Tornados over Southend!!

[rolling20]

There has been a lot of activity by Tornados(i think)over Southend in the past few weeks!
Southend airshow was on the May Bank hol!!!
Are they in for maintenance,or something more akin to 9/11.....being only 30-40 miles or so from London and a decent length of runway!
Any clues?!

[AlanM]

They were off to displays in the area.

Also loads of hawks/tucanos/jags at Biggin recently. Oh - and a Nimrod at Gatwick

Nothing sinister (unless the CinC is using his CAP budget at airshows!!)

[MATZ]

The Nimrod at Gatwick was there because thats where they get painted!

[whowhenwhy]

That would explain why I had to work a Nimrod into Gatwick. Pity the nice aircrew thought that they could fly OAT to Gatwick and that we all had to do all that extra work to file him a civil plan!

[rolling20]

thanks chaps!did seem odd,as the activity there is very unusual this time of year!

[AllTrimDoubt]

25 Sqn are affiliated to Folkestone I believe, hence their participation in the Shepway Airshow. Nothing unusual, they perform there each year if poss.

[Jordan D]

Can someone explain why the Nimrod was being painted at LGW? Don't they have any facilities up at Kinloss?

Jordan