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Blue Eagles Team News for 2006

The Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival and Weston Super Helidays – amongst others – 26 to 29 July 2006

Or, the long weekend, part three!

The Team were so busy for the five days at the end of the last week in July! They had had only a two day break after Farnborough on Saturday and Sunday, before they flew to Weston for their annual Air Display on the Wednesday. From there, they flew to RAF Marham in Norfolk to take part in their families day, which was also to mark the retirement of the Canberra from RAF service this year. While based at Marham, the Team also flew displays on the Thursday and Friday at the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival, before leaving on the Friday to display again at the Weston Super Helidays. If this were not enough, the Team also flew at Lyme Regis and a display at Cowes all in the same weekend! Further yet, there was their home base airshow to attend on the Saturday, the famous Music in the Air concert and Air Display at Middle Wallop. All in all, an exhausting haul for the Team, made more difficult by the weather being unpredictable and very varied. Lowestoft was bright, but hazy with a stiff on-shore breeze. As the Team returned westward, conditions deteriorated, with heavy showers and other hazards. This meant their performances at the other venues were difficult indeed! All in all, an amazing effort, and with the two week mid-season break now ahead of them, a well deserved break!

One of the very special guests at Lowestoft is the new BK115 from the East Anglian Air Ambulance, a vital local service.	How big was the crowd?!? This is a small section of the beach on Thursday, the ‘quiet’ day!

Not singing, just really into the commentary! Clive at work on the pier.	The Thursday Eagle Break, in a slight haze over the sea.

BJ and Graham’s aerobatic manoeuvres brought many appreciative gasps from the huge crowd….	….as did the close crosses by Tony and Mark.

Stu and Tony’s carousel was joined by a local resident!	The Army Air Corps stand was also on the seafront, their Gazelle attracting many visitors.

Friday dawned just as hot and bright, and the Team stand was busy as soon as it opened. All of the posters brought to Lowestoft were given out!	Early Friday morning the tide was in, and the beach was already filling up.

Graham and BJ brought the Lynx in to deliver Clive and do a recce of the show site.	By the time of the display, the heat had caused the haze to build up considerably.

Mark pulls hard around a 270 wing over.	Stu and Tony after the carousel, they pull out of their vertical break into line abreast.

The Team were so busy, meals were grabbed on the fly, literally!	Looking over BJ’s shoulder as the Lynx pitches down on departure.

Looking past Graham along the beach. The crowd goes on for miles more then the flight line, around 500,000 attending over the two days.	Flying past the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, always plenty of interest to see…..

….including aircraft out of their hangars, like John Romain’s Spitfire T Mk 9 in Irish Army Air Corps markings.	Well on the way to Weston, flying past the phenomenally busy RAF Brize Norton.

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