Family Day at RAF Lynham

Wednesday was family day at RAF Lynham where Alan works. It was a beautiful day so they had a big turn out. It was nice to see all the young families out enjoying the day. They had all the usual jumping and sliding booths for the little ones. Trick motorcycle riding, drug dogs climbing 9 foot walls and parachute jumpers for the bigger kids. Your basic family day like you'd find anywhere in the states. The one main difference is they also were taking families up in the C130J. You had to sign up in advance and show up at your assigned time then wait for an hour and a half just like at the airport. But it was a thrill to get to ride in one of the planes Alan works on. We loaded thru the back and took our seat in rows down the middle and down the sides of the plane. Then after we took off they reopened the back of the plane. Now this I was not so thrilled about as I was sure it would suck all of us out of the plane (it does on TV) but as you can see we survived and landed safely.