The Bucker Jungmann went up for a practice display

and although the Wildcat’s engine was seen running possibly there was a problem as I did not see it in the air. Or possibly I fell asleep! It was hot.

It is, of course, all about the Daks so on the ground there was one in the far south east corner with the private park. Is that the naughty corner?

Then on the field to the front of the control tower were two rows.

The south back row

and the north front row

Then there were two on the jet pan.

I didn’t move from my viewing spot so cannot say if all are in view.

Had another email today, very apologetic, but the systems provider has not been able to resolve the problem so far. If the problem has not been resolved next week then they will start taking telephone bookings. Assured that there will be tickets available and would be in contact next week with a further update.

Presumably if the members portal is up and running members will be able to purchase tickets even if the membership runs out before that date as that was the original problem. It may well be they had not understood that some members would want to purchase airshow tickets well in advance which is not experienced at other IWM venues.

The story so far, my email to members office

“Hi,

I am unable to book tickets for the BoB show as my membership ends on the 31st August and cannot be renewed until 30 days before expiry. I need to book accommodation and this needs to be done ASAP. This will also be the case every year. Also, assuming that Members tickets qualify for the draw, I will also miss out on this. I feel sure that this must be the position for a lot of people.

The only solution I can see from my end is to allow my membership to lapse, not go to the airshow and renew membership out of the airshow season.

I wonder if you have realised this situation and whether you can come up with a better solution.

Kind regards,”

I am not sure about the etiquette about posting the reply and I have not sort permission so I will summarise.

An apology for late reply. They are experiencing technical issues with the members access and are working on solution.
Will get back to me when solution found.

The reason I posted the text that I sent is to illustrate that it, well at least I hope, cannot be readily misunderstood. The reply is such that it is not clear if the problem I raised is being addressed.

I will post again when I hear more.