Originally Posted by
Sam Rutherford
Yes, I've understood that it's illegal in the UK - but has anyone every applied for an exemption. Perhaps at the same time as requesting an event-specific frequency?
For the technical aspects, I think that at source rebroadcast via wifi etc. to smartphones would work well and be perfectly understandable.
The CAA require that comms on the display frequency, even when it is a special one assigned for that event, are kept to the minimum necessary for safety so there shouldn't be very much to listen to on the display frequency, hence your idea won't be very interesting.
Having done 17 Farnborough Airshows plus a few other displays, I can assure you this is correct.