There were a lot of annoyed people out there.
Not only did the team setting up the show at Silverstone upset the Helitech team from which some.... no... all... of them had been born into the industry ... 'how dare they set up a rival to Helitech etc etc...' they seem to have led the big manufacturers to get together and decide not to go.
The Silverstone team were banned from last years Helitech [literally] an almost unknown type of attack on a rival show where many other shows are advertised often on a contra basis and there was a rumour that there was to be a meet between the 'big' manufacturers to squash this upstart. Not too sure if that is legal but whats done is done.
Clearly it was squashed.
There was a list of exhibitors taking part but they were largely a bunch of 'who?' suppliers, a supporting cast to a group of main players who apparently decided the outcome of this event last autumn.
