Remembering the first Moon Landing 50 years on

What a difference a day makes! Today we were back at RAF Fairford for our second day at the RIAT airshow, and instead of rain we were greeted by blue skies (with a few clouds) and a warm breeze. We had risen bright and early and we got to the airfield by 9 am and set up camp on the flight line. We had brought our trusty deckchairs and enjoyed coffee and doughnuts as we waited for the flying display to start. How very pleasant it was to be at the airshow in warm weather instead of the driving rain of yesterday. James went for a big walk along the static display while I relaxed while reading my kindle and watching the aeroplanes. The flight line was very pretty with meadow flowers growing among the grass; delicate, very pale pink bindweed, and yellow meadow pea, which was much loved by a few bumble bees buzzing around.
During the airshow commentary,  it was mentioned several times that today is the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, which was on 20 July 1969. Over the last few weeks James and I have been listening to an excellent podcast called 13 Minutes to the Moon, which is a detailed and fascinating account of the events leading up to the moon landing.  I remember seeing the grainy images of the astronauts on the lunar surface on our black and white television and it being discussed extensively at home and school. I can hardly believe that it’s 50 years ago.
The flying display was intense; planes and display teams swiftly followed each other all day. James took a huge amount of photos and was discussing zoom lenses with the people next to us. It was so much busier than yesterday, there must have been thousands of people there. At the end of the day we packed up but instead of leaving straight away we avoided the rush by having a last coffee at one of the food stations.
As we left the airfield at 8 pm we switched on Radio 4 to find that an hour long radio programme about the 1969 moon landing had just started. It was presented by James Burke, who I well remember as a science television presenter in my youth; he talked about presenting the BBC coverage of the moon landing 50 years ago. It was interesting and witty, and the timing was perfect because it was just over an hour to our hotel near Birmingham.