Maybe digi-cameras will soon be able to truely emulate the effect.

But will future generations be able to view them?. I have many CD’s stored containing my general photos. Quite a few I cannot access because my new computer will not read them. Nor for that fact can friends computers read them!.
Also it seems that the printouts from the computer onto photo papers seem to dull and fade quickly, where as images like thse shown above are timeless due to the medium they were taken in.
I fear our digital efforts wont stand the test of time like these.

I can’t think of many airshows that make millions

The airshows probably dont!, I bet the outside caterers at Duxfords airshows do though!, £1.60 for a cup of hot water and a teabag, and you still have to stand there and wind it up yerself!

Nope – nothing to do with Stansted. Its quite possible to stage shows at Weald in the future (and there is growing will to do so) so long as someone is prepared to stand up and organise one. The inauguration of the gate guard Hurricane earlier this year had an excellent turn-out and showed what could be possible once again..

Quite, as the turnout for the fly-ins also proves, I asked because I have always wrongly thought this was the reason, as I suspect many others do, thanks for putting that right!

Any commercial out-door spectator event that is seriously affected by weather (ie poor attendance and reduced income), repeatedly, is not going to survive for long.

I agree on that also, just a tongue in cheek comment;)

It is the newish or should I say cleaner looking curved roof Hangar on the right as you leave ‘The Squadron’.

Or an obvious route..Join the Royal Air Force as an apprentice airframe technician. Apparently the recruitment figures are down, you could end up with a Halton apprenticeship. Once your time is served, the (Aviation) world could be your Oyster.

Wish I knew what my little brother did with it when I joined the Army.:(

He probably flogged it on ebay….MJW probably bought it:p
I too own the latter Thunderer type 23/230 under the AM and Crown. paid £30 on ebay for it, as no one else bid on it , It sold only for its offer price. In recent months I have watched them sell for anything between £45-£85:eek:

I helped out with the Hertfordshire one, I think it mentions that somewhere;)