We went to get a hot dog.
As a kid, Dad took us to an airshow at the US airforce base in Rammstein for a grand day out. A good time was being had by all, we were nice and close to the flight line and there had been some excellent displays. As I was a fat bastard even then, we moved back from the spot we had been for most of the day and went to pick up some tasty wursts in a bun. There were stands near where we standing but as it was later on in the afternoon, they didn't have what we wanted so we walked back towards the entrance to less busy stands.

As we queued at the hotdog stand, This happened. I don't wish to over dramatise the situation, I was seven and the exact point we were standing is hard to judge but I am pretty sure we would have been standing within the area covered with flaming jet fuel. As it is, unlike 66 other visitors to the show, we drove home unharmed although we didn't much feel like eating the hot dogs.

Two years ago, my brother went back for the twentieth anniversary, it seemed the right thing to do- alas he was the only one of us who was in a position to make the trip. The twenty second anniversary is a week saturday and I will take a moment to remember, the same way I do every year.

Length?- a minute in history, rather longer in the memory. Apologies also for lack of funny.
(Leonard Hatred briefly did some work on, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 19:42, 9 replies)

A lucky escape for you and your family, Not sure that clicking "I like this" is the right thing to do though....
( Vambo, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 20:14, closed)

Thought Rammstein was a band, not a place?
Still, lucky escape.
( DeadEyeDick, Thu 19 Aug 2010, 22:43, closed)

The band takes its name
from this event- at least that is the folklore of it.
(Leonard Hatred briefly did some work on, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 7:42, closed)

Sort of
They changed it slightly, the base is Ramstein, not Rammstein.
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 9:29, closed)

It's a pun
"Rammstein" can also mean "battering ram".
(razakel, Fri 20 Aug 2010, 14:54, closed)

and also 'rubbish band'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 22 Aug 2010, 0:38, closed)

Haha!

( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 19:43, closed)

The infamous Rammstein burst manoeuvre.
The Frecce Tricolori have a reputation for doing stupid stuff. Several years before that they were doing a display at Yeovilton and did a turn at such low level that one of them left their wing tip embedded in the airfield - it was displayed in the senior rates' mess for several years afterwards.
(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Fri 20 Aug 2010, 1:33, closed)

I was there too
Standing in pretty much the spot that the plane ploughed into. Fortunately it was the previous year and I missed out on the one that you were at. I remember them doing the same display maneuver that year too, though with no issues (fortunately for me!). At the time I remember thinking it was a bloody dangerous stunt.
(ianisme, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 17:31, closed)