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[KPax]

International Air Day at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton is under threat from the campaigning group Fathers4Justice, the Western Daily Press can reveal.

At least two activists are understood to have been training to disrupt the hugely popular family event - on Saturday, July 7 - by dropping in on motorised parachutes (also known as paraplanes).

Matt O'Connor, founder of the group, which fights for equal rights for separated and divorced fathers, confirmed last night that action was a possibility.

He said: "We never discuss any plans in advance, but I understand that activists have already visited the site. It's possible to disrupt the event with a view to stopping it taking place."

[airborne_artist]

Thread running on JetBlast

[lampeterexile]

What is the purpose of disrupting an airshow

[JNo]

publicity and column inches

[Mr-AEO]

Given last years display programme, the F4J parachute display team is a positive highlight!

I may now decide to attend, so long as the men in black puffer jackets don't confiscate my booze at the gate

[Wader2]

Now if they had Sea Harriers

[AR1]

A GPMG in the G2A role should do the trick. Now **** off and campaign for justice somewhere else. They're YOUR kids, so cough up.

Yours sympathetically

AR1.

[WhiteOvies]

AR1 - you're thinking too small - use one of these if they get too close!(if the link works!)

[jayteeto]

AR1, they are a complete pain in the a**e up here in Liverpool. They disrupt traffic in the city, we always end up chasing them around the city on Grand National Day/Euro Football etc etc. However, in their defence against your comments...... Fathers for Justice DO actually pay up for their kids. They campaign because the mothers will not let them see the kids. Some have not had access for over 10 years!!
They are still gits though

[Brat]

At least an aviation related protest, almost part of the show if they co-ordinate it properly then Fox Oscar.

[samuraimatt]

AR1 - you're thinking too small - use one of these if they get too close!

White Ovies maybe you are thinking too small. Maybe they could use one of these if they get too close

Land based Phalanx

[threepointonefour]

F4J

Don't tell me - they're going to drop out of the sky in american flight suits with graphics on their helmets and proceed to tell the organisers loudly how to run an airshow ???

[serf]

If they attend the display briefing they should be ok.

[buoy15]

Based on previous and daring escapades, their entrance might be a bit more exciting and fun than the SoA could offer - ie - free climbing Big Ben!
I'm not an expert but that looked dangerous to me
What are you ghouls looking for - a free-fall with no parachute and a photo of his kids in his wallet that will satisify (convince) all the knockers, do-gooders, politicians and judiciary, that he was sincere in his conviction ?
Maybe they are annoying and a nuisance - but so is this government and most of the MP's who are supposed to to represent this country's rights and have screwed up the CSA at a cost of billions and shrugged it off by changing the name and shuffling people about to avoid blame
At least Fathers4Justice have the moral courage and fibre to try and show where the blame lies and do something about it
Perhaps they should be sitting in the commons in place of sycophants

[Talking Radalt]

Wasn't them causing some well known Crimson-attired aerobats a few problems at Cosford a couple of weeks back was it?