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Trying to go through old airshows as alot of my records have been destroyed. Can anybody provide a list of what jets appeared on that day plus a list of the airliners that flew past as part of Heathrow 50th anniversary celebrations. Many thanks

The airliners that flew past were Comet 4 XS235, DC8 N805DH of DHL, BAC 1-11 G-AVMT of Shannon, 727 EC-GCK of Iberia, 737 G-OBMY of BMA, 747 9V-SMS of SIA, 767 C-FMWP of Air Canada, MD11 N1768D of American, A340 G-VBUS of Virgin, Concorde G-BOAA and 777 G-ZZZD, both of BA.
As for military or ex-military jets, I noted MiG 15UTI 6247/(G-OMIG), Hunter T.7 XL616/(G-BWIE), Meteor T.7 WL419, Hawk T 1A XX329/PJ, Harrier GR.7s ZD461 & ZD463, Venom FB 50 'WE275'/(G-VIDI), Fouga Magister G-FUGA, Hunter T.7 XL587, F-86A 48-0178/(G-SABR), T-33AN 21261/(N33VC), Hunter F.58s J-4031/(G-BWFR) & J-4058/(G-BWFS), Gnat T.1s 'XR993'/(G-BVPP) & 'XR991'/(G-MOUR), Fouga Magisters F-GKYH & F-GKYD, Jet Provost T.5s G-BWEB, G-VIVM & XW289/(G-JPVA), Vampire T.55 'WZ589'/(G-DH""), Hunter GA.11/(G-BWGK), Gnat T.1 'XM693'/G-TIMM, plus the Red Arrows.
Hope this helps.

From faded memory, weren't the airliners a very long way south of Duxford?

A couple of them did fly a bit further south, you are correct.

Thank you Mustang531