Being American, you asked for Mountain Dew and got offered “Mou-tain Doooo” 🙂 Do you remember that all canned drinks had to be opened before they could be given to you? Was that something to do with rules on PX goods?
I planned to go to several, but only ever managed it twice. First time was about 1994. Several firsts, first time I’d seen a Starlifter or even knew they existed, first KC-135, first B-52, first Galaxy, first Transall… IIRC this was the first time a C-17 had come over to an airshow.
Flexing the wingtip of that B52, it stuck well over into the crowdline and was surprisingly flexible. The B52 took up most of the runway for departure. I think the commentator must have egged us on a little.
A Dutch (AF?) F27 doing practically aeros on one engine 😮
A F16 party piece, tear-arsssing in an aileron roll just above the runway with full afterburner. Very noisy with an amazing turning circle.
The Tornado departure as Moggy mentioned, straight up to 20000+ feet then off.
First time seeing the Frecces, started off thinking they must be pap because the Reds are the best, but they made a good impression.
A defining moment in the day’s commentary was when the Romanian(?) Air Force displayed their Aloutte IIs. Not very exciting to watch but their man commented with a funny comedy accent and very enthusiastic. Every 30 seconds he announced with greeat glee “Ladies and Gentlemen! The Russian Break!” To this day my brother and I still say this for heli displays 🙂
I think I also went to what was the last Mildenhall. Spent all day queuing for the park and ride at Newmarket, buses I think got lost, stuck or cancelle and we got on-site for about 1.30. Traffic management compared to the first event seemed to have gotten a lost worse.
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