Security at RIAT
I was there on the Sunday, it was a pretty good show I think, the RN balbo one of most impressive things I’ve seen since massed helicopter approach at Middle Wallop in 89. Vulcan put on a much better routine than when I saw it on it’s debut display at Waddington as well.
What amused me was the whole security thing on way in. I saw the notice on entrance, ‘anyone found carrying….” insert long list of stuff, including lock knives…”will not be let in”. I was gutted, because I remembered I’d left my Leatherman in it’s case on my belt ( I always carry one, just about the most useful thing I own apart from my Johnson). So the guy runs his metal detector all over me, keeps beeping around my waist until I lift up my shirt (with an air of resignation) and show him Leatherman case on my belt. He didn’t even bother to look inside it..just waved me on…if he had he’d’ve seen it has 2 lock-blades, a diamond tipped saw, a thing for getting stones out of horses hooves and lord knows what else. Meanwhile my friend was getting a grilling from security over the bag containing a beach shelter, I don’t think they’d ever seen one before and assumed the tiny metal tips on the glass-fibre polls were deadly weapons.
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