It was a flyover fit for a queen.
The Royal Air Force flew 28 aircraft over Buckingham Palace on Saturday in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 88th birthday. The lineup featured old and new aircraft including:
- AgustaWestland Merlin
- Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook
- Douglas C-47 Dakota
- Avro Lancaster
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Boeing E-3D AWACS
- BAE HS-125
- Boeing C-17
- Airbus Voyager
- Eurofighter Typhoon
- Panavia Tornado GR4
- BAE Hawk T1 (Red Arrows)
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- The Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour – Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Parade, at The Royal Horseguards on June 14.. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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- The Red Arrows fly over central London as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A Lancaster is flanked by two Spitfires of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fly over Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A Lancaster is flanked by two Spitfires of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fly over Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A E-3D AWACS flanked by two HS 125s fly over Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A C-17 flies over central London as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- A C-17 transport (lower), A330 Voyager, flaked by Typhoon (left) and Tornado (right) fighters fly over Buckingham Palace as part of Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Flypast during Trooping the Colour on June 14. (Photo by Arthur Edwards – WPA Pool /Getty Images)
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- The Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour – Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Parade, at The Royal Horseguards on June 14. (Photo by Arthur Edwards – WPA Pool /Getty Images)
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