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Jet plane protest

1968: It sounds like the plot of an 80s action film. A rogue pilot is angered by the decisions of high command, breaks formation, and heads out solo over London to seek revenge. It actually happened when Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock flew his Hawker Hunter jet low over the Houses of Parliament in protest at Harold Wilson's government, who'd been stripping back the air force. He was also dissatisfied at the lacklustre plans to mark the RAF's 50th anniversary. In a one-man air display, he flew his plane through the gap in Tower Bridge, before going on to buzz several airfields. "It was easy enough to fly over it, but the idea of flying through the spans suddenly struck me. I had just 10 seconds to grapple with the seductive proposition which few ground attack pilots of any nationality could have resisted. My brain started racing to reach a decision. Years of fast low-level strike flying made the decision simple...". On landing, Pollock was arrested, but later invalided out of the RAF without court martial. This was the first time a jet plane had been flown under the bridge's walkways.