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Ankara is currently negotiating a joint defence pact with Sharaa's new government, and there have been widespread reports that Turkey is moving to station aircraft and air defence systems at Syria's T4 and Aleppo airbases.

Jockey is qualified aircraft pilot although nearly took wrong route at Cheltenham last month before recovering to finish third in Cross Country Chase.

During the negotiations, the gunmen demanded the release of 91 political prisoners held in Iran as well as an aircraft to take them and the hostages out of the UK.

"Compared to a conventional aircraft it's got eight motors which is very strange," says Dr Bill Brooks, Skyfly's chief technical engineer.

“These sites were designed to be the last line of defense against H-Bomb carrying Soviet bombers that had eluded the Air Force’s interceptor jet aircraft,” the park service said.