Originally Posted by
tiger1411
Yes, I was there that day and saw it happen, my thoughts are exactly the same as yours. Shoreham was more than just a failure by a single individual, the rules and regs regarding "vintage" jet displays were far too lax for far too long. All the warning signs for a catastrophic event like Shoreham were there in plain sight, but the window of opportunity to prevent it was missed.
Not read the tin kickers’ official report for a while but I seem to remember Shoreham was more an issue of the different parties assuming it was the responsibility of one or other of the other parties to check compliance with the regs rather than the regs themselves being lax. In other words, a lack of ownership.