Thanks THM & misbee for filling in the saga of the Pavehawks.............I wasn't going to mention about the donkeys! Are they like elephants, 'they never forget?' If so, someone will have to make sure they're reined in this time!
Partly agree on the comments on participation by the Brits....the organisers do invite, but you can't 'lead a donkey to water.'(sorry couldn't resist that one.) I assume requests for attendance have to be chanelled thro' the MOD, so what you get is up to them.
Anyway, would you want assorted Sea Kings/Chinooks turning up and filling half of the Beach Lawns, leaving no room for that potential tasty 'foreign' visitor from:-(fill in your own fantasy visitor here) or even in this case the USAF? Then again, one of those Mi-8's from Boscombe would be nice.............