"Simons Sircus" Display Team
Two teams displayed the Sea Vixen.
The second was "Simons Sircus", a Mk 2 Sea Vixen Team of 892 Squadron, named with a play on words after their Commanding officer Lt. Cdr. Simon Idiens. RN. and "Simon" their mascot, a young Lion Cub from Longleat House.
Displays: 1968 | |||
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30 Apr | Not known Yet | ||
9/12 May | Biggin Hill Air Show | ||
16 May | Staff Course | ||
28 May | Andover Staff Course | ||
7 June | Sea Days Practice | ||
15 June | RNAS Lee-on-Solent | ||
17/21 June | Sea Days | ||
24/28 June | Sea Days. | ||
19 June | RAF Cottesmore | ||
13 Jul | RNAS Lossiemouth | ||
20 Jul | RNAS Abroath | ||
24 Jul | RAF Linton on Ouse | ||
25 Jul | Flight International | ||
1 Aug | RN Dockyard. Rosyth | ||
3 Aug | RNAS Brawdy | ||
7 Sep | RNAS Yeovilton Air Day | ||
14 Sep | RAFColtishall | ||
20-22 Sep | RAE Farnborough | ||
At some stage we did a display over the Royal Yacht Britannia, but I can't remember when, might have been the one on 16 May or 30 April".
Team Members (In formation photograph top) are:
CO. Simon Idiens. Hon Lost Airman
SOBS. Graham Wilcock
Roly Beaumont
Will Roberts (RAF)
Tim Bolt
Tim Miles (RAF)
Dave Henry
Pete Hardy
Taylor Scott
(Hon Lost Airman)
Terry Fletcher
Alex Stewart
(Lost Airman)
Mark Jenkins
Declared by Mark Jenkins May 2007, and Roly Beaumont August 2007 (Team members)
photos : archive Mark Jenkins.
892 Sqn. In Display with Coloured Smoke.
Streaming Video. Farnborough 1968 display. 892 Sqn Simons Sircus and 809 Sqn Phoenix 5. Commentary by the BBC's Raymond Baxter.
The Team at RNAS Yeovilton with their Lion Cub Mascot.
Lt. Cdr Simon Idiens RN. CO 892 Sqn takes the air on the quarterdeck of HMS Hermes 1967.
archive of Dick Searles (Observer)