Roadtrip 24
With the second instalment of exercise Cobra Warrior last month, I was fortunate that I had some time owed from work and that I would this time be able to get some time at the fence to see the participating aircraft. This meant 3 bases, two days, numerous miles and much coffee. Firstly was a […]
The futures here…
A last chance saloon day presented itself, giving me a brief respite from the seasonal festivities at work before crimbo arrived, so I managed to spend a few hours at Lakenheath ( surprise). With the flying schedule winding down in the run up to Christmas, the fence line was awash with those in the not […]
Seizing that last moment
So….. I managed to get one last visit upto RAF Lakenheath, just a few days prior to Christmas…. I had resigned myself that I wouldn’t make it up there again, but then the f22 deployment that went to Lask in Poland transitted through, and 2 airframes remained after tech issues meant they didn’t leave with […]
One last trip..
One last trip …… So its not very often a friend leaves the UK to start a new life on the other side of the world… some of you may know that fellow Avgeeksassemble member, Smike Buckley, has flown our shores to start a new chapter in the tree surgery profession. So far it seems […]
The wait….
So this week I will be making my way to the fence line on Friday, hopefully the weather will favour us to have a clear day, and the vapes will be fluffy…. This just means I now have the wait…. clock watching, counting down the days, hours, minutes until its 1 sleep to go lol […]
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