Because i had spent 6 hours guarding the F16, i was allowed to enter the box where it was parked, so i was front and center to the ceremony, no civvies allowed in there..
Before the ceremony a chap starts talking to us.. turns out his name is Fonck.
Direct Relative of Réné Fonck the top French WW1 ace.
I took him to the church where there was a replica Morane Saulnier L Parasol and a statis, non working Fokker DR1 .. All kinds of military brass starts shaking hands to mr Fonck, they all knew him and i got handshakes from all of them because they thought i was with him. Nucking futs really.
Weather was terrible, lots of wind and rain
Flyby's got cancelled due to the **** weather and the Seaking was supposed to drop poppies over the memorial, but they did not come down, they just went sideways.. Seaking was flying crab, almost sideways into the wind.
Still, great event to bad about the weather.