If that is your standpoint FMS then your comment regarding a customer – seller relationship is wholly flawed. A check on the BBMF website reveals that the Lancaster was not due to display there. Therefore a little research by the ‘customer’ would have allowed you to make an informed choice as to whether you’re disappointment at not seeing the Lancaster outweighed your potential enjoyment of seeing all the other aircraft displaying there. Did Cosford and the RAF deliberately mislead you by telling you that the Lancaster would be there? Only to withdraw it at the last moment? Be interesting to knw for sure but I suspect it was never a part of the agenda.

Regards,

kev35

Listing below From the Cosford air show web site (cut and Pasted)

I suppose you could argue that they didn’t say that the Lanc WOULD be there as part of the BBMF flight but there again they didn’t mention the Spit Hurri or Dakota either

I think that the average customer could reaonably have expected to see the standard Spit, Hurri, Lanc trio based on this description.The cosford air show is a general attraction not just for enthusiasts who might go searching for all this info. Do we all have to check every participants own web sites to see what they are sending = are all the Reds going to show or all the Falcons, Blue Eagles etc. ? !

2007 Flying Displays

This year’s programme is now taking shape although, of course we can never guarantee any specific aircraft will appear. Flying will start with the popular large models at approximately 1100 hrs and end, after a continuous display, around 1730 hrs.

The majority of our ‘old friends’ from the RAF Inventory will be present again this year including:

Hawk
Chinook
Sea King
Tucano
Hercules C130
Tutor
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Typhoon
The Falcons Parachute Display Team
The Red Arrows

But the centerpiece of the RAF display will be the new “Operational Scenario” which includes many aircraft types and is designed to demonstrate, better than ever before, the role and operational capabilities of the Royal Air Force.

Our Navy and Army colleagues will also be contributing with:

The Black Cats
The Blue Eagles

Civilian Aircraft will probably include:

Huey
Yak
Goodyear Extra 300
P51
Hurricane
ME 109
Jungmann
Canberra
Team Guinot
The Blades

You were lucky we turned up……We were on the ground for about two and ahalf hours hardly a brief visit…… The Lanc was elsewhere yesterday

Indeed I do count myself lucky to see the planes but it is a perfectly valid expectation to see an adequate flying display from the BBMF. Last year I saw the BBMF twice and both dispays were great. I felt let down at Cosford despite the conditions.

As for the Lanc being elsewhere this was an RAF show and should have had top priority.

and of course we will lose the airshow, a double blow for the west mid to south area as cosford airshow is also likely to go wif as rumoured the base becomes non-RAF

When IS that FW190 going to fly ?

Very impressive, although some of the buildings “finish” is a bit shoddy.

and the roof was leaking in one corner of the building

Which other sites are on the “possible maybe” list for Classic Flight relocation.
Hope you aren’t going too far