I have two incidents that spring to mind.

The first was back in the summer of 1985 as a 15 year old Air Cadet on Summer Camp At RAF Coningsby and I spent most of the week working on the BBMF and forgot to take my camera, especially as I managed to get a trip with the then boss in their dH Devon VP981 and helped out in the Lanc cockpit on an engine test. The only pic I came away with was the squadron camp photo with everyone in best blue and me in green coverals after PZ865 decided to spew luminous green glycol down her paintwork on her engine run. 🙁
Sadly that pic has since disappeared, so the only memento I have left of that week is a Merlin exhaust valve, given to my by then SNCO i/c Engineering – WO Barry Sears.

The second was on a visit to RAF Kinloss a few years last and managed to get on a flight on one of the FRA Falcon 20s doing a simulated interception with HMS Ark Royal (I think) somewhere over the North Sea, flying out in formation with 6 Buccaneers from 208 Sqn at Lossiemouth, Again sans-camera! One day I will learn :rolleyes:

I try to at least have my binoculars in the car so it least I can see the aircraft even if I can’t take a pic

Martin