https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmakSwlYLs0

Worth watching all the way through if you have not seen it before 😀

Adam West ! Your input and recent purchase has raised a new hope for 2015 that I rather thought was not going to happen ! Thank you !

Keith 🙂

Nice to see the Caped Crusader come to the rescue!

On your bags it will still have “LGW” anyone know what that stands for?

Whilst the vast majority of folk attending these sort of events are only too delighted that we are allowed to get up so close to these exhibits unfortunately you get the odd one or two that have no comprehension of respecting other peoples property.. Maybe a little fencing around it next year?

There was a time, not so long ago, when the powers-that-be felt that we, the UK citizens, had a right to take a look at OUR forces, which WE had paid for, and there was some obligation and pride to put on a good show.

That impetus seems to be lost, and it is disgraceful that the premier Royal Air Force event can field such a thin showing of front line aircraft.

With some initiative and committment they could perhaps get some QFI’s from the Typhoon conversion unit to work up a 3-ship display, which would be very noisy and spectacular, and would at least show that someone was making an effort to entertain and impress.

Meanwhile, you are a para pinned down by insurgent gunfire is some god forsaken place in Afghanistan & radio for an air strike to remove them..It’s going to be a while comes back the answer as we are a bit low on resources as some planes have been diverted to Air Show Duty this weekend.

Few things are certain in life, a myriad of events can produce cancellations. Unless you can prove that a deliberate attempt that fraud, deception was intended then you have to live with it. Every event I can think of has a disclaimer, musicians, performers get ill, car accidents happen, someone breaks a wrist or damages tendons doing jobs round the house.

And when mechanical devices are involved it is even harder to predict what can happen.As for paperwork and targets , well its always been a tricky area,
ask anyone in industry.

A little less raging and more appreciation of what is actually achieved could go down well with those who give up a lot of time.

I agree and rarely post in this thread because of all the “armchair experts” normally spouting such negativity and death wishes for the project

HOWEVER

I’m a project manager in real life and have to construct project plans for a living. People that are involved in this line of work will know what I mean by “milestones” and “dependencies”

Clearly a key dependency on XH558 appearing this weekend was to have a fresh shiny VALID permit to fly safely locked away in a filing cabinet..No permit to fly no show, simple.

If this was in any doubt the project team had ample opportunity to notify the thousands that travelled specifically to see her.. If it was going to be a close run thing again this could have been communicated and folk could make their own judgement call.

A non appearance by a non serviceable aircraft is a different matter altogether.

Good to hear…Any deals to get ANY of the aircraft remaining out of Long Marston before they are scrapped has got to be a good thing…They all look totally abandoned and ita a total disgrace what has happened there.