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I can't believe it has been ten years.
On that day, I was sitting in the ops room at Spadeadam, selecting a host of SAMs to provide an EW footprint for the pair of Tornados (Mantis?) due in. I remember the first jet coming in, under some skoshy wx & heading North to Lossie after a single run through the range.
Not long after he left freq & went home with ScATCC, Dicky & Sean made several attempts to get in under the wx, too busy to answer the radio & well, we all know the rest.
I will never forget being on the phone to Newcastle after seeing your friends drop off the scope as the reality of what had just happened dawned on the controller at Newcastle and everyone in the ops room at Spadeadam. I sat & looked at dash 1 wearing a ScATCC squawk & feeling such sadness for them with the news that awaited their arrival at XV(R).
Gut wrenchingly sad.
I shall raise a glass for them tomorrow.
RIP