Comments on: The changing meaning of air shows http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Airminded · Ending Hendon — I: 1920-1922 http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-160956 Airminded · Ending Hendon — I: 1920-1922 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:31:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/#comment-160956 [...] meaning to write about the spectacular and dramatic set pieces which usually marked the climax of the RAF Pageants, held at Hendon aerodrome every summer from 1920 to 1937. So here goes! The themes chosen for these [...] [...] meaning to write about the spectacular and dramatic set pieces which usually marked the climax of the RAF Pageants, held at Hendon aerodrome every summer from 1920 to 1937. So here goes! The themes chosen for these [...]

]]> By: Airminded · London defended http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-160707 Airminded · London defended Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:10:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/#comment-160707 [...] this one (and its predecessor in 1924), but it sounds like it was comparable to the longer-lived Hendon pageant. Here's the description from Wikipedia, which is based partly on the above programme (original [...] [...] this one (and its predecessor in 1924), but it sounds like it was comparable to the longer-lived Hendon pageant. Here's the description from Wikipedia, which is based partly on the above programme (original [...]

]]> By: david tiley http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-43640 david tiley Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:04:16 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/#comment-43640 We went to the airshow too - http://barista.media2.org/?p=1679 We went to the airshow too - http://barista.media2.org/?p=1679

]]> By: jc http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-43531 jc Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:11:30 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/03/29/the-changing-meaning-of-air-shows/#comment-43531 Actually being somewhat jaded on airshows and either go for the trade stuff or the drinking (both???) but I saw a super hornet display in 2003 (when they were trying to sell them to us). Walked out the trade tent and saw an F18E at the airspeed/altitude/a of a corner where you think: 1 - What can I hide behind? 2 - Are they trying to do the Russian bit and sell ejection seats? 3 - I've seen it before. Actually being somewhat jaded on airshows and either go for the trade stuff or the drinking (both???) but I saw a super hornet display in 2003 (when they were trying to sell them to us). Walked out the trade tent and saw an F18E at the airspeed/altitude/a of a corner where you think:

1 - What can I hide behind?
2 - Are they trying to do the Russian bit and sell ejection seats?
3 - I've seen it before.

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