Do you want to bet on that? The Waddington Air Show staff are long gone to pastures new; What we have here is a case of multi star Mindless Optimism
I'd have thought that those charged with approving such a venture will have taken stock of all the obstacles before making any public announcements. I understand that a chap very much at the centre of the organization of the Waddington airshow is likely to be involved. But really... it seems we're no longer a nation which understates matters, the more modern British dispositon these days seems to be to overplay, overstate and make a fuss, just as a handful of posts here seem to, you'd honestly think Scampton had long since had a Supermarket built on the main runway and the aprons into council housing the way some people doubt the suitability of an airfield no that much smaller than Waddington to stage such an event. The're having a Families Day there this Summer, would that not give some reassurance over just how disastrous a venue for holding an airshow it would prove to be? Also, don't forget, RAF Stations, which didn't regularly hold airshows, staged quite impressive events out of the Blue without any apparent difficulty. Binbrook, Coningsby, Waddington, Wattisham and Honington all during the 1970s and 1980s either started holding air days annually or held the one off, perhaps to celebrate a station anniversary or something, but they all worked and were quite major public events.
Here endeth the sermon,
FB
