Skylark
Please do not feel you have to defend RIAT to the likes of the Hanging Ape person, he obviously has no idea what he is talking about.
Waddington is a good show and so is RIAT, both contribute to charity.
Mr Ape clearly does not know how VIP's and associated events are funded (Corporate, not RIAT) that ticket sales are up this year ( not upset that many punters then) and that the two shows are very different in size and content.
Maybe RIAT has said no to him in the past, who knows? But lets thank him for the adverse publicity he has give to a RAFBF charitable event 3 weeks before it happens (idiot!).