Elvington
As part of the Hunter ground crew, I would like to put across one or two points
I can understand people’s frustration at paying to see aircraft which were advertised to attend an air show, only to find some of these aircraft did not appear. This is usually because the aircraft has become unservicable, or the weather conditions have prevented the aircraft from flying to the event.
Unfortunately the Elvington show was disrupted by the weather conditions and this in turn affected the number of aircraft attending this event. I admit the flying display was small, but the chance to see two Hunters displaying and performing an airfield attack, is unique to the Elvington show. The public were also treated to a breathtaking display by the Hunter FGA-9 XE601
The pilot, Andy Foan, put together a display which showed the aircraft at its best and no one who was there could not have been impressed with the low fast passes across the airfield and the distinctive sound of the “blue note” echoing across the crowd.
I know that some of the Hunter ground crew drove all the way from Exeter, which was a 800 miles round trip and sixteen hrs altogether behind the wheel. I drove 400 miles in total and spent eight hrs in total behind the wheel, all because we want to show the public these fine aircraft and that goes for ALL the other participants.
In the end the air show organisers, the aircraft owners and the support guys can only do their best and sometimes these things happen.
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