Letter: Filthy flights of fancy at Bournemouth Air Festival

SIR – So, another Bournemouth Air Show draws to a close, completing four days of pollution and totally unnecessary expense.

One wonders at the twisted logic that permits tons of kerosene to be sprayed over the town, its beaches and the nearby sea at a time when authorities of all shapes and sizes are exhorting us to avoid further damage to our world.

Not only is there the direct pollution from jet aircraft, there is then the petrol and diesel fumes from the thousands of motor cars which will have made the journey so that their occupants can stand and spectate.

I know that the authorities will claim the increased footfall and thus temporary financial boost is good for the local economy, but which is the greater good if one accepts that such actions are yet another nail in mankind’s coffin.

The progeny of the younger generation, driven to watch this spectacle, will not be able to stand on Bournemouth’s sea front when the anticipated rise in sea level takes place.

The only reminder of our current activities will likely be the tons of plastic debris washing in and out of the sunken doorways as the tide rises and falls.

The ‘brave young men in their flying machines’ will, ironically, have taken us one step closer to mankind’s demise when their intended job was to protect us.

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