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MARHAM TO ARNHEM: 500 MILES – A BIKE TOO FAR?
ON THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2015, A/SGT ANDY ATKIN-FINDLAY, SGT KEV WEBSTER AND I, SET OFF FROM RAF MARHAM ON A 500 MILE UNSUPPORTED BIKE RIDE TO RAISE MONEY FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT. Accompanying us were 5 other Gen Tech Workshop […]
WOMEN’S HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE 2015 (WEHORR)
SATURDAY 14TH MARCH SAW SOME 300 CREWS TAKE TO THE THAMES FOR THE 75TH WOMEN’S EIGHTS HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE. AMONG THEM WERE 8 MEMBERS OF THE RAF WOMEN’S ROWING SQUAD, READY TO COMPETE IN THEIR FIRST RACE OF […]
17 (CONINGSBY) SQN – AIR TRAINING CORPS SPRING ACTIVITIES 2015
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, OR ARE NEW TO RAF CONINGSBY, THE STATION HAS ITS VERY OWN AIR TRAINING CORPS (ATC) SQUADRON WHICH PARADES TWICE WEEKLY, ON A TUES AND THURS EVENING, FROM THE TRAINING DEVELOPMENT FLIGHT BETWEEN […]
41 SQN UPDATE 99 YEARS YOUNG!
AS 41(R) TEST AND EVALUATION SQN (TES) ENTERS ITS 100TH YEAR THIS SUMMER, THE BUSY TYPHOON AND TORNADO GR4 TRIALS PROGRAMME HAS ENSURED THAT THE SQN HAS NOT HAD TIME TO REST ON ITS LAURELS. Since Wg Cdr Steve ‘Raz’ […]
29(R) SQN Update
DURING THE LAST ISSUE, WE TOUCHED ON SOME 29(R) SQUADRON TRADITIONS AND, WITH THIS YEAR COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN,ITSEEMED FITTINGTOTURN OUR ATTENTION ONCE AGAIN TO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND REFLECT ON SOME OF […]
XI SQN Centenary Celebrations
ON 14 FEB 1915, XI SQUADRON WAS FORMED AT RAF NETHERAVON IN THE UK. 100 YEARS LATER, THE CURRENT XI SQUADRON AT RAF CONINGSBY HELD ITS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS ON THE 7TH AND 8TH MAY 2015. The first event to mark […]
BBMF in the winter months…
Now, contrary to popular belief , be hind the closed hangar doors here at BBMF, we don’t just lounge in the T bar watching DVDs of the glorious displays we have performed in the summer. The winter is just as […]
Coningsby Motorcycle Club
Yes that ’s right; I think we’re awesome ! I know it ’s a big call , but I reckon I can back it up. Our members choose to ride machines of transportation that deliberately allow the elements access to […]