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A place to post photos (just a handful please) of air shows through the season and add any discussion.
Airshows 2016
07 Mar 2016 10:24 #14
by stevie
The UK Airshow Review website have tried to question the CAA, This is a post by Boff180 from their forum -
"Forum members may be interested to know.
We asked the CAA for an interview during the Proposed Airshow Charges consultation.
Our request was declined.
The reason?
The CAA spokesman for the Proposed Airshow Charges consultation was on holiday for two weeks!
Whilst we would never accuse the CAA of anything without evidence, or would we want to deny an employee of their leave.
It must be pointed out that the Official CAA Spokesman for the Consultation was on holiday for 2 weeks during a 4 week Consultation."
& from airshow commentator & Aeroplane magazine editor Ben Dunnell's twitter -
"Something of an irony in the CAA CEO making misguided statements to the press when the CAA is ignoring legitimate journalistic enquiries.I requested the best part of a fortnight ago now that the CAA publish the research underpinning its comments about the effect of the ...proposed charges on airshow ticket prices. No reply whatsoever."
Oh well, on a brighter note....The USAF F-22 Raptor has been confirmed to appear at RIAT along with the public debut of the F-35....It & Farnborough may well be the ONLY airshows taking place at this rate!!
Replied by stevie on topic Airshows
Has everyone read this statement from the British Air Display Association?
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE ‘HONOURABLE COMPANY OF AIR PILOTS’ AND THE ‘BRITISH AIR DISPLAY ASSOCIATION
The UK Airshow Review website have tried to question the CAA, This is a post by Boff180 from their forum -
"Forum members may be interested to know.
We asked the CAA for an interview during the Proposed Airshow Charges consultation.
Our request was declined.
The reason?
The CAA spokesman for the Proposed Airshow Charges consultation was on holiday for two weeks!
Whilst we would never accuse the CAA of anything without evidence, or would we want to deny an employee of their leave.
It must be pointed out that the Official CAA Spokesman for the Consultation was on holiday for 2 weeks during a 4 week Consultation."
& from airshow commentator & Aeroplane magazine editor Ben Dunnell's twitter -
"Something of an irony in the CAA CEO making misguided statements to the press when the CAA is ignoring legitimate journalistic enquiries.I requested the best part of a fortnight ago now that the CAA publish the research underpinning its comments about the effect of the ...proposed charges on airshow ticket prices. No reply whatsoever."
Oh well, on a brighter note....The USAF F-22 Raptor has been confirmed to appear at RIAT along with the public debut of the F-35....It & Farnborough may well be the ONLY airshows taking place at this rate!!
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10 Mar 2016 16:43 #19
by Peter Kirk
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
Replied by Peter Kirk on topic Sywell
Tightening the rules is often used with great success. Nobody speeds any more, nobody drink drives and nobody uses mobile phones whilst driving. I think I can see a flaw in my arguement 
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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10 Mar 2016 17:34 #20
by mbriscoe
As opposed to relaxing legislation with licensing laws and pub opening times. We were told that relaxation would result in everybody slowly sipping a glass wine at a table outside the bar, Continental style. And of course we no longer see anyone drunk, don't see town centres full of drunks and the police and ambulance service don't have to spend much of their time dealing with drunks.
Replied by mbriscoe on topic Sywell
Tightening the rules is often used with great success. Nobody speeds any more, nobody drink drives and nobody uses mobile phones whilst driving. I think I can see a flaw in my arguement
As opposed to relaxing legislation with licensing laws and pub opening times. We were told that relaxation would result in everybody slowly sipping a glass wine at a table outside the bar, Continental style. And of course we no longer see anyone drunk, don't see town centres full of drunks and the police and ambulance service don't have to spend much of their time dealing with drunks.
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