I wonder how many more units did the same; funny how yesterday was the 72nd anniversary of the formation of the ATC.

We did our in Peterborough – http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/video-photos-air-cadets-event-in-peterborough-1-4751147

I’m the Sqn Ldr with Stn Comd RAF Wittering inspecting the cadets….

Don’t even start that rumour 😉

Probably Tornados from Marham, been operating over Wittering ready for deployment.

Better known as Christine or that F$%^&* B*£^&*” Jet.

You know the jet as well then………

Terry Taliban din’t help either. She was in a right state when she arrived at Wittering on 03 Mar for respray; holes everywhere, surprising what you can do with some body filler. :dev2:

It seems that anything related to her had its problems, the engine after Stan was not good, despite what people were told

Good to see that Bill Purchase is still around. Spent many an hour at RAF Newton with 7AEF flying the good old Chippie with the ATC. Even got involved in his ‘Chippie’s around the World’ event.

Might try and attend, but by car I’m afraid 😎

Can I just say a big thank you to everyone at Cottesmore for today, great to see the GR1 and SHar on display and the shutting down of all those engines is a a sound that will stay with me, very haunting.

Haunting, yes and memorable; you could hear a pin drop when the final noise of the mighty Pegasus disappeared. This, along with the ‘long walk’ by pilots and ground crew through the pipers and crowd, will remain with me forever.

Well done guys.

Wasn’t it a chap called Roger Wilkie or something who owned an airworthy Whirlwind.. and maybe something else? I seem to remember a write up in Flypast about him and his collection… circa 1980’s.!

That would be Roger Windley over at Tattershall, remember some of the old stuff he had in the 80s.

Interesting, he has supposidely still got parts of PanAm 103 in his scrapyard.

Sounds to me like canceling the F-35B and buying the “cheaper” F-18 is a lose lose situtition for the British taxpayers.

Same with the cancellation of Harrier and Tornado, both of which the MoD have signed mega-pound contracts with both BAEs and Rolls Royce for CLS contracts. Surely you don’t think these companies will allow the MoD to pull out of contracts without some compensation.