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A few photos of the Hercules' Farewell flypast over Cambridge Airport this afternoon...

RAF Hercules C4 - ZH870, ZH868, ZH871 (1) by Professor M, on Flickr
RAF Hercules C4 - ZH870 (56 Years Sticker) by Professor M, on Flickr
RAF Hercules C4 - ZH868, ZH871 by Professor M, on Flickr
RAF Hercules C4 - ZH870, ZH868, ZH871 (2) by Professor M, on Flickr

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Nice, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing these, nice shots. But watching the BBC News at lunchtime today, there was a report from Brize Norton about the Flypast over London this coming Saturday. The impression I get us that there could be a C-130, maybe more than one, involved in that. It seems to be to make up for the one that was washed out on Coronation Day. Please don't shoot the messenger though.

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Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:09 pm

Thanks for sharing these, nice shots. But watching the BBC News at lunchtime today, there was a report from Brize Norton about the Flypast over London this coming Saturday. The impression I get us that there could be a C-130, maybe more than one, involved in that. It seems to be to make up for the one that was washed out on Coronation Day. Please don't shoot the messenger though.

The BBC reported on the lunchtime news that "The Coronation flypast over Buckingham Palace was all but cancelled but this Saturday's Trooping the Colour is a second chance to put on the show." (Jane Hill's words). The BBC's royal reporter was at Brize Norton and said that three C-130Js will participate along with the C-17 that carried the late Queen Elizabeth's body to RAF Northolt last year. 

Very nice especially #1 and 2