The Red Arrows

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Other pilots can do low flying too, in the 1980's I was working on a radar station on Benbecula and we used to score pilots for a low pass of the station which was on the civilian airfield.

Two I remember particularly,

One  a Hercules disappeared out to sea, which was Odd as it's a long way to America, then we heard a roar of engines as he pulled up to go over the sand dunes and us, unfortunately he then flew right across the Island at not a lot of feet, scattering the Sheep. The C.O. had to go round the Island appologising and had a pack of damage claim forms with him.

 Then an American F111 went Supersonic at near ground level over the airfield, which caused equipment that was bolted to walls come away, The C.O. Had to......