That's unfortunate to hear that the Nimrod displays were cancelled.
A few years ago I had the pleasure of seeing a Nimrod at the Red Deer, Alberta, air show and it was easily the best display of the day. Don't remember them dropping any flares which would have been impressive, although we were having a few problems with forest and grass fires at the time.
I hope you guys can get over this way again. It's somewhat rare to get any RAF, or Army for that matter, aircraft in shows this far west. Watching the US and Canadian aircraft (besides the Snowbirds) do the same thing each year can get a little boring.
goates