Golden Jubilee Flypast 04.06.2002

[Scorch998]

Hi all, going through old logs and still after all these years got lots of gaps, so you may see several posts on here by me in the coming weeks. Already posted one about a Box 16 of Jaguars with no luck so far; well heres another.
This Flypast was witnessed over Ipswich and at the time the air spares (1x Tornado GR4 and 1x Jaguar) were flying alongside prior to pealing off before reaching London. The Tornado returned in the opposite direction fast and low some 15 - 20 minutes later. Anyway these were the aircraft, would be great to be able to identify them. Formation was as follows:

1. C.17 Globemaster
2. Tornado GR4 - Tristar - Tornado GR4 - (Tornado GR4 air spare)
3. Tornado F3 - E.3 Sentry - Tornado F3
4. Jaguar - VC.10 - Jaguar - (Jaguar air spare)
5. Canberra - Nimrod - Canberra
6. HS.125 - HS.146 - HS.125
7. Typhoon
8. Concorde leading The Red Arrows (9x Hawks)

I did photograph them all too but they were with old 35mm camera and are mainly silhouettes, the Concorde with The Red Arrows shots are something I will treasure forever!.

[Nighthawke]

No personal record of this but have searched the Mil-Spotters-Forum archive and found this. Credit to Roger Smith who compiled this "final" listing from various sources. Any errors please don't shoot the messenger

Hope this helps
Regards
Ian

C-17A Globemaster III ZZ174 99 Sqn c/s WINDSOR LEAD

TriStar KC.1 ZD950 216 Sqn c/s FAGAN
Tornado GR.4 ZA564/DK 31 Sqn c/s ROCKET 1
Tornado GR.4 ZA547/DC 31 Sqn c/s ROCKET 2
Tornado GR.4 ZA553/DI 31 Sqn ROCKET 3 (Airspare)

Sentry AEW.1 ZH102/02 8/23 Sqn c/s SENTRY
Tornado F.3 ZE965/WT 56(R) Sqn c/s WARLORD 1
Tornado F.3 ZE256/TP 56(R) Sqn c/s WARLORD 2
Tornado F.3 ZH556/OT 56(R) Sqn c/s WARLORD 3 (Airspare)

VC.10 C.1K XV109 10 Sqn c/s MADRAS
Jaguar GR.3 XZ391/EB 6 Sqn c/s BOXER
Jaguar GR.3 XX116/EO 6 Sqn c/s BOXER
Jaguar GR.3 (XZ103)/FP 41 Sqn c/s BOXER 3 (Airspare)

Nimrod MR.2 XV241/41 KSW c/s NIMROD
Canberra PR.9 XH134/(AB) 39(PR) Sqn c/s BENGAL 1
Canberra PR.9 XH135/(AC) 39(PR) Sqn c/s BENGAL 2

BAe.146 CC.2 ZE700 32(TR)Sqn c/s CLARET 1
BAe.125 CC.3 ZD620 32(TR)Sqn c/s CLARET 2
BAe.125 CC.3 ZD704 32(TR)Sqn c/s CLARET 3

Typhoon ZH588(DA2) BAe Systems c/s OCTANE

Concorde British Airways G-BOAD c/s CONCORDE AD
Hawk T.1 XX266 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX253 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX233 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX308 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX264 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX306 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX292 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX294 RED ARROWS
Hawk T.1 XX179 RED ARROWS

[Scorch998]

Hi Ian, thats great thankyou, and thanks for looking and finding for me. I was unsure where to search for this information; is the same place a good source to search for general odd days of spotting or is this more geared to airshows and flypasts etc?

Cheers .... Ian.

[Nighthawke]

It is a Yahoo group for mil spotters. It depends what you need and if anyone has posted.