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Old 14th Nov 2008, 20:01
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Liffy 1M
 
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Didn't a B52, due to give a flying display at Farnborough, with its thousands of attendees, give it instead at Blackbushe?

I find that a tad worrying.

I understand both spectators enjoyed the show immensely.
I seem to remember (but can't now find) a posting in an on-line forum by an air traffic controller who worked this aircraft at the time. He indicated that there was some reason that it was held in the Blackbushe area and that the non-display at Farnborough related to something like a problem with the display slot. While it makes for a good story, I find it very hard to believe that the crew of an aircraft which can navigate half-way across the world to strike a pinpoint target would just somehow fail to find its display destination, especially if it was receiving an ATC radar service at the time.
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