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Old 25th Mar 2021, 07:58
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chevvron
 
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Originally Posted by dctyke
And when the Trident landed.........?
By that time, the Bucc had already broken away and dropped its load (a message saying 'you have been bombed') in Re Square.

It's actually quite feasible for 2 aircraft to do this.
One Farnborough Airshow, I was given an inbound release on a Yak 42 from somewhere in Bulgaria. He was carrying support for a Sokol Jastreb trainer which had also filed a flight plan but wasn't 'live' so I assumed was probably using military radar units instead of civil units.
When the Yak came on frequency, I asked how many persons on board; he replied '20 on the big aircraft and 2 on the little one'.
Eh? I could only see one blip on radar but I warned the tower that although we hadn't had a live estimate for the Jastreb, don't be surprised if he arrives with the Yak.
Sure enough that's what happened; the Jastreb had flown all the way across Europe from Bulgaria in close formation with the Yak and none of the en-route ATCCs including London ATCC had been aware!!

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