Tower Bridge
Apparently it’s now acceptable to fly through Tower Beidge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68999756
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68999756
I had no idea these things could fly horizontal never mind climb! 😮
It’s basically a glider with a rotten glide angle but trade enough speed and you can get away with it for a short while. A loop might be pushing it though, but they have been landed in water without resorting to the parachute,
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A first for Marco Furst! (Reportedly he has a less intrepid brother, Hugo).
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And Chris Draper took a Puss Moth through or under it in the 1930s (and most of the other Thames Bridges in an Auster in the 1950s)...
How on earth did they get approval for that stunt?
Not my province, being a country bumpkin, but why should this event cost the council-taxpayers? And isn't all publicity good?
There were at least 10 other 'through' flights since 1945. I don't have my notes with me now, but I did compile a list a few years ago. There were quite a few more between WWI and WWII.
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Major Thomas Orde-Lees parachuted FROM it - also, as part of a publicity stunt - in 1917.
Ok, ok, maybe not as spectacular as the Red Bull wing suit team, but his parachute opening height was actually lower.....
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Hunter through the Bridge
Pobjoy was have his 'tea break' by the Thames near the house of Commons when Alan went past (he buzzed a couple of buildings on the way)
He had taken off from Tangmere but left the NO 1 Squadron formation after departure back to their home base.
This was his protest that the RAF were not celebrating its 50th anniversary properly. Ended his RAF flying, but the event is still remembered as it was not usual for a Fighter to go down the Thames at that very low height with the associated noise.
He had taken off from Tangmere but left the NO 1 Squadron formation after departure back to their home base.
This was his protest that the RAF were not celebrating its 50th anniversary properly. Ended his RAF flying, but the event is still remembered as it was not usual for a Fighter to go down the Thames at that very low height with the associated noise.
