Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Probably practice bombing runs....
Nothing new.
Back in the '60s, Aeroflot flights from Heathrow to Moscow which should have routed via Clacton often had 'navigation problems'
and ended up flying over much of East Anglia (with its multiple RAF and USAF stations) instead of following the airway.
The aircraft involved were Tu104s which had a glass navigator (or was it bomb aimer
) position in the nose; you can clearly see it in photos of the aircraft.