RAF Cottesmore - 11/12/2007

Spent another cracking day at COT today in the company of Michael Hind and Nick (Slaps, to those who know him ).

The morning weather was superb, if a tad fresh, but the afternoon brought a big bank of cloud that only started to clear as the sun went down (I'd take that every time, however!). Our biggest hurdle to overcome was the wind. The exhaust gasses were being blown straight at it and that was killing a large proportion of shots after the aircraft had passed us.

A couple of aircraft were sporting Paveway II and "heavy" combi fits, and a 41 Sqn jet recovered carrying two Paveways.

Plenty of activity to boot.

Thanks to Nick and Mikey for their company on what was an excellent day.