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.
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And then there was the Beech Bonanza under the Eifel Tower.
https://youtu.be/_txdqnVP3-c
also this video-
https://dissolve.com/video/plane-takes-off-flies-through-Gateway-Arch-royalty-free-stock-video-footage/001-D378-38-674
And this... https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2018/01/lincoln-beachey.html
Picture by Gary Eason / Flight Artworks https://www.aerialcombat.co.uk/2016/04/seven-seconds-the-tower-bridge-hawker-hunter-incident.html
Thanks for the whole story!
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