I was tower controller at Farnborough when the Mig 29s arrived. One of the duties of the accompanying Tornados was to relay ATC instructions to the Migs. We all assumed this meant in Russian, but in actual fact the relay was in English so what was the point?
I was briefed that on arrival, one of the Migs would be doing a short impromptu display. The only unusual point of this was when coming in to land, he streamed his brake 'chute when he was still about 20ft agl!
Last edited by chevvron; 7th Dec 2015 at 13:16.