3 posts tagged “fairford”

The English Summer completely ruined the plan.  Because of the torrential rain on Friday the air-day today was cancelled; the car parks are grass and they are water-logged.  While I can see the sense in the decision, it's still a bummer.  I ended up paying for a night in a hotel that was a complete waste, apart from a few decent pints of beer.  Oh well, looks like it will have to wait for another day before I see her fly again.

Tomorrow is the day; God forbid we should have too much rain.  With luck we will see 558 display at RIAT 2008, and hopefully that will help to bring in the funds they need to keep her flying.  Fingers crossed for decent weather; showers are OK, but hopefully the cloudbase will be high enough for a full display.

According to the latest update on the 558 site, 558 has got some additional funding from Aerobytes.  This should be sufficient to allow her to display at Fairford and Farnborough, provided the team get CAA approval.  It would need a brave CAA man to turn this down!