Those Were The Days!

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Victor 23
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Those Were The Days!

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Morning All

Having looked on line yesterday, I saw a website about a VC-10 making a low level flypast at White Waltham in 1977 at the Silver Jubilee Airshow. I can't imagine now that a flypast of that nature could be repeated with todays rules & regulations! ( I think the Shoreham tragedy put paid to that )

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I was there and it shouldn't have happened even then! Apparently when the pilot arrived back at Heathrow, he was immediately pulled up in front of the CEO. Not sure if he lost his job, but that flypast was sheer madness...and in front of HRH Prince Charles! It doesn't need H&S to tell a pilot how to perform sensibly and safely!
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Posting comments on an aviation-related chatroom, are ya? Looks like it an' all...

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Skyflash wrote:https://youtu.be/DqdM9xvxBaA

Good grief! :shock: :hide:


Blimey. O. Riley.

Maybe a wee bit too low. Like a 1,000 feet too low.

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Christ almighty! :hide:

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Here's a pic my Late Father took that day, scanned from a Slide.

https://www.airliners.net/photo/British ... 01/1008616
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Dan O'Hagan
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The still images are pretty famous, but had no idea that video of the pass existed.

Cor, blimey! :shock:

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Rest of the film of that day is just as interesting

https://youtu.be/2XlSaJGtF5g
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Quite a selection on show here. Lovely stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x9S18whxus
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Wow, if that Vickers fun-bus had the undercarriage down it could have ploughed that field
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