Originally Posted by Marbles
A small part of the problem may lie with the 5-year carousel of anniversaries. The dropping of the atom bomb and the Battle of Britain are now being commemorated. Last year we commemorated D-Day.
Probably because this will likely be the last round of them in any scale. With only 25 of The Few left, when the 80th Anniversary of the BoB comes around it's very likely that 25 will be very much smaller or even none. Of those 25, Tom Neil is the last surviving RAF 'ace' from the BoB, and it's fitting that he'll be in the rear cockpit of one of the 2-seater Spits to lead the 40+ a/c formation out of Goodwood on the 15 Sept.
1 x Blenheim, 8 x Hurricanes and 36 x Spits in the air at the same time - very unlikely ever to be repeated.