Interesting article on the future of air shows following last weekend’s tragic events.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34064272

Air Show postponed…….. First of many???

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/13628357.Durham_Tees_Valley_airshow_postponed_for_six_months_after_Shoreham_tragedy/?ref=fbpg

Vulcan

Operations Director and Chief Pilot of the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, Martin Withers, has spoken to the CAA, and has released this statement:
“I am pleased to report that I have received assurances from our contacts at the CAA that XH558’s 2015 display routine is not classified as aerobatic, and so consequently, we are hoping to continue to fly on through XH558’s last season with minimal changes to our display.”

All I can think is that “ex RAF pilot Leslie Hatcher, 71” has been misquoted in the Daily Mail. how do you remain within the airfield boundary? The plane didn’t fly over the paying crowd. How is he supposed to avoid the A27?

I can’t believe “social media” or here. People are already saying the restriction apply to the Reds and Typhoons and BBMF. What bit of civilian (as in CAA) owned vintage jets do people not understand?

When the DH110 crashed at Farnborough in 1952, the last time any member of the public was killed at a UK airshow, 63 years ago, Nevilie Duke famously immediately took off in, coincidently, a Hunter, and displayed in front of the crowd even while the bodies were still being removed. The show went on. The next day many thousands attended to show their support to the event.
A different time I guess.

BBC lunch time news section on airshow accidents, going back to 1952 at Farnborough, and the rules for them, seemed a bit more balanced, and the man didn’t use the word “Stunt” he actually said several times “aerobatics”