Duxford BoB Sat/Sun

[Paul K]

Short of setting up a marquee with temporary power supplies , I can't think of anywhere else they could have staged the show and still have enough room for people to wander through, gather around the various set-ups and whatnot. ( For those wondering, it was held in the conservation area of the Air Space hangar, where the Shackleton and Victor now reside, with the large folding doors open into the hangar proper. )

Dark corner ? Hardly..people were passing through and it was well signposted as you came in the main entrance to the building. Piss poor ? Got to disagree again; I thoroughly enjoyed it and happily parted with rather too much cash. Mind you, its the first flight simulator exhibition I've ever been to, so I don't have anything to compare it to.

By the way I think Saitek's poor stock level was a bit of a faux pas from what the man said, rather than a reflection on the how they regarded the importance of the show.

[DaveB]

I didn't go this year (or to any last year for that matter) but the Saitek chap probably hadn't been to this particular show at Duxford before (maybe no others either) but you'd have thought someone might have known that the September show is the BIG show of the season and that more than a couple of folk turn up for it. ALL the shows at Duxford are well patronised (which is why I never go in a car unless I'm forced to) and the September show more than any other always gets a wide cross section of the general public.

I guess he'll know next year

ATB

DaveB

[airboatr]

it's not always the guy at the show who made the decisions as to what he had with him; it's just what he was allowed to take.
Probalby based on - transporting them, loss prevention, having to take what did sell back and risk roughing up the box.
besides when they sell out , they can give the ol ... Oh they went like hotcakes!! . ... all that biz.



Besides that,
I'm glad to hear you'all had good weather and enjoyed the show.

[Lewis - a2a]

Managed to get in Sunday nice and early. Plenty of time to take my housemate around all the museum before the actual show started. Both of us loved it.

The flightsim show I though was quite good, plenty of kids getting in on the demos and thats what its all the about. Flight1 had three pc's all running a LAN session with multiple kids all enjoying watching each other land. Had a good chat with Derek at PC Pilot, very nice chap and must have been gossiping to him for a good 30-40mins about all manner of things. Also had a good chat to the RC Simulations fellow re: his rather nice spitfire control layout. 6K is a bit steep but I was amazed to see al of those controls so nicely tied into a single USB so FS picks it up out of the box. Managed to pick up rise of flight on the cheap from flight 1 and also gave in and got VFR airfields vol3 so I can now finally fly from a decent humberside again.

16 spitfires was absolutly mind blowing. Seeing the birds all take off together and fly off in formation right after take, just WOW!

Plenty of car alarms going on for the F16 display, damn how much fuel did he use, afterburner here we come!

Only dissappointment for me is ive had to have today of work due to stomach cramps and sickness, I can only think is was that bloody cheese burger I had at duxford and also that the I couldnt get in Saturday to meet up with Paul for some mutual bitching.

[Kevin Farnell]

Good to hear that you finally made it. I'm sure it was worth it for the 16 Spitfire display (possibly even worth suffering tummy troubles for).

Hope you had a great day.

Kevin