ets not forget that the weather actually accounted for a number of no-shows this season as well.
Yes, but that goes to the decision (did tey have a choice?) to have the aircraft certified as VFR capable only. We know that the plane used to be perfectly capable of operating independantly in zero visibility, over enemy territory because it used to do it as part of its operational role. It may not have its radar any more, but it didn't have GPS kit back when it was operational, either. Fairford was a bust because of the ground being waterlogged, but the other 'lost' weather shows were victims of weather at the take-off field or on transit routes weren't they? Clearly the Vulcan doesn't comply with some arcane regulation or other, or perhaps TVOC just didn't bother to fill in the form and apply for permission to do what the crew and the aircraft equipped for and capable of. So, why go for 'VFR only' on an aircraft that is going to have to fly a long way to a lot of its display venues at the mercy of the good old British weather?