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Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

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Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Blue Diamond » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:46 pm

A dire day with barely any flying at all. The 48th put up a four ship but we only heard the flyby as they were above a very low cloud base. Here's the ground display.

Image54-2269 F-100D Gate Guardian RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image59-1515 KC-135R 384th BW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image62-4434 F-105G Thunderchief BDRF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image63-7471/LN F-4C BDRF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image64-17980 SR-71 Det.4 9th SRW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image66-0019/UH EF-111A 42nd ECS/66th ECW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image69-7293/SP F-4G 81st TFS/52nd TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image70-0455 C-5A 436th MAW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image70-2391/LN F-111F 495th TFS/48th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image70-2412/LN F-111F 493rd TFS/48th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image71-0886/LN F-111F 492nd TFS/48th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image71-0886/LN F-111F 492nd TFS/48th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image73-0712/LN F-111F 494th TFS/48th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image73-0712/LN F-111F 494th TFS/48th TFW RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image84-0009/BT F-15C 36th TFW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image86-0124 B-1B 384th BW USAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

Image2301 F-104G Luftwaffe ESt61 RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

ImageET-198 F-16B Esk 726 RDAF RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

ImageRed Arrows RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

ImageWW397 Provost T1 RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

ImageXW225/FE Puma HC1 240 OCU RAF Lakenheath Open House by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr
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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Ratrace » Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:20 pm

Great selection as usual, thanks for sharing.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Thunderbolt II » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:12 pm

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by The Phantom » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:52 am

And what a ground display it was :Wow:

Great to see the Thunderchief :thumb:

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Ghastly Whisper » Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:52 pm

IIRC First time visit of a bone to these shores :thumb:
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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by graham luxton » Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:13 am

Ghastly Whisper wrote:IIRC First time visit of a bone to these shores :thumb:
1st B-1B. B-1A at Farnborough show Sep'82

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by H.A.Bucken » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:18 am

Notice anything unusual about the SR-71's nose-cone. I did and I asked the crewmembers where and when it had been airtested. The answer was slightly vague; I think they were caught offguard by my observation. In the years since, there has been speculation the factory article 17955 has visited this country, and was it this masquerading as 17980. I don't think the Paul Crickmore books are positive on this: I'll go back home and have another read.
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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Knife 04 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:13 am

Great post - always loved seeing the 48th F-111s at these shows

Can remember it being a big deal with the first visit of the B-1B to the UK. Can remember base personnel lining up on the grass next to the runway when it departed and the pictures in the magazines of the time.

Thanks for taking the time to post

Darren

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by graham luxton » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:28 am

H.A.Bucken wrote:Notice anything unusual about the SR-71's nose-cone. I did and I asked the crewmembers where and when it had been airtested. The answer was slightly vague; I think they were caught offguard by my observation. In the years since, there has been speculation the factory article 17955 has visited this country, and was it this masquerading at 17980. I don't think the Paul Crickmore books are positive on this: I'll go back home and have another read.
Roger.
That's observant Roger. Looks like the ASARS-1 nose which PC first revealed was tested on European deployment at Mildenhall in '83. He does however state that 955 was marked up as 962 for that deployment and the rest of the fleet would be upgraded to operate with the new system.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by XR713 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:43 am

It was also the day of the Ramstein Open Day disaster when the Frecce Tricolori singleton collided with main formation.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by page_verify » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:33 pm

Thanks for sharing your photos. I always remember going to a show at Lakenheath because Mildenhall's runway was being resurfaced that year so they couldn't have the Air Fete - is that true or just something my granddad misheard? Like some of you, I overlooked the SR's nose until it was mentioned.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Knife 04 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:46 pm

page_verify wrote:Thanks for sharing your photos. I always remember going to a show at Lakenheath because Mildenhall's runway was being resurfaced that year so they couldn't have the Air Fete - is that true or just something my granddad misheard? Like some of you, I overlooked the SR's nose until it was mentioned.
Pretty sure the Air Fete was held in 1988 - dont have access to my photo stash at the moment or Scramble for their list but from memory - sure others will be able to confirm

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Nighthawke » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:26 pm

Could do 88 show but have a log for arrivals and departures Fri/Mon so definitely went ahead in 88.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by page_verify » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:43 pm

Ah my apologies - was there a year in the mid-80s when there wasn't an Air Fete?

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by downes0106 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:08 pm

Great set of aircraft - miss the F-111's size and power. Amazing to think that nearly 30 years have passed, and that Red Arrows shot (and the Danish F-16) could have been taken yesterday (other than a different tail fin scheme)

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by Nighthawke » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:45 pm

1999 was the year of no show due to Kosovo.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by ST24 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:47 pm

page_verify wrote:Ah my apologies - was there a year in the mid-80s when there wasn't an Air Fete?
No, complete run in the '80s. The SR-71Det and also the 513ACCW and I believe the NAF were boltholed to LN due to runway works at Mildenhall.
downes0106 wrote:Great set of aircraft - miss the F-111's size and power. Amazing to think that nearly 30 years have passed, and that Red Arrows shot (and the Danish F-16) could have been taken yesterday (other than a different tail fin scheme)
Yep, the 'vark was fabulous bit of kit and though we've come to love the Eagles they'll never be '111s!! Time flies eh?!
XR713 wrote:It was also the day of the Ramstein Open Day disaster when the Frecce Tricolori singleton collided with main formation.
Yes, a very dark day for airshows. I went to this show on the Saturday which had slightly better weather and then Leicester on the Sunday - the F-104 was shared but the WGN Tornado didn't show - I wonder if word had come through by then and all German (and USAFE) display flying had stopped.
Great set from much missed days..

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by f111f4f14 » Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:57 am

hi
I am in the picture of the BDRF phantom I am the bloke in front of the chap with the blue anorak, if you look at the picture you can see a bloke at the tail pushing up the tail hook as someone had pulled the lever in the cockpit and it slammed down, 10 minutes later there was metal barriers around the tail end. 2 minutes before I was stood underneath the tail!!!. can I have a copy of this please will pay p & p etc.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by welshandy » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:04 am

Great Photo's. Brings back memories of seeing the F111's out and about in the 80's. The BT F15C (84-0009) became part of the 493rd's fleet.

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Re: Lakenheath Open House August 28th 1988

Post by paddyboy » Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:59 pm

'Air Fete '88' was a legendary one, as I resembled a cooked Lobster afterwards, and got 4/5ths of 5/8ths of eff all sympathy from SWMBO :Wow:

We were also at the LN 'open house', and the weather WAS dire :@

Great shots, anyways :thumbs:

Thanks :thumb:

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