What a load of guff !
Does anyone else have an opinion !
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An interesting question this; an Oxbridge interview question perhaps? Does anyone have an opinion - is no opinion an opinion and does the null opinion set therefore exist? Discuss.
HRH Prince Michael is a great patron - the year before last when he came to the LAA shuttleworth bash it was interesting to see that the main men (and women) that we invited to see the LAA all turned up. People like the chairman of the CAA and the director general civil aircraft at DfT. The impact of this social contact on our mission is incredible and could not be bought at any price or by any amount of hard work. And it was good fun to boot.
I had the privilege of escorting HRH through the exhibition and along the flight line after lunch (more than 3 minutes notice of that would have been good but there you are). He knew a lot about historic aeroplanes , had a personal connection with many of them and had driven many of the historic cars. He met LAA people with their aeroplanes and was able to talk about technical stuff. He knew more about most things than I did.
He arrived and left by LAA Air courtesy of Robin Rotherwick.
So is Royal Patronage a load of guff?
HRH Prince Michael is a great patron - the year before last when he came to the LAA shuttleworth bash it was interesting to see that the main men (and women) that we invited to see the LAA all turned up. People like the chairman of the CAA and the director general civil aircraft at DfT. The impact of this social contact on our mission is incredible and could not be bought at any price or by any amount of hard work. And it was good fun to boot.
I had the privilege of escorting HRH through the exhibition and along the flight line after lunch (more than 3 minutes notice of that would have been good but there you are). He knew a lot about historic aeroplanes , had a personal connection with many of them and had driven many of the historic cars. He met LAA people with their aeroplanes and was able to talk about technical stuff. He knew more about most things than I did.
He arrived and left by LAA Air courtesy of Robin Rotherwick.
So is Royal Patronage a load of guff?
I fear that thickmick, if he exists, may have had a dose to much of a popular seasonal beverage!
The more sensible members will appreciate the role that patronage such as this plays in furthering the aims of the organisation and extending its credibility in the machine and organisations of the State in which we operate. For that reason it should be welcomed, not sniped at.
Does that count as an opinion?
The more sensible members will appreciate the role that patronage such as this plays in furthering the aims of the organisation and extending its credibility in the machine and organisations of the State in which we operate. For that reason it should be welcomed, not sniped at.
Does that count as an opinion?
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