I didnt have a problem with the witterings of the Guinot gal………but, at Biggin Hill, the Blades commentatoress did irk me somewhat…..she sounded like the popsie who presents Dancing on Ice, Holly Willowtree or whatever her name is……anyway I don’t watch it:o

I am reminded of a commentating incident from the Utterly Butterly days, poss 4 or 5 years ago? when they unwisely hired a commentator for their Duxford display who sounded like Timmy Mallett on acid or a very bad local radio DJ.
His narration was peppered with references to the off duty past times of the pilots and wingwalkers.
A number of us spent the display working out the quickest route into the commentary box to put him out of our misery.
Certainly the most embarrassing individual act narration I’ve witnessed.

The overall commentary at Legends, as I have already said, was very good.
You can’t go wrong with the likes of Brendan, Bernard, Melvin, Ron (as in David) or Strat Ritchie at a show.

It is true that if you witness a serious incident, you never totally relax.
Earlier on during sundays display, ‘Nooky Booky’ worried me with what looked like a very low departure for the P-51 sequence.
This was more likely due to my vantage point, but it did quicken the pulse somewhat.

After a fuel leak on the Saturday, she was repaired and successfully run up as seen in the pics on sunday morning.
On another forum, posters claim she sounded rough during an air test before the display.
The pilot was high in the overhead in the approach configuration ie flaps down, and she was popping a bit, but then they can do when they are throttled back to land.
Anyone know who the pilot was?

Got to agree with Neil, that Guinot 5 ship was an eye opener…….(led by Ultimate High’s Steve Hicks)……nicely choreographed and flown.
I particularly like the wingwalker with the predilection for blowing kisses at the crowd……..the little minx:p

Superb display……if pressed for a highlight i’d say the B-17’s and the P-51’s……a fine tribute to the Eighth Air Force.

Oh, and get well soon ‘Miss Helen’:(

Many people who had been down there since tuesday were expressing doubts as to whether the show would go ahead, but these people were routinely dismissed on another forum as doom mongers.
When these doubts were still being raised friday morning, I can’t say I was too surprised when the show was canned in the evening.

I am baffled as to why no pre-emptive measures were taken over a week ago, whether that be laying down bales of hay, or the aggregates we saw them chucking down at the eleventh hour.

Of course the weather wasnt the fault of the organisers, but sufficient prep of the public car parks was seriously lacking, I do hope they learn from not only this, but the ticket fiasco as well.

I had no problem with the enthusiast day, or weekend displays at SBAC on the public days.
But before the RIAT cancellation, 558 was just going to be static during the week at Farn, I just feel that the displays during the week would have been better rescheduled elsewhere round the country to reach a wider audience, on another weekend.

I’m assuming, possibly wrongly, that because of the RIAT cancellation, the 2 displays have been allocated to SBAC during the week.
This maybe a sweeping generalisation, but I suspect amongst a typical trade day audience, there are a fair few hangers on who would neither recognise a Vulcan nor bother to contribute to its upkeep, preferring instead to avail themselves of the hospitality.
Sour grapes rant terminated:mad:

Just as I feared…….the two displays not flown at RIAT are to be wasted on the trade types during the week.
Surely it would have been better for the PR campaign if 558 could have flown these displays at other events.
As I understood it, 558 was sponsored for RIAT and Farnborough.