Very nice! I have a ticket for Sunday but am becoming increasingly aware of potentially having to make a horrible decision due to the obvious clash. If the Croatians get their way on Wednesday, then no problem but what if…………………

As much as I have loved the tank bank over the last 15 – 20 years, with it’s panoramic view of the airfield and very close (sometimes too close!) proximity to the ‘action’, I think we all knew that it could not continue post Shoreham.

I respect and accept the decision as inevitable and now look forward to finding a new spot to watch from, somewhere along the closer and now less cluttered crowd line in the middle of the site.

I’m guessing a spot on the raised area outside the entrance to the Land Warfare Hall will be the prize for those willing to camp outside the gates. Not sure I can be bothered with that!

Ooh, this is just round the corner from me. Might have to put in an appearance and potentially get myself in a whole load of trouble from her indoors.

Is there any word on where the aircraft will eventually be displayed?

I don’t understand why the RAF museum apparently have no interest in ever displaying a Shackleton. Yes, I know they own the one in the Manchester museum, which at the moment is about the only Shackleton with a secured long term future indoors.

They have gathered a few large aircraft at Cosford recently (Nimrod, Hercules) and in the long term extra hangar space is likely to be available there as the RAF shrinks so why not take this to Cosford where it would have a hope of surviving inside one day.

Even more disturbing than the old heads are the many young children you can see in the video. Impressive parenting………….

The article also states that this is the only Hellcat surviving which has Pacific Theatre combat history. Is this correct as I thought that TFC’s Hellcat also was a combat veteran?