Worst Airshow (No such thing)
Its interesting hearing the same complaints about weather and traffic etc… but you could always do what I do and set off very early for the show or if a long distance is involved go the day before. Fairford is only an hours drive from my house but I shall still be there from 7:00am on Friday morning followed by stopping locally overnight and then you’ll normally find I’m out side the gate by 6:00am the next morning, last yeah I was lent against the gate watching the firemen try to cut the lock off, by the time they had succeeded the queue had stretched out off sight! also, I never leave until after dark, at last years Waddington I over did it and managed to get myself and my car locked in the base, the police weren’t to happy so I’ve learnt my lesson from that one. My point is if you by your tickets in advance, make a full day or days of it even if its raining then you can have very little reason to complain and you get extreme value for money, e.g. Waddington two weeks ago: 11 quid in advance vs. 7:30 in the morning on the base time until 8 in the evening leaving time = approx 90p per hour. What a bargain, 90 pence an hour to watch planes, walk around the static, talk to aircrew, check out the stalls and of course take photos, granted the barriers and cones can be a pain but a suitable mini zoom like my 28-75mm can over come this and with my digital photos I just crop out the annoying bits and resize them. Job done!
Why sit in traffic complaining when you can be enjoying your passion? after all you’ve paid for it.
Rant over
Regards Plazz
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