based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? station commander group captain billy cooper. let's go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at a moments notice what sort of weather impacts do look at? if any areas were particularly cloudy, which might make it difficult for us