Originally Posted by
VictorGolf
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?
I don't think IWM will neccessary import warbirds for their shows, I think that's the problem with the direction they want to take he shows, if they survive beyond this year. It will be Pitts special aeros and the like, not big piston vintage warbirds. They want more generic shows not warbird enthusiast show that just happen to bring in people from all over Europe, the USA/Canada as well as even Aus/NZ....its a doesn't fit what we're about type scenario now, with the changes that have happened within IWM staff at DX and at Lambeth.