On Saturday May 19, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her first 60 years as monarch. A flypast saw over 80 aircraft belonging to the British air arms, overflying Windsor castle: among them, 27 RAF Hawks in tight formation depicted EiiR (Elizabeth II Regina).
The following video was filmed from “Ruby 4”, the lower part of the loop of the “R”, and shows both the practice flights as well as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Military Muster over Windsor castle on 19 May 2012.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Apparently WMG owns the copyright and refuses to allow the renegade colonists to view it.
Apparently WMG owns the copyright and refuses to allow the renegade colonists to view it.