RAF Coningsby - 30th June 2007

While everyone else had attended the previous day's 6 Sqn Enthusiast Day, Wg Cdr Sullivan had invited Sammy and myself to go along the following day, to the Squadron's friends and family event.

Sadly, the weather for the two days could not have been much more different! Grey skies all the way to Coningsby, and then just as the event got underway the rain started to fall....

A nice little static display had been arranged, along with a few flybys during the day. Sadly the BBMF's involvement would be curtailed due to the inclement weather.

One of the main events of the day was the presentation by Smithy, on behalf of the Squadron, of a mounted 'stick-top' to JS.

In his speech, Smithy stated that in all his years on the Jaguar, the force, ironically, had never been better prepared to go to war than it had under JS's tenure.

The biggest laugh of the day came when he said that he'd have happily gone to war with JS, "If only to see how it all panned out!".

One of the non-aviation related organisations present on the day was a Jaguar car dealership from Lincoln. With all the activities wound down for the day, JS took one for a quick spin around the airfield. Apparently Air Traffic didn't know what to say when asked if he could take a Jag down the runway!!

Huge thanks go to JS for the invite, and to everyone else for helping to make the two days such a success.