Had a petrolhead mate who went to the Goodwood Festival Of Greed a couple of years back (not by air it has to be said), said it was brilliant fun but horrendously expensive.
Supply and Demand never justifies anything. A shafting is a shafting regardless. I suppose asset-stripping is a great British tradition. Keeps profits up and the riff-raff out I suppose, after all we can't have them there can we.
Interestingly for comparison there was a great classic car show in Inverness town centre a while back; totally free to watch and a great atmosphere. There again, run on different principles by different people. For 200-odd quid to land a PA28, without any tickets, thou canst kiss thy Glutus Maximus.
Smithy