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the_muppet) wrote2011-08-22 12:51 pm
the_muppet) wrote2011-08-22 12:51 pm
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Last day of the air show yesterday, and although it's been a pretty amazing festival this year, that's obviously been overshadowed by the terrible accident which happened on Saturday.
For those of you who may not have heard, one of the Red Arrows display team crashed near Bournemouth Airport directly after their display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, pilot of Red 4, was killed in the accident.
People gathered on the beach on Saturday and Sunday evening to pay tribute to him and the town hall opened two books of condolence for his family, which has now been increased to six books. At the start of yesterdays displays, they screened a tribute for him on the giant TV screens along the beach, comprised of pictures of him and footage of him flying with the Red Arrows, and I have never seen the beaches so packed, yet so still and so quiet. Everyone stopped whatever they were doing and you couldn't hear anything the whole time it played.
It doesn't feel right to talk about all the things Peter and I did, all the things we enjoyed, not now. The Red Arrows are an iconic part of British life and they were amazing in the two displays they put on at the festival here this year, so I'll leave you with that:
Friday's display:
Saturday's display:
NEWS REPORT
♥♥♥
For those of you who may not have heard, one of the Red Arrows display team crashed near Bournemouth Airport directly after their display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, pilot of Red 4, was killed in the accident.
People gathered on the beach on Saturday and Sunday evening to pay tribute to him and the town hall opened two books of condolence for his family, which has now been increased to six books. At the start of yesterdays displays, they screened a tribute for him on the giant TV screens along the beach, comprised of pictures of him and footage of him flying with the Red Arrows, and I have never seen the beaches so packed, yet so still and so quiet. Everyone stopped whatever they were doing and you couldn't hear anything the whole time it played.
It doesn't feel right to talk about all the things Peter and I did, all the things we enjoyed, not now. The Red Arrows are an iconic part of British life and they were amazing in the two displays they put on at the festival here this year, so I'll leave you with that:
Friday's display:
Saturday's display:
NEWS REPORT
♥♥♥