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Old 22nd Oct 2006, 11:44
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Gainesy

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Good programme, presented by Raymond Baxter. The bombing etc was Salisbury Plain but the airfield used for all the aircraft was Wittering. Also remember Jags bombing and Harriers rocketing a convoy of old vehicles as part of the show.

It was shot live by the way, on a summer evening, after two days of rehearsals IIRC. So the locals were getting a bit hacked off with the noise
After the show, one of the RAFG Phantoms left at about 23.00 and did a "vertical" burner climb to 20,000ft. Phones rang for at least an hour.
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