Yes, an excellent day! I am really looking fwd to next year. Well done to the organisers!
Arrival was good fun - I understand 125 a/c turned up: they all seemed to be on the d/wind leg at the same time as me
I think one of the highlights of the day was the 1940's style swing band from Bristol, with singers and dancers, which although made up of half adults and half young teens, was absolutely excellent!
It was great to see the veterans - those to whom we owe so much - enjoying themselves, meeting old friends and acquaintances, and regaling us all with amazing stories.
I also enjoyed the Hunter hangar, about half a dozen of these fast jets based there. Might be fun to try one out one day..!
I had a bit of trouble with the wx on the way back - I was on the north side of the vale of the white horse and had to fly very low to stay out of cloud there. By the time I got to Abingdon, tracking to Westcott, I couldn't see ahead through showers/mist so thought about landing at Abingdon Mil (Brize didn't seem to mind) but field was busy - with drag racing!?! So crawled around the Oxford ring road to Kidlington and waited for worst of it to pass. Eventually dropped the chaps back at Cranfield before returning to base @ Booker.
Well done
FNG - how many chaps did you take out on aero sorties? Seemed you were up & down like a yo-yo - you must have been tired last night!?
P.S. Hi Skua - good to meet you too! Lost track of you after a while, but hope we can meet again.
Also hello Greg - can't believe you didn't know about PPRUNE - hope you've found it now!?
Keef: saw G-UTSY there - great callsign!