Mildenhall Show

[LaSarthe+Back]

Just seen this on the news. Anybody go? Anybody even know about it? I would have gone had I known, just to see the A10!!

http://www.mildenhall.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123...

[anonymous-user]

I heard there was going to be a small show. Don't think it was a big display, and was more an open day for locals/personnel on the base.

[speedtwelve]

Anybody miss the Mildenhall Air Fetes from times past? Used to go in the '80s. Proper US 'entire-burnt-cow-in-a-bap' burgers and slabs of Bud straight off the cargo ramp of a parked Starlifter.

Highlight was always seeing the SR71 fly. Reheat, shock diamonds, noise, car alarms going off, small children stting themselves, it was great. The display aircraft had an engine surge one year while poling it hard round a corner and chucked about 75' of flame out the back accompanied by a pretty impressive boom. Also we're used to seeing B52s flying at Fairford nowadays, but back in the 80s seeing the BUFF using most of Suffolk to turn during its display was novel.

Ah, well, RIATs just along the road from me, almost as good I suppose. If it doesn't turn into a jacuzzi again this time round...

[Eric Mc]

RIAT has always been a much bigger show than Mildenhall. However, the 'Hall had a unique atmosphere.

[anonymous-user]

The last Mildenhall was a bit of a dissapointment. Massive queues to get in, people had to be parked in adjacent industrial estates.

Then when we got to the gates, they had run out of tickets.

The commentary was an American bloke who rattled off a load of info about how great the C17 was so quickly, that he had run out of things to say in the first minute of the display leaving 5 minute display with no commentary.

Previous years it had been arranged and commentated by Roger Hoefling, although I think he had some sort or run in with Mildenhall.

Certainly the pre-2000/2001 shows were the best.