RAF Coningsby - Moggy's First Outing

My second trip to Coningsby, this time staying in Tattershall Lakes with my Mom and Auntie. The week was a scheduled 'night flying' week but operation started at around 4pm, so still plenty of sunlight and time to get burnt to see some jets! There were NOTAMs for two practice displays by Flt Lt David 'Turbo' Turnbull but what we didn't know, was that the new 2024 display jet would be making its first appearance whilst we were there

April 30, 2024

We got to the spotters car park for around 3pm, but didn't start to hear any engines until around 4pm. A few planes started taxiing for takeoff, including 'Blackjack' whose pilot did a performance takeoff. not long after we heard chatter about 'Moggy' making its first test flight before 'Turbo' could start practicing for his displays with the newly painted jet. Soon after, 'Moggy' started to taxi to the runway, and it stopped to hold right in front of us, with perfect lighting from the afternoon sun so I managed to take a detailed panorama of it before it finally took off. We decided to wait for Moggy to return before heading back to the caravan for a couple of hours until the true night flights started to begin

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