Originally Posted by
Barcli
whilst nothing could be done about the wx - lets face it - you would expect better in august , where would you suggest as a better location to longleat ? It does have good motorway links ( as you say only 10 miles from leaving motorway ) it has unique topography for the race ( hills to watch from !!) - what exactly would you have done differently given the requirements for the actual aircraft and race itself ?
I'll suggest a better location ..... with hugely spectacular scenery, a proven infrastructure and experience of hosting large international events.... and on the day...... better weather
Loch Lomond in Scotland. World-beating backdrop.
This year I journeyed down from Glasgow with 2 potential young aviators. Took us 3 hrs in a 172 to fly in to Wing Farm (Thanks Earl for such a friendly welcome). We stayed in a B+B 10 miles from Longleat and it took us 4 HOURS to travel that distance on the Saturday morning.
To sum it up - the organisers got greedy.
They obviously thought "60000 in 2005 ? oooh let's make a bit more this year and cram in another 66%"
Wrong.
Road management was non-existent, no marshallers at significant junctions to 'keep it moving'.
Folks at home got more info (and video of the previous days practice) from Channel 4 than the wishful thinking we all got in the crowd.
Well done to Paul Bonhomme for the fastest time on Friday, and thanks to all who came out to sign autographs.
Hope you come up to Scotland for the next one !!