Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
When I used to attend the Farnborough show for the whole week, on behalf of my then employer, I used to find the short gaps between successive display items very annoying as it often didn't leave enough time to replenish one's G&T.
There were no gaps in my day as no-one had time for G & Ts and anyway, why didn't your chalet have waitresses?
The display started every day at 2 pm because that's when the pilots finished lunch and everybody moaned about having to fly late in the display, thereafter they all wanted to get away early in order to go on the p1ss at their hotels in London.