By the mid 1800's #RAFLuton had so many Display Teams it gave one of it's Runway Boats to the teams for their world tour, covering over 3 countries the teams displayed to a record 1017 #AvGeeks!pic.twitter.com/hqJj3Bwo6k
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Unfortunately after an accident during a formation landing the world tour was stopped and the remaining teams returned to
#RAFLuton. This was the last photo taken of the Phantom aircraft seconds before they landed on the Runway Boat hitting the Chinook#AvGeekpic.twitter.com/6VUW5TAnJJ
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After the Formation landing disaster of 1861 the #RAFLuton Navy wanted in on the Display Team action and formed The Runway Boats, the average display lasted over 4 days! Here they can be seen in their famous Triangle formation!pic.twitter.com/SvaUWJecFt
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#RAFLuton Navy then formed a submarine Display Team but it was a disaster as spectators couldn't view the underwater part of the display. Here the team can be seen performing the Synchro Split. The team were disbanded after half a display!pic.twitter.com/EgtnEz6LQP
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Ahh the days when we used to have loads of operational aircraft carriers.. thats a very rare photo of all 8 together in one place. Nice
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I don't think they had the coloured dye installed till the 4th day so it wasn't as good of a display.
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But what a 4 days it was! Non stop runway boat action... those were the days I think the submarine ships displayed underneath at the same time?
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Not any of Her Majesty's finest
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