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Old 29th Jul 2019, 18:50
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
There was in fact the exact same number of aircraft, 103, in each flypast, and the RAF100 was entirely RAF, whereas the Bastille Day flypast included NATO allies (including the RAF!) Army, Navy, Police, Coastguard etc...
But the Fete Nationale is celebrated every year with about this level of effort. So perhaps a better comparison would be with the Queen's Birthday Parade. QBP 2019 was 14 x ac + RAFAT.

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