May 05, 2023 - 1621 views
RAF Valley is planning to bring a taste of the London Coronation festivities and Flypast Salute to our friends and neighbours closer to home.
Four Texan T Mk 1 aircraft of 72(F) Squadron will be taking part in the Buckingham Palace flypast as they salute
His Majesty The King - who we are very proud to have as our Honorary Air Commodore for RAF Valley.
Wing Commander Chris Ball, Officer Commanding 72(F) Squadron will be leading the RAF Valley flying contingent. He said, “All of us taking part in the flypast over London and Buckingham Palace are conscious that this is a huge privilege and as we make our progress back to RAF Valley, we were very keen to also share the experience with as many locations as we can en-route, so the aircraft will remain in formation throughout. It is also our way of saying thank you to those in North Wales and the wider region who support us and all we do here at RAF Valley”.
Anticipated timings for the return flypast are attached below, but as always, everything will be very much dependent on the British weather on the day.
All being well, the aircraft will overfly Wrexham AFC football stadium at 1639 local to salute the Club on their recent promotion to the football league, they will then overfly Chester Racecourse and Cathedral - and head up the Mersey estuary passing the Liver Building and then cross over the Wirral to hug the coast over Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and then Llandudno. The aircraft will then head out to Douglas Isle of Man to overfly the war memorial and then return to Valley over Holyhead.
LOCATION TIME 6 MAY 23
Add 1 hour for local time
Wrexham 1539
Chester 1542
Mersey 1546
Prestatyn / Rhyl 1551
Abergele / Colwyn Bay 1553
Llandudno 1555
Douglas 1611
Holyhead 1626
