Sqn Ldr Wilson said static aircraft, which this year include the Eurofighter Typhoon, a Boeing Stearman biplane, and a Sioux light helicopter, were also popular.
“We work very hard to put on a really interesting flying display, but we also try and make sure that there’s lots to see on the ground as well in our hangars,” he said.
“It’s a really, really, good way to expose young people to what aviation is and how maybe they can get into it when they’re older.”
The show was a useful tool to demonstrate to children the practical applications of what they learn in maths and physics lessons, he added.
“They come and meet people [like them], from Wolverhampton and Telford, who happen to be in the Royal Air Force, or maybe they work in the Civil Aviation sector and they go: ‘If you can do this, why can’t I?’
“And that’s really the nice thing about it.”
