Then at the 1993 40th anniversary Herc Meet at IAT, on the Friday Mr Lockheed invited all the herc crews round for lunch.
Free beer and wine went down in huge quantities, and people then objected when the bar shut and Mr Lockheed tried to get us to leave so they could clear up and get ready for a VIP tea.
Things got interesting. A US crew instigated a flag pole climbing competition, that the RAF and the Ausies joined in. The aim was to get all the Lockheed flags. Another crew decided to re open the bar, and things were generally getting out of hand.
There was then much marquee climbing and competitions to see how many people we could get on the roof. (Good for watching the Hungarian Mig 21 practice!)
We left just as the Snow Drops arrived with their four legged assistants!
All in all a brilliant afternoons entertainment.
We then went back, and well oiled entertained the Central TV news crew trying to be sensible on a live TV broadcast.
Oh those were the days......
Mind you we did take a lot of flack off Joe public last year at RIAT, as they blamed us for the gash weather
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;-) It looked like a good idea at the time :-)
[This message has been edited by Descend to What Height?!? (edited 05 July 2001).]