Went on Sunday as well in the end and I ended up leaving after the downpour for the Harrier's afternoon display and had to drive home with no trousers on again!
It all seemed a bit subdued this year. Nothing really stood out for me. The display teams were "meh". The Arrows seemed very low energy and definitely miss the other aircraft. The Saudis were like the Aldi version of the Red Arrows.... looked the same, but not quite right. I actually quite enjoyed the UAE display though, mainly because it was a bit different. I guess we were spoilt last year with the Black Eagles.
All the fast jets seem to be getting further and further away each year. It was probably the atmospherics but they all seemed a lot quieter, except for the dual Tiffy take off, I think that was the only bit of action that got my rib cage rattling.
I'm not sure what the fuss was about the ME262. It's a reproduction and the display was mind numbingly dull.
It got to the point yesterday were I was thinking that next year I probably won't bother with my camera. I found myself taking shots for the first half of each performance and then just sitting down and watching and to be honest I much preferred that. I quickly went through my shots last night and there's a fair few I'm quite happy with, but I guess photographically I think I've moved on from airshows. After spending some time at the Loop, the Lakes and on SPTA it feels a bit like shooting fish in a barrel with dull backgrounds (there's either a hanger in the background or just sky).
I did spend a fair bit of time walking round the statics and got some great arty shots using my mobile that I'm really happy with and I actually really enjoyed doing that (Vertical panoramas of the heavies look great if you can work a leading line into the shot) the rain even helped as you could use the puddle reflections to great effect! so I think next year I'll probably just do that!