Originally Posted by
Asturias56
The air show ended for me 20 years ago when the manufacturers flew out most of the interesting stuff before the public days. Plus there isn't much in the way of exciting flying ... or even new aircraft when it comes down to it .
Having had a hand in the display programme every show since since 1974 ie 16 airshows, I stopped writing the display programme after the 2004 show; co-incidence?
The employee of FIA who took the programming over from me was supposed to be an 'experienced professional' at doing it but unlike me, he left huge gaps in the programme; I tried to advise him that wasn't the way SBAC would have wanted it but he totally ignored all my inputs.