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Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
There's only one thing your scribe likes more than a great air show and that's a great air show opening cocktail party and a great air show closing dinner. They are always great black tie affairs and the opening night cocktail party has this wonderful air of anticipation with all the participants rubbing shoulders with the best of them. On the night, you're bound to come across the crack sales team from a major aircraft manufacturer. They like air show events to announce their new book orders for 100 odd new passenger aircraft or whatever. It's a competitive world out there and the majors like nothing better than to shoot across each others bows with press releases and announcements of huge book orders. The numbers involved are always staggering and your scribe at times wonders whatever happened to the GFC in this sector???.
Your scribe has attended many of these events and I relish not so much to be mixing with the plane makers but to be with the true hard core aviation guys. I have meet the most lovely ladies and gents of the aviation world that flew in the London Blitz, astronauts and the odd aviator that has broken the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager in point was a delightful fellow that I met an event many moons ago. He really was the original Right Stuff and for an aviation legend, a most humble and approachable man. Chuck, you're our link man of the Day
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A closing night Air Show Ball requires suitable bling to go with the mandatory black tie and cummerbund and when your date is wearing some substantial bling herself then what better than some zirconium mini planes. Cohibas and fine French fizzy stuff is a must on any of these nights.
And a tip for you young players and link men on the rise.......at these events always get near a corporate table that announced the day before the sale of hundreds of passenger craft to a likely Middle Eastern airline. Their champagne will flow and they are always willing to share the largesse with anyone who will listen!!!!
Today's links are worn with a white formal shirt with button studs and a Jermyn Street black self tie bow tie.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
There's only one thing your scribe likes more than a great air show and that's a great air show opening cocktail party and a great air show closing dinner. They are always great black tie affairs and the opening night cocktail party has this wonderful air of anticipation with all the participants rubbing shoulders with the best of them. On the night, you're bound to come across the crack sales team from a major aircraft manufacturer. They like air show events to announce their new book orders for 100 odd new passenger aircraft or whatever. It's a competitive world out there and the majors like nothing better than to shoot across each others bows with press releases and announcements of huge book orders. The numbers involved are always staggering and your scribe at times wonders whatever happened to the GFC in this sector???.
Your scribe has attended many of these events and I relish not so much to be mixing with the plane makers but to be with the true hard core aviation guys. I have meet the most lovely ladies and gents of the aviation world that flew in the London Blitz, astronauts and the odd aviator that has broken the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager in point was a delightful fellow that I met an event many moons ago. He really was the original Right Stuff and for an aviation legend, a most humble and approachable man. Chuck, you're our link man of the Day
.
A closing night Air Show Ball requires suitable bling to go with the mandatory black tie and cummerbund and when your date is wearing some substantial bling herself then what better than some zirconium mini planes. Cohibas and fine French fizzy stuff is a must on any of these nights.
And a tip for you young players and link men on the rise.......at these events always get near a corporate table that announced the day before the sale of hundreds of passenger craft to a likely Middle Eastern airline. Their champagne will flow and they are always willing to share the largesse with anyone who will listen!!!!
Today's links are worn with a white formal shirt with button studs and a Jermyn Street black self tie bow tie.
Til Later
ONWARD
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