The nature of Stow Maries does not lend itself to the normal flying display. There are Civil Aviation Authority rules that preclude this. In particular the requirement that any display held must have the spectator line a minimum of 500 meters from the runway boundary.

There would categorically be no flying displays like the major fixtures arranged at venues such as Biggin Hill and Mildenhall that attract national media coverage and wide attendance.

Stow Maries views the holding of events to be of a more informal nature to the normal flying display’s held elsewhere. Any event would take the form of invited aircraft and pilots of a particular theme, numbers of attendees would be limited and any events would never exceed a frequency of 4 per annum.

Any events would be undertaken with full consultation with the necessary authorities and be supervised by a Civil Aviation Authority approved person who is very experienced in these matters.

It is envisaged that any events would be made to the interest of the local community and in tune with the historic and interesting nature of Stow Maries.