Hangarshuffle, a mixed bag. I would agree that opening all bases with the chance of 'touching and stroking'. The Reds might get a lot of ooos and rrrs but there is no connection with the real Air Force. Entering an air base allows GBP to see the accommodation blocks, hangars, shelters etc and occasionally talk to real people
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Where you are wrong is getting a commercial organiser. A few years ago the
PR shop did just that. One show was very poor and the other, just two weeks after the regular commercial air show at a ex-RAF airfield was thankfully cancelled (put out of its misery) through bad weather.