Jessie The Jeep Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The day started early for me, leaving home before 8am in order to meet up with two more vehicles at Stockton, and then another at Croft. From there we continued to Scotch Corner where a further half dozen or so had gathered. The trip took around two and a half hours in total, with around ten vehicles arriving in convoy at Leeming's main gate. It was warm and sunny to start with, but as the day went on, the clouds rolled in. Eventually the lightning and rain started, directly over the airfield, with the result that the BBMF Lancaster didn't show and we spent the last couple of hours hiding from the heavy rain. The depleted formation of seven Red Arrows Hawks did a flat display in the rain, but it was a close call whether the Reds or nature produced the most cloud over the airfield. Most of the vehicles sunk into the grass to some degree during the day, and the K6 gantry truck needed to be towed out by the FV. It chucked it down for most of the way home, and at one point on a main road in Durham the flooding created a ford at least two feet deep. Most of the modern cars were approaching this with great caution, but the Jeep ploughed through like a destroyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) There were four Typhoons on static display, which must be at least half of the RAF's Typhoon fleet!! Edited June 10, 2012 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jessie The Jeep Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 The K6 being towed. Not sure who to credit the video to. The link was sent to me by one of our gang, but he wasn't filming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Shame about the weather, having an event with so much planes is very cool though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hopefully the Tibenham Airshow and Hardwick Open Day later this year are going to have glorious weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'm not attending so changes should be good! :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Thanks for the pictures. I lived at Catterick for over 20 years before I emigrated to Scotland (lol). Used to visit Leeming on a regular basis so was nice to see a few photos of the Happy Eater again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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