share in the excitement of The Lord of the Rings". This was the first time that a 747-400 had undertaken such a flypast in New Zealand. Memorials The funeral of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti was sealed by a flypast from Frecce Tricolori over Modena Cathedral, his native town, on 8 September 2007. Tens of thousands of people who had filed past his coffin as it lay in state, witnessed the show of respect and mourning. The memorial service for former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on 5 November 2014 concluded with a flypast by four RAAF F/A-18 Hornets in missing man formation. The 2022 national funeral for Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur, the franchise’s leading scorer, concluded with a flyover from an RCAF CF-18 fighter jet as the funeral procession left Montreal’s Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. Accidents and incidents 31 May 1957: A Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee spirals out of control after its right wing breaks in half during a high-speed flypast of naval air station HMCS Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada. The pilot fails to eject and is killed when the plane slams into McNabs Island. The crash is attributed to improperly manufactured fittings in the folding wing mechanism, and most RCN and US Navy Banshees are grounded until improved fittings can be installed. 7 June 1957: A Chance Vought Aircraft pilot is killed when his Vought F8U-1 Crusader disintegrates as he initiates a zoom climb during a high-speed flypast for a graduating class from the Naval Postgraduate School at Hensley Field, Dallas, Texas. 1 October 2002: Two Ilyushin Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy collide in mid-air during a flypast near Panjim, Goa, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 315 Squadron of the Indian Naval Air Arm. The collision and subsequent crashes kill all six crew members in each aircraft and three bystanders on the ground. 11 October 2003: Hundreds of Canberra residents panic and call police after a flypast of Parliament House, Canberra, by two F-111 jets, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the High Court of Australia. Witnesses see "two thunderously loud balls of flame screaming overhead at a height of about 300 metres [980 ft] and heading toward the city's landmarks", and some mistake the fighters for incoming missiles, believing that a terrorist attack is in progress. Press releases had been issued but police had not been informed. 21