The last foam lay at Leeming was in the early 90's (or late 80's) AFAIR. Mid Friday afternoon for a Hawk with a stuck U/C leg.
The GEF boys removed the RHAG cables, the Fire Section promptly laid the foam strip whilst the Hawk slowly orbited in the overhead.
When everything and everyone was in place and ready, the Hawk guy thought "Bugger that" and returned to Valley where he recycled the U/C and got 3 greens!
Later it turned out the the Fire Section had 'over egged' the mixture and the foam stuck to the runway like glue.
Leeming was Black for days.
They binned the foam capability after that!.
Last edited by taxydual; 16th Nov 2012 at 12:41.
Reason: Dodgy on the decade