pb643 wrote:Unknown74 wrote:The show in 1991 at Scampton was pretty good. Did anyone else go to that? I seem to remember Waddington was just starting out with E-3 Sentries and a NATO Aircraft landed as we were leaving to go South.
I attended both airshows at Scampton held in recent decades. I must admit I tend to muddle which was which. One was a Reds anniversary with multiple display teams, which I think was midweek? The other was notable for the Russian An72 on static? I also remember seeing the EAP at one, I suspect the first. Anyone care to jog my memory.
To put my post back on topic, Scampton 2017, 18........ Not a chance, certainly not on a scale in any way comparable with Waddington. Both the previous events I have refereed to were tiny compared with Waddington. I have no figures to justify my comments, but having spent many weekends there in my youth, I am sure that the available areas of grass and hard standing is far less than Waddington, or maybe it is split differently to either side of the airfield.
I will be happy to be proved wrong.
Same length runway and potential crowd line but much less 'pan' room. Saying that the two pans in front of the C type hangers could hold around 10 Tornado / Typhoon sized aircraft each in a static park and the lazy runway could accommodate a few more flying or additional statics. A show bigger than Cosford but smaller than Waddington 'could' be held at Scampton. If the Lincolnshire showground is pressed into service as is being mooted then the venue could actually offer more parking than Waddington when combined with some on base parking.