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Harry-Air departed to Lossiemouth in November to fly with 14 Sqn, who had returned to the UK from RAF Bruggen, Germany. He spent several weeks there, enjoying Christmas and hogmonay in the Scottish countryside, flying in the New Year and 'back up to speed with a high quality performance'.

The 'legend' of Operation Harry-Air Bear was included in the Chief Of The Air Staff's report to Her Majesty The Queen on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee, 2002.

Harry-Air Bear departed for RAF Marham in January 2002, to join up with the five squadrons based there. He enjoyed a short detachment to Cyprus with 13 Squadron Tornado's, where he developed an affinity for the high life and sunshine. Whilst in Cyprus he had the unexpected bonus of flying with the resident SAR squadron, 84 Squadron.

Back on Norfolk he took part in the trials for the RAF's newest recce- pod, RAPTOR, with 2 Squadron, and several bombing runs at Wainfleet range. His final sortie at Marham was in a Canberra PR9 on a recce sortie over Scotland at 56,000 feet.

Next on the tour of airfields was RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, home of CFS (H). Harry flew with 60 Sqn and CFS and also visited the Horsa Glider rebuild team. He managed a 20-minute ground run. He would have got airborne but there was no tug available (and the fact that the glider has no wings fitted!)

Harry-Air spent the weekend of 22 March 2002 in Northern Ireland, where he was in the formation lead aircraft on the final round province flight to commemorate the disbandment of 72 Squadron and the withdrawal from service of the UK SH variant of the Wessex. Whilst in the Emerald Isle he caught up with friends from his past and posed for photographs with CinC Strike Command, Air Marshall Sir John Day.

His final base was RAF Cottesmore, once again back in the seat of the Harriers. During a trip to Nancy, France with 3 (F) Sqn, he took part in a multi national, multi-aircraft COMAO package and proved to be a big hit with the Madamoiselles. The only squadron in the whole of the RAF that Harry-Air had not managed to fly with was 230Sqn based in Northern Ireland. This was rectified on the 16th of May 2002 when a detachment of 230 Sqn flew into RAF Wittering. Harry-Air was whisked off on a sightseeing trip of the local area. Almost two years to the day after starting his adventures Harry-Air Bear achieved his ambition of flying with every squadron in the Royal Air Force. His final trip will be on July 11th 2002 when he will take to the skies with BBC Children In Need presenter Gaby Roslin, in a Harrier T10 of 20(R) Squadron RAF Wittering.