IA Trip to Lakenheath & Mildenhall (possibly)

[Thumper]

For once, it's your fault Acey and not Cluny

[Aceyone]

For once, it's your fault Acey and not Cluny

Nooo I'm too far away to influence the weather in Suffolk,you're not though

[Cluny]

Had a great day in the rain , thanks for the company Gaz and Xp
Pics and vid to follow

Edit .














Stopped at Mildenhall on the way back to scope out the Nook Campsite , very good view over the airfield with an old lorry trailer to stand on to see over the fence But this pic was taken abit further along the peri fence as it was dead

[Mayfly]

well at least you saw something - thanks for posting

[Aceyone]

Hope the weather wasn't too bad ,glad you saw something

[MOD]

Hi Paul, I like no #4 especially. BTW FIAT went t*ts up again this morning - electrical fault - so I'm looking for a replacement.

Catch you soon... Ian

[Xplumberlives]

Nice shots Paul, will post a few when uploaded to Photobucket!

[Thumper]

Wow the weather looked really grim!

At least you saw a few things though.

[Gaz]

Yep, weather was awful, but, the company was good and we had 19 F-15's out and back plus 2 Tonkas.
















The Tornadoes went t'other way, so by the time they were overhead they were alread at 500ft or so. Gives you an idea how grim the weather was though!

[Xplumberlives]

Out they came, sat around for absolutely ages and then took off singly as they always seem to.







Two German Tornados appeared and headed off home.





Then they started to return, straight in approaches and some of them very low.















And back they went


Then some C and D models came out in the afternoon.





A shot to proove just what caused the poor weather.

[Olicat]

Good to see you got something, That Tornado IDS looked nice too

[Xplumberlives]

Thanks Oli, bloody hard work getting anything from the GLOOM that pervaded all day!

[Olicat]

yeah, i understand
Was anything happening at Mildenhall

[Xplumberlives]

We saw nothing moving and heard nothing on Gaz's scanner!

[Gaz]

LOL!

It sparked into life on the way home! Started picking up East mids once I hit Rutland

[Xplumberlives]

LOL!

It sparked into life on the way home! Started picking up East mids once I hit Rutland

Very useful!

[Sploosher]

nice to see you got some pics..............

looks like we have nearly as many jets in the RAF as the US have their..................

[Cluny]

Great pics you 2
Heres my 20 min vid [inc the German Tonkas , the footage looked better on the computer than it did on the camera]

[Thumper]

Good video Rain God Cluny.

[Gaz]

Agree!

Nice vid Paul.

[Thumper]

I always have my video camera in my spare lens pouch of my camera bag. If an airshow's weather turns naff and my photo's are looking rubbish then at least I can switch to the video camera. This was the case for RIAT 2009 unfortunately. I only got 1 good photo out of 1,000 taken

Do you think you will arrange another visit up there Gaz?

[Gaz]

I always have my video camera in my spare lens pouch of my camera bag. If an airshow's weather turns naff and my photo's are looking rubbish then at least I can switch to the video camera. This was the case for RIAT 2009 unfortunately. I only got 1 good photo out of 1,000 taken

Do you think you will arrange another visit up there Gaz?

I'd definitely go back. Perhaps wait til the spring though

[Thumper]

Yeah, May is usually a stable month for the weather.

[Xplumberlives]

Yeah, May is usually a stable month for the weather.

We'll definitely go again, just look at todays weather, what a difference!


Nice to see you managed a horsey reference in your post!

[Thumper]

Today's weather is Milton Keynes is neigh different from yesterdays