Cape Wrath - 20/11/2007

Tuesday, our second day in Scotland, was spent at Cape Wrath where Blowlamp 51 flight, 15®Sqn GR4s were booked in to play with my good friend, Sgt Andy Walker. Two of the four aircraft were to carry live 1000lb bombs and they would release them on Garvie Island.

This was my second visit to the range but sadly on this occasion the weather was very poor. The images below are posted as testament to the guys doing the flying. My apologies for the lack of quality. It really was that grim!

One of the highlights of the following day was chatting to the guys doing the flying and being shown the in-cockpit video footage of the releases and shows of force.

With Blowlamp RTB, Scampi 93 flight checked in to provide Emergency Close Air Support to Andy. As luck would have it (LOL!) Andy decided that the target was a building just behind our location which meant the pair of 111 Sqn F3s concerned would have to run in over our heads.

The pictures are grim and don't do justice to how impressive this was! We found out the following day that the Station Commander from Leuchars was flying in "DO".

With nothing else booked we headed back to Elgin.

Huge thanks go to Sgt Andy Walker for his hospitality and to the crews for humouring us!