Who stole the Royal Air Force?
Attendance by the RAF in the static park was nothing short of woeful, so it’s a good job that foreign air forces put in a rather better effort than the ‘home’ team. Ukrainian IL-76, Austrian AF Hercules and several USAF heavies made for an interesting, if not bursting, feel to the concrete acres around the trade stalls. As we said in our Waddington report, standing orders should be issued to every RAF squadron to attend – Scottish taxpayers deserve just as much as us southerners! And as for the Tomcat featured in the souvenir brochure – wouldn’t it have been nice! A conclusion? It gets harder every year, as so little seems to change at Leuchars, but the familiarity is a reflection on the success of the show as an entertainment event. Here at Air-Scene UK towers we always enjoy the airshow, despite the ever-frustrating media farce of Friday morning, and wish it a well in the future – let’s hope for stability, success and a little imagination!
