The Queen's Birthday Flypast rehearsal took place on 14th June 2006 with a route over RAF Marham and ending with a flypast over RAF Waddington. These photographs were taken from the sea front at southwold in suffolk.

The formations were as follows:
Lancaster with 2 x Hurricane and 2 x Spitfire
4 x Typhoons from Coningsby
C17
Tristar with Jaguar and Typhoon on EACH wing
Nimrod with 4 x Tornado GR4
E3 with 4 x Tornado F3
VC10 with 4 x Jaguar
Diamond 9 Tornado GR4 from Marham (representing all four squadrons)
9 x Hawk of the Red Arrows with Canberra

The actual Queen's Birthday Flypast took place on 17th June and flew over the Mall.