intake covers and shoe covers in place.

Jim

I’ll get some kip now then…was scanning the sky just incase I missed out. Typhoons are busy today.

Cheers Jim

That auction is “in person”?

Just brilliant to look through, all those BMW motorcycles!

You can buy a jeep, a 75mm gun, then another jeep and an ammo trailer! There’s at least one slightly rusty Panzerfaust tube and in terms of keeping the link to this forum, a drop tank of some sort.

A couple more…

The T-33: