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Originally Posted by Man-on-the-Fence
Its the Abingdon Air Show that deserves support from the MOD not this Jervis run rubbish
Over on UKAR they mention the fact that it's the locally organised, locally promoted charity-benefitting volunteer run events which tradiationally seem to capture the public imagination, (Abingdon Air Fayre, Southend, Northolt Photocall Day etc) yet it is just these events which MOD is denying support to in order to keep Jervis and his dreams afloat.
The thing with the charidee fly-in style events is two fold.
Because they've evolved from community events Joe Public tends to get to hear about it far better because he has a friend of a friend who knows the organisers (and therefore also feels a little obliged to support it), or in the case of Southend, Eastbourne etc is already on a day out at the seaside and is thus quite literally a captive audience.
Second off, the RAF/MOD get double points for giving a jolly spiffing air show AND suporting local events & charities.
If it ain't broke....LEAVE IT.
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And this year's Booker Prize for fiction goes to... The Oxford Mail... http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/d...pectacular.php
16,000 turned up, apparently.
16,000 turned up, apparently.
Interesting that one of the stall holders said that the Sunday event was cancelled before the weather announcement was made.
More spin and lies?
Admit it. It was such a flop on Saturday that Sunday was cancelled. The poor weather is merely a handy excuse for the Ministry of Truth.
More spin and lies?
Admit it. It was such a flop on Saturday that Sunday was cancelled. The poor weather is merely a handy excuse for the Ministry of Truth.
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Taken from the Spirit of Misadventure website this morning:
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE - A WEEKEND OF TWO HALVES!
The inaugural Spirit of Adventure in Abingdon was a weekend of two halves as the best of British took to the skies on Saturday, the first day of the spectacle, and the skies served up the worst of British weather on Sunday.
Thousands enjoyed the unique spectacle as the stars of the show, the Royal Air Force, thrilled the crowd with stunning aerial displays by planes including Typhoon, Tornado, E3D Sentry and Hawk. The Battle For Britain interactive blockbuster proved the revelation of the event as film and live action combined to create a stunning display that left the crowd unable to tell where reality stopped and fantasy began.
The Red Arrows closed the show on Saturday performing their exciting and breathtaking new display for the first time in 2007.
Group Captain Andy Turner “I am really pleased how the event went on Saturday. From talking to members of the crowd thousands of people enjoyed themselves watching the spectacular Red Arrows in their first major show of the year. I was also very impressed with the Battle For Britain film. This was our first excursion into major film-making involving some very complex choreography of live aircraft, ground-displays and awesome pyrotechnics.”
On Sunday the British weather dealt a cruel blow with the conditions proving too inclement for the show to go ahead. Overnight very low cloud and heavy rain came into the area and the Met Office advised that this would only get worse throughout the day. If we chose to go ahead with the event and ignore the weather, the planes would have flown but the cloud would have prevented the audience from seeing the displays. After agonising deliberation the organisers concluded that the only sensible decision was to cancel the event on the Sunday.
All ticket holders for the Sunday will be entitled to a refund of the ticket face value by contacting the point of purchase. Ticket holders needing further clarification can call 07768 697069 (020 8789 6111 after Tuesday 29th May)
The organisers are now looking forward to August 25th and 26th when the Spirit of Adventure will be held at Balado Activity Centre, Kinross, Scotland.
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE - A WEEKEND OF TWO HALVES!
The inaugural Spirit of Adventure in Abingdon was a weekend of two halves as the best of British took to the skies on Saturday, the first day of the spectacle, and the skies served up the worst of British weather on Sunday.
Thousands enjoyed the unique spectacle as the stars of the show, the Royal Air Force, thrilled the crowd with stunning aerial displays by planes including Typhoon, Tornado, E3D Sentry and Hawk. The Battle For Britain interactive blockbuster proved the revelation of the event as film and live action combined to create a stunning display that left the crowd unable to tell where reality stopped and fantasy began.
The Red Arrows closed the show on Saturday performing their exciting and breathtaking new display for the first time in 2007.
Group Captain Andy Turner “I am really pleased how the event went on Saturday. From talking to members of the crowd thousands of people enjoyed themselves watching the spectacular Red Arrows in their first major show of the year. I was also very impressed with the Battle For Britain film. This was our first excursion into major film-making involving some very complex choreography of live aircraft, ground-displays and awesome pyrotechnics.”
On Sunday the British weather dealt a cruel blow with the conditions proving too inclement for the show to go ahead. Overnight very low cloud and heavy rain came into the area and the Met Office advised that this would only get worse throughout the day. If we chose to go ahead with the event and ignore the weather, the planes would have flown but the cloud would have prevented the audience from seeing the displays. After agonising deliberation the organisers concluded that the only sensible decision was to cancel the event on the Sunday.
All ticket holders for the Sunday will be entitled to a refund of the ticket face value by contacting the point of purchase. Ticket holders needing further clarification can call 07768 697069 (020 8789 6111 after Tuesday 29th May)
The organisers are now looking forward to August 25th and 26th when the Spirit of Adventure will be held at Balado Activity Centre, Kinross, Scotland.
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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE - A WEEKEND OF TWO HALVES!
So Jervis can't do maths either? No wonder they got the crowd numbers wrong!
"unable to tell where reality stopped and fantasy began."
It would seem that Andy Turner and Terry Jervis are the only two to whom this should apply.
Read the reviews, Turner. "thousands of people" by definition implies more than 2000, yet the most optimistic assessment is around 1600.
It would seem that Andy Turner and Terry Jervis are the only two to whom this should apply.
Read the reviews, Turner. "thousands of people" by definition implies more than 2000, yet the most optimistic assessment is around 1600.
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And annuvver fing,
What kind of narcissistic, vain, self-deluded Walter Mitty puts themselves in a starring role of their own "blockbuster" film? I thought we had "actors" for that sort of thing?
What kind of narcissistic, vain, self-deluded Walter Mitty puts themselves in a starring role of their own "blockbuster" film? I thought we had "actors" for that sort of thing?
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Balado (Balado Bridge, to give it it's full name) is just off the the M90 south of Perth. An hour, maybe 1 1/2 hours, from the main population centers. It's also the venue for T in the Park. If Jervis & Co think they can do a T then they must be in another world. Doesn't stand a hope in hell.
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Doesn't stand a hope in hell
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Maybe I'm looking at the wrong website, but http://www.spiritofadventure.info/ says
Maybe I'm looking at the wrong website, but http://www.spiritofadventure.info/ says
The organisers are now looking forward to August 25th and 26th when the Spirit of Adventure will be held at Balado Activity Centre, Kinross, Scotland
Perhaps the organisers should have trialled their 'Spirit of Misadventure' event at Kinross first. Then they could have ironed out any glitches before foisting it on a more receptive audience.