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First
aircraft to arrive was on Thursday 8th June in the shape of Tornado GR.4
ZG752/TTW of 15sqn callsign 'Lossie 39'. Friday saw the bulk of the
visitors arrive, the first of which was Chalgrove based Meteor T.7 operated
by Martin Baker which then parked up for the weekend and departed Monday.
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Next
were two aircraft from Qinetiq at Boscombe Down. Piper Pa31 ZF622
arrived in formation with Basset CC.2 XS743, the former acting as crew
ferry, subsequently returning on the Monday in a similar role.
Callsigns used were 'Gauntlet 55' and 'Tester 78' respectively.
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Beech
200 ZK452 arrived for display just after midday as 'Cranwell 61'.
Sistership G-RAFO followed an hour later to collect the crew, returning
them on the Monday
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Islander
AL.1 ZG993 arrived next, using callsign 'Army Air 598'. Its visit
was shorter than some as it departed Sunday afternoon
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Hawk
T.1 XX250 of 4FTS from Valley performed a fly through before landing using
callsign 'VYT68'
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Arriving
next using callsign 'Vortex 359' was specially coloured Puma ZJ954 of 33sqn
before Tutors G-BYWI and G-BYVO arrived together as 'Capital formation'
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The
second Tornado to arrive was GR.4 ZA447/DE of 31Sqn using callsign
'Marham 54'
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Out
of sight of my camera, the next arrivals were three Bolkow 105 and a UH-1
from Germany as 'Ratpack formation', plus Squirrel T.1 ZJ278 'Shawbury
77' from the DHFS. Next in was Tucano T.1 ZF349 of 71sqn from Leeming
as 'LOP285'
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A
trio of Tornados were next, with F.3 ZE343/DZ first in line as 'Export
1' from 111sqn.
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Next
was GR.4 ZA551/AX from 9sqn, the aircraft staying the longest of all
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Last
but not least arrival on Friday was F.3 ZH555/PT as 'Export 2', again
from 111sqn
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