RAF Scampton airshow.
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I suspect they'd bite your hands off for the chance. And yes, there are certainly more than 2,000 serious spotters in the UK -excluding terrorists and foreign spies.
I think perhaps the organisers could take a leaf out of the French Air Force's book with regard to how they do this new event. Their events are superb, with excellent flying and static displays, put the aircraft front and centre, and don't cost more than a few Euros -if at all.
Let's just start a huge business, allegedly to make money for a charity, but spend almost all of the revenue on ourselves.
I wonder how much less, if any, would be collected by asking spotters to pay for limited access at the remaining airfields. All year round airshows, no manning costs and no traffic issues for the locals.
Are there 2,000 serious spotters in the UK? Including terrorists and foreign spies?
We could knock up an access area at each airfield. Like Waddo has but better, and sell annual memberships for £100 which allows you into any site.
Same money for the Charity, without the hangers on getting a nose in the trough.
I wonder how much less, if any, would be collected by asking spotters to pay for limited access at the remaining airfields. All year round airshows, no manning costs and no traffic issues for the locals.
Are there 2,000 serious spotters in the UK? Including terrorists and foreign spies?
We could knock up an access area at each airfield. Like Waddo has but better, and sell annual memberships for £100 which allows you into any site.
Same money for the Charity, without the hangers on getting a nose in the trough.
I think perhaps the organisers could take a leaf out of the French Air Force's book with regard to how they do this new event. Their events are superb, with excellent flying and static displays, put the aircraft front and centre, and don't cost more than a few Euros -if at all.
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Did I see that they were looking at a September date for Scampton? If so then the accommodation may prove difficult...Waddington used Lincoln University which had free rooms in June/July after the end of final term. If the same solution is sought by Scampton then the date will have to be early September in order to have the room ready for the start of the Academic year. Joy therefore for the rent a crowd from the local RAF Stations who will have their block leave ban for 2 weeks before the show - right in the School summer holidays. Never mind - some personnel can always have their leave in the middle of School time - they won't get fined too much for taking kids out of school.
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RAFCTE
What really makes me chuckle is that after waddington airshow finished people was screaming for another local airshow .
Now this is happening and it has come out that the RAFCTE \ RIAT is organizing the show people seem not to happy about it also looking to see the figures that RIAT actually make .
To me this is just picking fault in the company and lets be honest they do have somewhat of a good run running a airshow every year without going under we all must obviously know that running a airshow is not a cheap thing to do considering they have done it for over 30 years .
I say good luck to them and I hope they make it work .
Also personally some of the RAF guys need to do there home work as do they forget where most of the money the RAFCTE goes . I know for a fact a lot of it goes back to the RAF to help wounded service men women, also a current plan is to install WiFi to alot of accommodation in the RAF I believe this is including RAF Cyprus . Albit its not a million being donated every year it is still something .
The comment about how the RAFCTE base looks is completely stupid yes they have a building were the offices are based and yes a meeting hall with a kitchen , also has a warehouse so what they need somewhere to run there operations . I'm also lead to believe that the land was donated by the USAF \ RAF to build there HQ , some people on here really need to wake up and smell the coffee .
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Now this is happening and it has come out that the RAFCTE \ RIAT is organizing the show people seem not to happy about it also looking to see the figures that RIAT actually make .
To me this is just picking fault in the company and lets be honest they do have somewhat of a good run running a airshow every year without going under we all must obviously know that running a airshow is not a cheap thing to do considering they have done it for over 30 years .
I say good luck to them and I hope they make it work .
Also personally some of the RAF guys need to do there home work as do they forget where most of the money the RAFCTE goes . I know for a fact a lot of it goes back to the RAF to help wounded service men women, also a current plan is to install WiFi to alot of accommodation in the RAF I believe this is including RAF Cyprus . Albit its not a million being donated every year it is still something .
The comment about how the RAFCTE base looks is completely stupid yes they have a building were the offices are based and yes a meeting hall with a kitchen , also has a warehouse so what they need somewhere to run there operations . I'm also lead to believe that the land was donated by the USAF \ RAF to build there HQ , some people on here really need to wake up and smell the coffee .
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