Made the trip to Carrickfergus where the weather was a disappointing dull & grey.
First to arrive was the Sea King which after a couple of passes landed in front of the Castle.
Tornados arrived at 1pm and did a pass as a pair and then several solo passes. I'd moved down on to the harbour wall where I had a completely clear view, however this placed me directly under their flight path.
Great to see the Tonka hasn't lost its touch, with every pass it was setting off the alarms on all the cars parked nearby
The organisers had, in spite of the weather, put on a great selection of military hardware. There were WWII anti-aircraft guns, a jeep with a mounted machine gun, a troop transport and two camps, one American and one German, showing various weapons, tents, medical equipment, anti-tank obstacles, and volunteers dressed as the various soldiers. It was very well done although I don't know how they decided who would be the Germans
The modern day military was represented in the form of a light artillery piece, which they fired at 12 noon (kinda like Edinburgh), a Scimitar tank, supply trucks, a Navy Patrol Boat (HMS Pursuer) and a new
Coyote tactical support vehicle (TSV) along with representatives from the Army, Navy, and Marine Commandos.
All in all a nice couple of hours, which was made even better by the fact that I left the car in Belfast and got the train so no traffic hassles
