brief period of silence the tornado pilots started the first engines and the warming up of the aircraft could start. the first aircraft rolled out of its shelter fifteen minutes after the first engine started up. i stood across the taxi track into the grass which was an ideal position to capture everything which would pass. a total of six tornado's passed us and they rolled in the direction of the main runway where they waited in the holding area. we were quickly driven by bus to the main runway where we were positioned halfway the runway into the grass. soon, the first planes took off; it brought me some 