Certainly is, she hasn't flown for 6-7 years now. Looking for a new home now Doncaster airport is closing, and most likely outcome is the breakers yard
I guess it was inevitable unfortunately, trying to organise bring in displays from abroad along with a large crowd to deal with.
Rolling my FRIAT membership to 2022, lets hope that's a show to make up for the lost years.
Anyone wanna see an A400M Atlas at low level, there's one been pootling around at 500 ft over the channel; east of Dungess all day. I guess on anti immigrant duty, but seems to be a waste of a big plane burning a lot of fuel at low level. A message to the French perhaps?
Last year it had 100% attendance at shows booked. The previous year something similar, although that may have been the year it ingested two big bags of silica gel (left accidently post-service) which ****ed two engines.
Usually, it does the saturday at shows so if there it a small tech issue...
Lancaster
Vulcan
Mosquito
With honourable mentions for the Spitfire, Typhoon (WWII) and Halifax Bomber (of which there is a beautiful example at the Yorkshire air Museum)
Looking forward to getting down for the Shoreham show, look forward to two Lancs.