Tony L
Administrator
Shame about the regs.
The most awe inspiring moment I had was a display at Woodford show when a Vulcan came overhead, bomb bay open then stood on its tail and climbed vertically.
It sounded like the sky was being ripped apart.
I remember similar as a kid, plus Lightnings etc flying low and really fast over the crowd area. Great fun, but impossible in our US-lawyer style compensation culture.
PS FWIW I do wish people (not you) would stop with Daily Mail ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ rants as it is a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation. This is entirely about mitigating risk of being sued. The very last thing any tax-payer wishes to see is their money wasted on settling legal payouts because a council gave clearance to an event that ended up killing or injuring people. I am beyond astonished that the Shorham event had clearance to fly aerobatics over major roads, that is just crazy, and I bet a lot of our tax revenue has been paid to the families of those killed and injured as a result.