Saturday, April 24, 2021

Boys will be boys

April 5 1968, Pilot Alan Pollock flew his Hawker Hunter through the span of the Tower Bridge. He said he did this to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal Air Force and in protest of the refusal of the Air Ministry to recognize the event.  He later said he did it on a whim.

 

5 comments:

Mike Silvius said...

And then there was the Beech Bonanza under the Eifel Tower.
https://youtu.be/_txdqnVP3-c

MARSHALL OVERCLOTH said...


also this video-
https://dissolve.com/video/plane-takes-off-flies-through-Gateway-Arch-royalty-free-stock-video-footage/001-D378-38-674

Mister G said...

And this... https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2018/01/lincoln-beachey.html

Anonymous said...

Picture by Gary Eason / Flight Artworks https://www.aerialcombat.co.uk/2016/04/seven-seconds-the-tower-bridge-hawker-hunter-incident.html

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the whole story!