More years ago than I care to remember, we had an Auxiliary pilot, Hector W****, a teacher in Scarborough, who used occasionally to beat up the town at a weekend with a Vampire - then write to the local rag next week to complain about low-flying RAF aircraft. Quite some time before the Editor tumbled to the spoof, apparently !
Generally, the populace (who had vivid memories of WWII and hit-and-run raiders) treated these displays indulgently.
Happy days that will never return.
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D.