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Old 4th June 2002 | 23:53
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ATCO Two
 
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Hi Red Four,

I was working Thames Radar during the flypast and it all went rather smoothly, apart from the 30 minutes delay. Three LCY inbounds were delayed by 5 - 10 minutes, but both Zones were clear of low level traffic for at least 10 minutes before the flypast aircraft passed Fairlop. They passed close to Stapleford, but only the odd A7000 squawk was observed on radar. Silverline News was the press helicopter at 2400ft at Vauxhall filming the flypast at 1500ft, (NOT 15000ft as Jenny Bond reported on the BBC News!) as it passed underneath and to the North. The only slight glitch was the helicopters not clearing the area before the first LCY 10 arrival appeared South of London Bridge, but this was soon resolved. The Concorde climbed to 3000ft and established straight in on the 27R ILS. A successful exercise, all in all.
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