But not necessarily a situation befitting the valued service of a Tornado.
This is key. To my mind the Tornado Force have handled this whole episode exquisitely. Events for public consumption followed by an immaculate parade, flypast and dinner to round off the aircraft’s service. There were around 1,000 there to witness the last see-in, having moments before exited from the parade. Any more flying after that would just be rather undignified and there is no way those flypasts would have been authorised as part of a delivery sortie. So why fly any more? All things must come to an end and this was a really superb way to do it.