Harriers Final goodbye happenings (updated)

[tommercer]

harriers landing

[Chef_uk]

thanks for letting us know

[tommercer]

Thats ok. I've recorded everything thats been broadcast this afternoon. Give me a week and i will put it on DVD for anyone who wants it

[trembler1]

Have they all landed? loads of us stood here freezing at Waddo

[spadeadam]

Last one now on the ground 02:41pm

[tommercer]

Harriers down...



The End.

[Aileron]

Group commander landing now on bbc will all shut down on the pan at same time

[PeteHemsley]

actually shed a tear

[lowlevelRAF]

RIP Harriers

[Blue Diamond]

actually shed a tear

You're not the only one mate. Funny how a machine can reduce a grown man to tears.

[PeteHemsley]

my heart felt thoughts go to the pilots of these machines. once was a dream of mine to fly in this aircraft. hoped some day i'd get the chance.

[22A]

dam clear skies here too

3.00pm and we now have blue sky over P'boro'.
If air & ground crews haven't yet clocked off, can Air Traffic slot them in for a re run before dusk?

[Dan D'Air]

Thats it then...........I shed a tear, along with many others.
I salute the pilots and crews of one of the most iconic aircraft to grace our skies and defended this once great nation and freedom of our brothers in far off lands.
A fantastic aircraft that is going to be missed in more ways than one.

[tornadopaul41]

harrier no show at raf con me and a few others were gutted ;-( i'm just glad i filmed them on tuseday thats my goodbye rip mr harrier gonna miss ya with a lump in my throat ;-( but as i have all the harriers and witt and cott on my flight sim i will continue to fly them and enjoy them every week just wioshed i'd of gone to raf cott for the last time.

[romeo bravo]

A sad day at Cottesmore, unbelievable finale with all the jets switching off their engines at the same time and all the pilots and groundcrew being clapped away from the jets.

Well done Gary Waterfall and the rest for putting to bed one of this country's greatest inventions.

RIP JFH; have a beer on me.

(Nice to meet you Dave, did I hear right about the Chinese and the Harrier )

[neilscott]

Just got back from Waddo and the only word Ican think of is BUGG R, along with 300 other folk, tv and radio crews in good spirits, flyingslug texting the gen all ships are up we waited and waited where are they??????still waited then the car park started to empty, called off.
dont know all the in's and out's yet, will read up later when i've picked the kids up later on.
Not but very
Neil

[romeo bravo]

Yes, they all got airborne but it was agreed, as part of the briefing, that if the cloudbase was too low it would be binned, as they descended through the cloud in formation it must have been deemed to be too dodgy to proceed, so it was called off. Life's a beech at this time of year isn't it.

[jonf45]

such a sad afternoon. The weather was appauling all day but great spirit all around though, good to meet so many people, great fun in the mud!!

thanks for the memories:


cheers

jon

[Blue Diamond]

such a sad afternoon. The weather was appauling all day but great spirit all around though, good to meet so many people, great fun in the mud!!

thanks for the memories:


cheers

jon

Nice shot. The pilot's expression sums it up nicely.

[T_J]

I take it Neil hasn't chained himself to the runway then

While his Wife does a display over the airfield in her Typhoon!

TJ