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Old 28th Aug 2014, 13:57
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chopper2004
 
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Heard about it from our local CAA Surveyor when recounted it as he was in the RAF and present that day at the show . Also my other half's uncle who is a coachdriver from Norfolk was hired with a coach to take an aviation enthusiast tour to Ramstein a little time after the tragedy and they heard the whole story.

As I have been a longstanding member of the heavy metal community in my neck of the woods, and do like some Rammstein music it never twigged till a friend explained, that the band chose to name themselves after the tragedy, which I found it a tad distasteful, However it appears the bands front man denied it and claimed they called it after a piece of large door monuments.

Thankfully, the Frecce Tricoleri have been performing without incident for over a quart of a century - did see them RIAT - not bad show,

Looking forward to their new mount which I took shots of at Farnborough







Cheers
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