Some fair comment there.Wyvern,and i am not familiar with the politics involved around the Duxford air show arrangements,if the land owner does not want people on his land, he has the right to remove them,of course,however, since “EH” was not moved on and was left to it then that appears a bit of a moot point? Indeed, were a tractor/farm machinery in the field at the time of (god forbid) an accident requiring a crash landing in the field, should Duxford demand the land owner to keep his land clear at all times? or traffic lights be installed on the M1 for use when aircraft are on finals? ludicrous i know. You correctly say that being near the end of a runway is a dangerous place to be,but, then anywhere around an airfield/airport is dangerous.. I would think a handful of people 60 feet below a landing aircraft less of a hazard to it than thousands of folk(incl. adventurous young children)being seperated from props/jet intakes by a few feet of grass and a temporary 3 foot high fence?
Air shows will ALWAYS have (as they’ve always had) people around the outside watching, in percentage terms under 1% of the crowd inside.
I just feel an injustice being done to “EH” here, as he says it’s his choice whether or not to pay in to a show (as evidently he did by his follow up shot from inside) Air shows will go on, and believe me if an air show was to cancel/end it certainly would have nothing to do with the lost revenue from a few people choosing not to go in. IMO of course.
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