Mildenhall and LN

[Jeff]

2nd Aug
Afternoon all, left home at 9am for our stay in Brandon for 3 nights. An easy 2 hour run up to the M3/M25 and M11 and we were soon in Angels for Brekkie/Lunch..... After that we made our way to Pollard lane for the remaining Roma KC46 that was on the ground before we went round to Johns field. After about an hour of nothing LN burst into life so we decided to relocate to the viewing area at LN...... Busy wasnt the word for it, only one space in the viewing area and the roadway down was full to the brim...... The next 2 hours were unbelievable, Ive never seen it so busy, started of with 2 F35s touch and going 5 times each, sporadic F15s entered the frey then it went quiet for 5 mins! , 2 pairs of F35s then appeared in the overhead and proceded to do touch and goes like the earlier 2, while they were doing this 4 F15s appeared in finger formation and joined the party along with another 2 F15s, at one point 4 F35s and 6 F15s were in the pattern touch and going...... I was stood there just enjoying the noise and spectacle with a big grin on my face..... It doesnt get any better than this I thought..... Then 2 of the F15s powered through really low and gave the gathered spectators some upper surface flypasts...... What a day! Possibly playing to the crowd but staill what a day 😊

[zz]

Rumour has is that the F-22s are departing tomorrow morning. Early morning start for me!

[Jeff]

4th Aug
Got here for 7am, its now 8am and its filling up very quicky,

91-1652 Herky 664 arrived aroud 07.30

[zz]

Aug 4, 2022 7:02:04 GMT Jeff said:

4th Aug
Got here for 7am, its now 8am and its filling up very quicky,

91-1652 Herky 664 arrived aroud 07.30

I’ll look out for you. Also arrived (in the viewing area car park) at about 7 after a quick drive past Mildenhall.

[Jeff]

Great day meeting some old and new friends in a spectacularly full viewing area. As predicted the F22s departed in 3 cells of 4 between roughly 10.20 and 12.20.....not downloaded photos yet but will post some when I do. The locals 6 x F35 and 6 x F15 came out to play around 13.00 and returned at 15.50, inbetween a US Navy C130 out of Cambridge passed overhead on a test flight

[Jeff]

On with the photos, not great again due to heat and shooting into the sun most of the time, its abit of everything , locals, F22s and a couple of Visiting Herks

[Jeff]

And a video from yesterday, not mine though

[graham]

Very nice Jeff, the more you look at those F-35s, the more they give you the impression of being a huge engine with a hole at the front for the pilot.

[davebasing]

Aug 6, 2022 9:15:21 GMT graham said:

Very nice Jeff, the more you look at those F-35s, the more they give you the impression of being a huge engine with a hole at the front for the pilot.

Not sure why, but that reminds me of a stewardess I once knew.

[graham]

I almost spat my coffee across the table reading that Dave....;0)