Got to agree with Shortstripper on this one - i remember seeing the Vulcan at Shoreham one year, must have been late 70's or early 80's and as a kid it simply took my breath away. Awesome is the only word! Roll on next year and we'll see it again - for anyone who hasn't experienced it, when XH558 gets airborne again, move heaven and earth to see it, 'cos it'll do the same to you!
Another fond memory was about 15 or so years ago, my brother and I went to an airshow 'oop north' somewhere to film Dennis Kenyon displaying - the Red Arrows were there too. They departed as we filmed, and some half-hour later the announcer said over the tannoy 'And now ladies and gentlemen, a highlight of the show, I give you the Red Arrows...' At that precise moment, with no sound or prior warning, the entire formation flew from the back of the crowd overhead and broke in a burst in front of the crowd line, with an explosion of noise. Utterly unexpected, and utterly magical...
JP