558 will only have a Permit to Fly and NOT a full CofA, this means she will only ever be permitted to fly in UK airspace, unless she is re-registerd to another countrys civil air register such as the Experimental Register in the US then there is no chance of her going to the states.

BBMF came into Southend Lanc had a bit of a bouncer so had to make a go-arround…

Not that I am complaining!

I must be as blind as a blind bat what are the co-ordinates for the Bev?

Fly past for the Queen

Dakota
Spitfire Lancaster Spitfire
Hurricane Spitfire Hurricane

They will break off sharpish and will be followed by

9 x Typhoons led by 3sqn and representing all four squadrons currently at Coningsby

Tornado F3 x2 VC10 Tornado F3 x2

Tornado GR4 x2 Nimrod Tornado GR4 x2

Red Arrows in a diamond formation (special touch as it is the Queen and Prince Philip’s 60th wedding anniversary)

The Falklands Fly Past

Sunday 4:45 (I think)

3 x Royal Navy Sea King Mk6

4 x Royal Navy Sea King Mk4

1 x RAF Sea King (Yellow)

5 x Royal Navy Lynx

3 x Royal Navy Merlin

5 x AAC? (Lynx/apache)

1 x Chinook

At 1650 local – the fixed wing

5 x Dominies

2 x Hercules

5 x Typhoons

2x Hawks VC10 2x Hawks (2 RN and 2 RAF)

Nimrod

Red Arrows in a normal V formation

There are two Pickett-Hamiltons surriving on Southend Airport the third is under the 06 end of the runway!

Also of intrest are a number of workshops, type24 pillboxies, Ammo bunkers, two Ultra rare Mushroom pillboxes one of which still had its 360dg machine gun mount insitu a few years back and even more intrestin the undeground ops room is still there

Hurricane over Southend

and this time its the Hawker variant and not the weather!

747 made three low passes during a very heavy downpour the raid did stop on and off but it was that light stuff for most of the day 12 out of the 18 acts made it through the rain so well done to them all.