A_A, I don't think that there will be many readers writing in to agree with Roy Lairforce.
They obviously weren't there
A STUNNING star-studded spectacular
the biggest aerial and ground-based event ever staged in the country.
Billed as the most spectacular air show ever".
Demand for tickets was so high, the box office telephone system crashed and had to be replaced.
Finningley used to get over 100 000 in ONE day. A show I ran had over 7 hours of activity with the runway in use every MINUTE. We use BOTH runway directions, we had a RHAG engagement and we had an unscheduled arrival and departure that we only just managed to squeeze in. We had 12 Spitfires, Lancaster, Mosquito etc etc. We also had a 6v4 F4-F2 and not ABOVE 2000 feet.
I am sure even the pre-war Hendon displays were big. They had dog fighting and bombing too.