No air show (or planes) at airport fun day
01.07.10
This Saturday's London City Airport Fun Day will have virtually no links to planes or air travel, the Docklands newspaper reports. The free annual event will take place between 11:30 and 15:30 at the Thames Barrier Park - the first time it has moved out of the airport.
The move was made because visitor numbers are expected to be in excess of 25,000, which meant the show could not be staged at the docklands hub. But this also means the air show - normally the centre-piece of the fun day - will not be included in the event, and the only link to the air will be a flight simulator provided by BA.
A spokesman for the airport told the newspaper: ‘Due to the relocation of Fun Day to Thames Barrier Park the airport is unable to secure a license for an air show [the airport is closed at weekends]. Instead, the fun day will have more of a village fete feel, with a host of games and attractions aimed at the whole family.' But the decision has disappointed people who were looking forward to the array of historic aircraft that usually attend the show.
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