I was at AST in Perth Scotland doing my CPL and I went along to the 1973 Battle of Britain air show at Leuchars. I was a young lad then, just out from Australia and it left me "gobb smacked"
All those lovely noisy aircraft that went like the clappers, my favorite was the E.E. Lightning. Pure sleek grunt!
I stood only 30ft away from them as they taxied out. What a sight, but unfortunately I doubt with rules these days you would get the same excitement.