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A flypast is a ceremonial or honorific flight by an aircraft or group of aircraft. The term flypast is used in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. In the United States, the terms flyover and flyby are used. Flypasts are often tied in with Royal or state events, anniversaries, celebrations, and occasionally funerary or memorial occasions.
Flypast or flyby, a celebratory display or ceremonial flight, a ceremonial or honorific flight of one or more aircraft. Flyover reconnaissance, close-up aircraft reconnaissance; Flyover rights, the right to fly over a foreign country without landing; Aerial survey; Flyover country, a derisive term for the central areas of the United States
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Permanent memorial sculptures depicting the missing man aerial formation exist at Randolph Air Force Base (Missing Man Monument, 1977, Mark Pritchett) in San Antonio, Texas, [11] [12] Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (Missing Man Memorial, 1995) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Valor Park (Missing Man Formation, 2000) near the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
The Winged Stallions completed 25,000 hours of accident free flying in 1996. The squadron's Il-38 aircraft were given "Sea Dragon" mid-life upgrades in 2009. [5] On 1 October 2002, two Il-38s of INAS 315 collided in mid-air during a flypast near Dabolim, Goa, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the squadron. The collision and subsequent ...
In a letter to the aviation magazine FlyPast a retired RAF Sqn Ldr states that his aircraft (Avro Shackleton Mk.III WR981) was the 'Object' tracked by the various radar stations, and the incident was part of a much larger TACEVAL (station TACtical EVALuation) exercise.
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