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Cancelling air shows won’t save the planet

Why are we grounding the magnificent men in their flying machines?

A low flying Hawker Hart airplane at an airshow in Hendon, England (Getty)
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Jonathan Miller, who lives near Montpellier, is the author of ‘France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ (Gibson Square). His Twitter handle is: @lefoudubaron

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