Took my kids to the families open day at RAF Coningsby today to show them where I used to work and watch the flying.
The weather was overcast but dry and warm. The girls enjoyed watching the flying, charity stalls and fairground and I enjoyed the currywurst. Pity there was no beer tent.
Apologies for the quality of the photos. My kids got in the better ones which I prefer not to share online.
This years display team Typhoon “Black Jack”
A Spitfire, one of the later marks
A pair of Strikemasters
A RAF F35 Lightening, new and ugly
And purely for my own nostalgic purposes, my old 29 Squadron hangar.
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@questionWeaver I’m pleased you liked them. It certainly brought back happy memories for me of my days as a rigger on one of my Squadrons - nice to be back on an active fighter station.
And the kids are game for anything following home schooling and being trapped in the house for a year. They are growing fast and are harder to keep entertained locked up. So mock WW2 dog fights and fast jets screaming past put smiles on their faces.
@questionWeaver Yeah I hear you there. The sound of the Merlin engine is awesome too. The guy dove from 2000ft to 500ft and did a mock strafing run parallel to the crowd line and the Merlin absolutely roared. He threw it back into a sharpe climb to bleed off speed and zig zagged as if he was avoiding Nazi flak. I got goosebumps.
