An airshow story from 2018 in Denmark

[macedk]

Story time. 
It is summer of 2018 in little Denmark and we have the air force free airshow. Best summer in 50 years, 25c + from May to September. 
I book flight tickets and we land 1 hour before the flying show and leave 2 hours after gates closes. Friggin perfect....
1900 hours ish the night before, I get a text saying the morning flight is cancelled, shiz balls ...hmm checking trains and first train will put us there at 1000 am, show starts at 0800. So no good. I call my friend and past coworker and tell him the news. Only option is by car. It is a 4 hour drive and a murdering early start. I need to sell it and give it 10 % chance as the start time is around 0330.....and I don't hold a drivers license, so all driving is on him. 
I break the news and tell him that the only option is him as driver and in 4 hours time. I think "he will never go for it" ....he chews on it and go "roadtrip ..hell why not"  Hell yeah we going ...
We arrive and morgning is looking good. We are looking forward to see su-27 Ukraine and a F-104 frigging on the display roster. (does are just my biggest gains). 
2 hours in (10 o clock roughly) clouds close in bad. Rain is next and cloud cover is around 1000 feet. So all those great planes do low race tracks. We are wet beyond belief and anything inside have our attention.   At that time, the race to provide the next fighter for Denmark was on. Boeing brought a F-18 sim, Well it is inside and dry...I get in the que. Everybody is half a meter shorter than me and a million years younger. I felt I was in the wrong line...hell no F-18 sim, do not pass up never ever :). DCS f-18 was not out, so I now stick and throttle, and now how to fly on a sim. 
So newb on the system but get to fly...I go inverted over a Mountain top and try to land, but have no "on speed" knowledge and fail bad on landing. 
I get out and a major in the RDAF ask if i'm an old pilot......nahh just a million sim hours and his daughter was beaming. So great bro moment and DCS time have done something. 
Only day that summer with bad weather in that area. But still for me a great story and trip. 

The 2020 show is now 19th June 2022 and guess who is my wingman and we might go early or a layover. Dcs wise, ohh bring the F-18 sim, I know a heck more now

But show had to greatest line up in 20 years and it rained away. 
A freak roadtrip was the balance  of the weather. 
Life is great if you let it
 

We were drenched yet still a awesome day

[G.J.S]

 Brilliant!