Two teddy bears and 22 Typhoon fighters in an unusual flight over Buckingham Palace

@DefAviation ES 6·19·2023 · 20:13 0

The UK is home to such famous bears as Paddington and Winnie the Pooh and the retirement home of the Polish warrior bear Wojtek.

Ted Coningsby: the teddy bear who managed to fly in a Eurofighter and with the Red Arrows
The massive takeoff of 12 F-35A fighters of the US Air Force from the United Kingdom

So, it is not uncommon for a bear to slip into important ceremonies in that country. Or even two bears. Let's see an example: last Saturday it was celebrated in London a spectacular air parade with 70 aircraft, to celebrate the birthday of King Charles III.

As we can see in these two photos posted by the RAF, the Red Arrows took part in the parade as well as three Spitfires and a Lancaster bomber from World War II, among other aircraft. All aircraft flew over Buckingham Palace.

Among the participating aircraft were 22 Typhoon fighters, 18 of which formed the initials "CR" (for "Carolus Rex", Latin for Charles King) during the parade. One of those fighters was the two-seater ZK381 that we see in this image. As Ted Coningsby pointed out today, this aircraft has become < strong>the first four-seat Typhoon fighter.

Last year I already spoke to you here about Ted Coningsby, a teddy bear who has flown in a Eurofighter fighter and with the famous Red Arrows of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). Ted is a big fan of airplanes, and apparently this bear has a lot of influence in the RAF, because Ted was in that fighter with another bear (in addition to the two human crew, of course: in the RAF they still don't let bears fly alone, but time to time). Here the video:

If you have small children, I encourage you to show them the video, so they can have the illusion of one day reaching as high as Ted. Here you can see the four crew members of the plane upon their return to RAF Coningsby:

Ted and the other bear seemed very entertaining. Let's hope one day I can get my bear Bilbo can fly in an Spanish Air Force fighter... And I leave it here, which later receives criticism because I don't have a serious website.