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Old 13th Jul 2011, 13:53
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Maybe your daughter would have phrased it better...

You have a thinly choreographed, self declared "Balbo" involving difficult to fly, high performance machinery.
"Thinly choreographed" & "self declared" - again maybe your daughter would get the point across better but this isn't a last minute, improvised, lets all fly together en masse formation.
Many of the pilots have flown together at Duxford before and have flown in the Balbo before.

Any other incidents which occurred on the day will no doubt be looked into if they really caused near misses, rather than oohs or aahs from spectators with a skewed perspective of what was where and when.
It's amazing how many people were convinced the Mustang had flown into the Skyraider.
The safety record at Duxford is good. That record hasn't been achieved by cobbling together displays stood around the kettle, five minutes before the show opens.

Were you there?
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