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IN PICTURES: Royal Air Force Flypast marks Her Majesty's 80th Birthday

Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh JPG (84.8 KB)

Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh en route to the Trooping of the Colour [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

Trooping of the Colour parade JPG (108.8 KB)

The troops drawn from the Household Division: The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards and Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

Welsh Guards troop their Colour JPG (124.2 KB)

The Welsh Guards troop their Colour [Picture: Sgt Sgt Howard]

Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh JPG (76.5 KB)

Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh at the Trooping of the Colour [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

Bird's eye view of the parade JPG (73.6 KB)

A bird's eye view from the Palace [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

The Royal Standard over Buckingham Palace JPG (57.5 KB)

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight passes over Buckingham Palace [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

A Boeing C17 JPG (29.6 KB)

The RAF's largest aircraft, the Boeing C17 in the Queen's Birthday Flypast [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

The Red Arrows and a Canberra PR9 JPG (58.9 KB)

Amongst the Red Arrows is a Canberra PR9 from 39 Squadron RAF Marham flying for the last time before Her Majesty the Queen [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

The Red Arrows and a Canberra JPG (44.4 KB)

Amongst the Red Arrows appears a Canberra PR9 photo reconnaissance aircraft from 39 Squadron RAF Marham [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

Formation of RAF planes JPG (26.1 KB)

A Tristar from 216 Squadron RAF Brize Norton flanked by two Typhoons from 29(R) Squadron and two Jaguars from 6 Squadron all based at RAF Coningsby [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

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IN PICTURES: Royal Air Force Flypast marks Her Majesty's 80th Birthday

The Royal Air Force mounted a spectacular flypast of nearly 50 aircraft over Buckingham Palace on Saturday 17 June 2006 to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 80th birthday.
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