Air displays seem to have been going on in various forms for a hundred years plus -which part is the general public disliking?

You would have to consult all those that didn’t bother purchasing tickets for Throckmorton this time round.

As for organisation – unfortunately organised sporting events have had tragedies in the U.K – I cannot really see what the air display industry has been doing dramatically wrong.

Cancelling an airshow a couple of days before it is meant to go ahead, fobbing the blame off on the CAA in a series of publically shared ‘woe is us’ posts and then wading into social media to attack critics is the definition of doing it dramatically wrong. Besides, I wasn’t talking strictly about accident or tragedy ‘management’. I think that is a shaky line of reasoning to go down. If I go to the TT Races or go see a Rally there is an inherent risk that I might be struck by a vehicle. I should not really have to consider a similar level of risk just because I happen to be driving past an airshow, as in the case of Shoreham.

Besides, I keep reading about how much better the displays were in the ’70s and ’80s. I don’t need to say anything to quantify the decline in airshows, because many enthusiasts are already doing exactly that. Shoreham and the actions of the CAA might simply be speeding up the inevitable.

You can turn those emails, and all notification emails, off. Getting annoyed at email frequency must be the pinnacle of first world problems. :applause:

You should be so lucky that you have lots of people wanting to be your friend on there. :apologetic:

I saw it mentioned that Throckmorton was impressive last year because it was organised by two people around a kitchen table. This got me thinking. Are airshows somewhat unique, in that events of their size are organised in such a grassroots manner? Sporting and musical events of similar size are almost certainly not organised around a kitchen table by a couple of volunteers. For all the bellyaching, and perhaps a rare flash of optimism on my part, though smaller events are going to suffer this year perhaps new legislation will legitimise airshows and perhaps make them more acceptable to the general public? Throckmorton’s ticket sales were down this year, after all, and some reports of smaller shows make them sound almost like village steam rallies, just with aircraft instead. Throckmorton’s sales might be down due to a mix of post-Shoreham fallout and many remembering the issues with congestion last year (or some other factor)? Perhaps if airshows were as slick as similar-scale music events then more people would buy tickets ahead of the day?

Just a thought.

You can have a Facebook account and actually have a modicum of self control when it comes to sharing information. I’ve never seen a cogent argument against FB on here. You all sound a lot like my Gran (who, at 90, is on Facebook oddly enough).

Sounds like last year was a bit of a disorganised mess, with a serious snafu around ticketless attendees turning up on the day and slowing access to the site for those with pre-arranged tickets. Looks like they had a fairly desultory display line-up this year anyway, and the organisation in general appears to be fairly ramshackle and amateurish. Of course it is way easier, and currently way trendier, to blame all of this on the CAA rather than ****-poor planning, and ultimately it is the charities that would have benefitted from this show that are getting hurt (a fact overlooked in the sea of whining spotters on UKAR and the like).

You could spin this around and ask me what experience I have of organising big events. I don’t, and therefore I don’t try to. Perhaps Throckmorton should apply the same logic. Their decision to wade into social media discussion yesterday with the ferocity of sparring teenage bloggers doesn’t help matters.

The CAA turned me into a newt! I got better…

Had a look on Flickr and it looks like XM603 is under a temporary poly-tunnel arrangement. Is it getting a repaint or a clean-up? Will it be moved indoors as part of the heritage centre plans? I wish there were more white Vulcans, but clearly it isn’t a good finish for those kept outdoors.

I have been of the web for a couple of months,what has happened to the St Mawgan shack?

Being restored! You can follow progress on Facebook on their page ‘Rosalie, The Shackleton’. They found some heavy corrosion early on, but they are ploughing on.