Originally Posted by ICT_SLB
Not an attempted landing but a very embarrassing overflight - a BUFF was meant to overfly the 2004 Farnborough Airshow but could be seen well off to the north over Blackbushe
It was not a USAF mis-ident. The B52 simply missed Farnborough as a result of Farnborough ATC vectoring. Blackbushe just happened to be beneath the B52 after it missed Farnborough. The Blackbushe ATZ was delegated to Farnborough at the time so there was no traffic problem. There was simply no spare capacity for a second line-up attempt to correct the error.