Salute!

From a colonist, I don't see a good video here of the flyby from one of the many of the Queen's subjects regularly posting here.

Gums wonders....

Great flypast especially the 70. Just wish they would give the Guards a proper drill rifle. Those short rifles look awkward.
Sadly I'm the only house with bunting and flags out where I live.

​​​​​​On ADSB it was interesting to watch the various elements leave their holding points at exactly the right time to slot into the stream in the right place, like assembling a jigsaw. Congratulations to all concerned in the parade and flypast. Wonderful music too.

Thanks for adding value, Underfoot. As an ex-Techie I'm aware of all that the groundcrew do and they deserve the praise too, but my comment was principally to acknowledge the ultimate presentation to Her Majesty.

I'm glad that with all the rules and regs of the day that nobody switched off any part of the display, particularly the BBMF.

Well done to everyone. Must have been a bumpy ride with all that Cu around but that 70 was perfection !

Only 3 posts before the whining about the commentary starts. Are the members of the OFC slowing down a bit? "Chunter chunter, Raymond Baxter's day, grumble grumble, harumph!"

CG

The formation flying was excellent and, having been very closely involved with several other major flypasts, I am also very well aware of all the hard work by the groundcrews, ATC and other agencies that made the event so impressive. All credit to them, but it's the great British public who are poorly served by our public service broadcaster, who HAVE done it well in the past (more recently than Richard Dimbleby, who I don't remember commentating on any flypast, even the 1953 Odiham one) but who seem no longer to care about accuracy - a disservice to those who worked hard today to produce the spectacle that it was.

Did I count nine re[eat nine Reds? I thought they were a little down on members at the moment.

And Met, did a cracking job, didn't we?

I think I read that for 'basic' flypast events, recent Reds will make up the nine.

CG

I can't agree. They are well known for parades but they're first and foremost combat soldiers, and the weapon carried is a reminder of that.

Apart from the fact that, had the formation stayed together as far as Surrey, it would have been carnage as the fast jets ploughed through the helos and the BBMF ...

All things considered, I think the OP and Chertsey had a narrow escape. :O

Why didn't they make Roome for someone who knows about such thing? Dave?

Just out of interest, I believe that the 25th Jubilee flypast (RAF review at Finningley), the '25' was made up of 22 JPs. Times have certainly changed.

Differences in speed and keeping safe separation I would imagine.

Lucky that Red Ten and Red Eleven are up to keeping station for a simple flyby, eh?

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As it was seen from Wanstead! Totally superb!!

The failure to issue actual maps showing where and when different elements were going to disperse - and their subsequent tracks - meant that it was always going to be a bit hit and miss what (if anything) you would see unless you positioned yourself on the run-in, up the Mall, or immediately behind the Palace (say in Grosvenor Gardens).

I'm glad that my other half suggested the latter - we had a great view.

We were glad that there were nine reds. Impressed by the rock solid '70' formation. Surprised to see six Lightnings in the air at once. And delighted to see one element flying past in such a 'Swift and Sure' manner.

I see that the Reds reduction from nine to seven has been admitted, but not explained:

"In 2022, the Red Arrows are performing aerobatics with a seven-aircraft formation, while the team’s major national flypasts, such as those marking official Jubilee events in London, are carried out using nine jets."

Here here Underfoot.
Never forget - while the drivers are seeing to the wenches, we're are seeing to the wrenches.

I watched from a corner of a wheat field in East Anglia, with no one else in sight. The countryside looked beautiful, and whilst the FJ crews would have been 100% faocussed on station keeping, maybe the odd soul in a heavy would have looked out and have been reminded what a wonderful country they are tasked with defending. The sub-formations were spaced out by 2 minutes of so, so possibly not as overwhelming as at the Mall, but the 70 was well done. Kept on thinking what a great effort by the techies, particularly to get so many Hawks into the air.....