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I remember a pair of Lightnings giving Woodvale a beat up in '83 when I was there for AEF.Like nothing I've seen before or since.Utterly awesome.
I was on the staff at MASUAS at the time and I’m thinking that the late, great Ray Knowles was involved in the airfield beat up ?
. . the students ran a sweepstake as to how long it would take for the first phone call complaint to come in . . a mere matter of minutes !!
I was involved in a "spirited display of exuberance" over Woodvale, it was later than 83 i think, I was to give a talk there later in the day (week?) and arranged a pair to do a practice diversion (to a runway we couldn't land on?!?!). I judged my height by reference to the ATC tower, believing it to be NATO Standard. It was not until I pitched up to do the talk that I discovered that the tower was little more than a greenhouse sat atop a shed. Yes, spirited, defo spirited..... aka a bit stupid