rdchawk wrote:PirateTrickster wrote:Hi all,
This is possibly a naive / newby question, although why is Flying Legends so expensive? Last year I went to Cosford and it cost me about £25 (can't remember exactly) for me and my two boys (both under 16) came in free. This year I went to the Season Premiere at Shuttleworth and it cost me about £22 (group rate) and again the youngsters got in free.
Duxford want £35 for me and £18 for each of my boys?! That's £70 before the £5 parking charge and any incidentals.
With the F-22 and a free weekend it was looking like an option, although not at those sorts of prices.
Am I out of touch?
Cheaper to go to RIAT. Although the £5 car park fee does not apply to legends.
Cosford and RIAT are kids go free, and tend to market themselves as family days out.
Duxford air shows seem to be more enthusiast things. Whether the site doesn't have the capacity for the crowds which would ensue if kids were free, or the Museum insist children have to pay, who knows?
Duxford in September might work out cheaper for you than Flying Legends; even with the parking charge, the tickets are cheaper, I think?
EDIT: Thinking about it, a family ticket for just the museum at Duxford (1 adult, 2 kids) is around £30. If kids were free at the airshow, an airshow ticket would presumably have to be considerably more than £30 - it wouldn't make sense if you didn't pay a premium to attend the airshow. But if they put the ticket price up that much (it's currently £35 for Flying Legends), it wouldn't be worth people without kids going.
Not a problem at Cosford, because the museum there is free admission, anyway.
And was it really lack of bookings as I had heard other stories.. 
