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Old 30th Aug 2020, 11:49
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Duxford did it for me when they insisted that you had to buy tickets for Flying Legends in advance only, apparently a knee-jerk reaction to the Shoreham accident. You couldn't even buy on line on the morning. Well, when I paid at the gate I went most years, just not when raining. Pay in advance ? I never did it. I wonder how much their attendance and income fell when they introduced this, and whether this has anything to do with the end of the show.

Idiots. I see that Diane Lees, IWM Director, (and CBE, inevitably) comes from a background of museum administrations of various sorts, and presumably does not know one end of an aircraft from the other. It must be terrifying to one whose career has involved mainly putting dolls in glass boxes to have The Balbo coming for you. They've even had the gall to write about the demise (above) in a gung-ho, positive tone.
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