The "standing joke" at all these shows............................
Folk with a bit of coin sometimes turn up at these shows to buy an aircraft like normal folk whip down to the local to buy a few beers.
The joke is you could leave a bag in the middle of their stand with 10kg's of bullion in it and they would step over it for the duration of the show.
Turn up on the last day and it will still be there so you just pick it up and leave shaking your head.
In fact you will probably find that a large proportion of people manning the stands are there as a "perk" for long service.
You may be speaking to the cleaner who has been with the company for 30 years! Or so it seems.
In recent times aircraft were "bought", now they need to be "sold".
Last edited by RVDT; 15th July 2012 at 13:13.