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mutt

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4,301 posts

259 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Anyone got any idea why they buzzed London (complete with smoke) at around 12:15 today?

Nice to see what ever the reason.

fazz81

324 posts

264 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Saw them go over Bath last year smoke and all, found out they were on the way to somewhere else, but if they fly over somewhere busy they sometimes put on a little show.

FourWheelDrift

92,285 posts

313 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Covert practice bombing run on Number 10 for a later strike by GR1 Tornado's.

titiany

2,122 posts

261 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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I saw them too - always nice to watch - haven't seen them for a few years now

nre

561 posts

299 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Perhaps a rehearsal for the 60th aniv of the end of WWII flypast at the weekend.

mutt

Original Poster:

4,301 posts

259 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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nre said:
Perhaps a rehearsal for the 60th aniv of the end of WWII flypast at the weekend.


Could have been - although they didn't seem to be heading in the right direction for that route, I'm in the square mile and they were travelling almost due south.

Ricardo G

510 posts

282 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Something to do with July 4th, American Independance. Just a guess and don't really know why they would but it is the only thing I can think of.

Eric Mc

125,609 posts

294 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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I think the RAF only operate Tornado GR4s now.

ofcorsa

3,546 posts

272 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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saw them practising at scampton a few weeks ago, 2 mins from where i live. Very Cool

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Nope, it was for this.

4 July London The Red Arrows will be conducting a flypast over St James' Palace where HRH Prince Charles will be in attendance. The flypast will be at 1200hrs.


There's one on Thursday aswell.

Flypast 6 July London The Red Arrows will be conducting a flypast over Trafalger Square as part of the London Olympic Bid between 1249 and 1256hrs

Then theres the VE/VJ Day ones over the weekend.

9 July London A mixed formation of five helicopters will overfly Whitehall at 1500hrs at the start of a ceremony to pay tribute to the women of WWII. Two Tornado F3 will overfly Whitehall at the end of the ceremony at 1520hrs. All aircraft will be flown be a female crew.

10 July London A missing Man formation of four Jaguar aircraft will overfly Horseguards Parade at 1548hrs at the end of a two minute silence as part of the tribute marking the 60th commemoration of the end of WWII

Then the main one from 1700 to 1715 featuring the BBMF Lanc, Dakota, Spitfire & Hurricane, B17 Sally B, and I'm lead to believe a couple of P51s and a pair of Avro Ansons.

The Lancaster will do a Poppy Drop over the Mall at the end of the flypast.

mutt

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4,301 posts

259 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Cheers for that Mr S, although since I saw them at around 12:15 they were either late (could have been going that way I guess) or were just showing off over the city after the main event.

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Not sure, someone on the UK Airshows message board, (in Docklands) saw them at 1200.

Heres the NOTAM (Notice To Airmen) for the flypast on 6 July.

B)05/07/06 11:41 UTC C)05/07/06 12:11 NAVW (H2242/05)
E)AUS 05-07-0249/2483/AS1
FLYPAST BY RED ARROWS FORMATION OF 9X HAWK ACFT WI 2NM RAD 5130N
00007W (TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON), EAST TO WEST. FORMATION WILL RTE
5153N 00050W (ABM COLCHESTER) - 5136N 00010E (INITIAL POINT) - 5130N
00007W (TRAFALGAR SQUARE - DATUM) - ALEXANDRA PALACE - DEPART
NORTHBOUND.
FLYPAST NOT ABOVE 1500FT AMSL. AUS ACN 05-07-0249 REFERS.
F)SFC G)3000FT AGL

apache

39,731 posts

313 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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anonymous said:
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yep, they flew over me thereabouts going north

Ed450

210 posts

255 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Now this is refreshing! Not one bad/derogatory post about the Reds! See the slagging that goes on on PPrune, a lot of it from people with the same cap badge!

eharding

14,648 posts

313 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Ed450 said:
Now this is refreshing! Not one bad/derogatory post about the Reds! See the slagging that goes on on PPrune, a lot of it from people with the same cap badge!


Aye - been a few frankly bitchy threads about the
Reds on Pprune recently. That apart - was anybody
at the Dunsfold 'Wings & Wheels' display? - been
a while since I'd heard the Red's RT during a display,
but I'd swear this year they're playing 'Who Can Sound
Most Like A Demented Drill Instructor' - it used
to be a fairly laconic '..Go...2.....3....4 etc' - at
Dunsfold it sounded particularly squeaky.

simpo two

92,708 posts

294 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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eharding said:
at Dunsfold it sounded particularly squeaky.

Maybe they loaded helium instead of oxygen?

jessica

6,321 posts

281 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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titiany said:
I saw them too - always nice to watch - haven't seen them for a few years now


hey forget the watching
600 MPH I want one
always have imagine doing Manchester to London in 20mins ish.....................

anhamgrimmar

1,025 posts

260 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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Eric Mc said:
I think the RAF only operate Tornado GR4s now.


we still got a couple at lossie, but they aint flown in a while

robscim

840 posts

285 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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It was just after 12:00.

Interesting in a meeting on the 15th floor when they buzzed directly over the top of the building.

Had some people looking a bit worried!!

Rob

Ed450

210 posts

255 months

Monday 4th July 2005
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God damn it, that's twice!