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Old 26th Aug 2020, 14:31
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VictorGolf
 
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It was interesting to hear Nick Grey's comment on the radio this morning, in which he quoted the running cost of a warbird at £10-12K per hour. So if IWM intend to run a show then as the aircraft will have to be brought in the operating costs might be 2 20 minute ferry flights plus the display at another 20 minutes, so a minimum of 1 hours flying per aircraft. 40 aircraft takes you up to approx £500K which will make a pretty big dent in the gate money before all the site costs. Do you think the IWM "bean counters" might have got it wrong?
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