In my opinion,even if we didn't have the money/inclination to paint one or more aircraft in anniversary schemes,why not just have a formation of Hawks or Typhoons in a "75". Fairly easy to do,gives all the pilots etc some formation practice,and would have been a fitting tribute!

As Typeflyer says,Northolt is not closed to rotary traffic during runway rebuild and has the whole of the southern ramp currently available!.....Also possible that Farnborough could be used as base for the rotary element,although security there may not be up to the Americans desires!. With Trump not...

One of the Navajo's operating from here has just departed.....one was out and back in yesterday as well.....assume these must be basing elsewhere soon?

Atlas ZM411 just arrived into Northolt......43C5E5

Departed 1725 local

Shader airframes ZA601 and ZD848 been showing active today.....anyone know if all these aircraft will return to UK "en-mass" or in dribs and drabs etc

Showing on Adsb routing northwest towards Bangor,Wales,passing fl470.....80-1067...AE0950

Also trending on Sky news today

Interesting "Moo-vements"

Strange looking "debris field",for a relatively small aircraft!.....glad crew seem to have gotten out relatively unscathed.

Wonder if Ms Rees and Roberts would consider a "house swap" ??.....I live near the A40 at Northolt....constant noise 24/7 from lorries/cars/motorbikes etc...then there's the Central line operating all hours now and HS2 coming in the future......I'm sure,if they lived here,the peace and tranquility t...

27R it is....if you plot the Reds flight chart the co-ordinates given for Heathrow are around the threshold for that runway....Poyle and Windsor co-ordinates are in line with 27R as well

VH-60s get hangared....Ospreys remain outside in area by the HS125 that is visible by hangars

There is an e-mail circulating at LHR which basically says that ops there will be suspended for approx 10-15 mins whilst the larger participants and formations pass by!. Seems like they will head towards 27R from London and then route out west in a corridor between Heathrow and Northolt.....nor sure...

Airborne,routing south via Midhurst....shows on FR24

Departed 0800

Outside London,the mounds beside the A40 at Northolt are a very popular viewpoint for the flypast as you can see right into Central London from there!. The formation normally picks up/follows the A40 west until they reach RAF Northolt,where they either turn for Brize or split into various sections f...

No doubt the usual mix of aircraft,but interestingly this year will probably see the last Tonkas taking part in the flypast,and possibly,(if allowed),maybe the first F-35??. "Tongue in cheek",now we have a yank embedded in the Royal Family,wouldn't it be nice to cement that union,by the inclusion of...

From memory,runway was due to closed between the end of April to October.....This has now been delayed to end of July,apparently to accommodate the upcoming visit of Trump to UK,although no one seems to know exactly what part of the country he will arrive at/go to!

Sad loss...R.I.P to all those onboard.....From the news report it seems like this aircraft was on maintenance for the previous few days and looking at the video it seems that they went assymetric resulting in the sudden corkscrew downwards!

Many thanks