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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 1:17 pm
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The Royals used to travel long-haul with No. 216 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
"in 1955 the squadron moved to RAF Lyneham from RAF Fayid in Egypt to operate the DH Comet jet airliner until 1975." In those happy days we had a dedicated 'Shiny Fleet' VIP long-haul squadron of Comets at RAF Lyneham!

My beloved iWife was Squadron Adjutant in those glory days, and also enjoyed travelling with Princess Alexandra to Brazil. The aircraft captains were very experienced, and descent from cruise was imperceptible [house rules] and could start literally hundreds of miles from destination. "Doors" time was a matter of honour... to the minute! She recalls taxying at a serious speed to meet that criterion.
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