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Blue Eagles Team News for 2006

Farnborough International Air Display – Farnborough, Hampshire – 22 and 23 July 2006

The Farnborough Air Show lasts an entire week. Monday through Friday the show is aimed at the aviation industry and its military and civil customers. Over the weekend the emphasis changes and the show becomes a public display. During the week the aircraft flying in the display usually new types being demonstrated to potential customers, for the public days, a great many air show favourites are added to the display. This included the Blue Eagles for the first time in a number of years, and the Team made the most of the opportunity. Despite the thunderstorms that swept over the airfield on Saturday, the Team flew what Mark Taliku and Stu Mayor later described as the best display of the year. Sunday’s display was equally good, and flown in much better weather! The highlights can be seen below.

Before and after. The Army Air Corps stand early in the morning before the crowd arrived….	….and immediately after the gates opened! The Gazelle on static proved a great draw.

The Blue Eagles stand on Saturday….	….and on Sunday, both days saw many visitors taking away posters and brochures.

Some strange visitors at Farnborough! Andrea meets Darth Vader….	….and if you look at the arm badge, Captain Farnborough joined the Team too.

The thunderstorms brought torrential rain in short bursts….	….interspersed with sunshine and very busy periods for the Team.

Two views of the Eagle Break shows just how accurate the display was…..	….the Gazelles crossing as the Lynx loops.

Tony and Mark’s first cross was incredibly close!	A view of Tony’s Gazelle that shows how dark the cloud was!

The Lynx just caught the sun as it Backflipped.	The Gazelles run in over the new Farnborough tower.

Stu and Colin take centre stage in no uncertain fashion.	A top view of Stu’s Gazelle as he pitches down.

As Graham and BJ flew their final loop, the clous began to break at last!	The finale Corkscrew took place in a much brighter sky.

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