It has to be said, however, that the commentator could have been more helpful. Instructed to expect aeroplanes from the right, we turned around just in time to see them swooping in from the left.

But the valiant pilots strutted their gleaming stuff with great ease, doing double loops, flying upside down, and even trying to draw a heart, which unfortunately happened to be obscured by most of the trees.

But hey, it's the thought that counts. And Goa was very excited.