hi guys,

two things here, i have been to more air fetes than you can shake a stick at, they are split 50/50 good and bad, you definitely get a better selection of aircraft at the “hall”, but i must say the best airshow used to be at Alconbury, not so many aircraft, but the whole thing was far better, where elses could you shelter under a front line aircraft when it started raining! and the BBQ’s and Bud were fantastic.

the second comment about security, i drive a truck, delivering tarmac and aggregates, i have been to most bases, brit and yank, to get in a british base takes forever, when we were delivering to Alconbury, they just used to wave us straight through, and then we would make our own way across the runway to the far side, months later we turned up and were told that their was a new base commander and could we make sure we behaved and did thing by the book, later that day, i was sitting on site when one of our mates drove over a red line into the middle of the hardend shelters, he had only gone 50yds before being surrounded by big burly armed guards and thrown into the cells for over 30mins, at this point i nearly wet my pants laughing at him, needless to say after this we were escorted to and from the job every time.
just resently we were delivering to a radar site on the edge of Thetford forrest, getting in there was a nightmare, one of the drivers ignored an order to stop, he did stop(something to do with a guns shoved in his face) he was then promtly thown out of the base.

now the british won’t let you go anywhere without proper escort and all the paperwork,, it took me 3hrs one day to get into RAF Thurleigh, and i am easy to trace because i am ex force’s and still under the offical sercrets act.

just a image of happier days,