Is the Yeovilton air day confirmed as never to return? I thought the expectation was they would return next year?SteveT wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:48 pmGreat effort by the organisers to attract quite a few interesting foreign visitors.
However, I can imagine they were disappointed by the turn out of the home side this year - fewer than 30 active British military aircraft, plus the Red Arrows. No RAF/RN Lightnings in the static display, which would have been a crowd pleaser, yet the Americans were happy to send one...
Perhaps it's a sign of the times, where commitments mean there's not much spare anymore? Or maybe the budget was blown on the impressive Jubilee flypast?
Once upon a time events like this were seen as hugely powerful recruiting tools, and an awe-inspiring line-up of fighters and bombers would stir the ambitions of many a schoolchild.
We've lost Navy Days due to the bean-counter's budget cuts. It would be sad to think that a similar sort of apathy were to undermine RIAT, a show many people look forward to.
LF