Red Arrows Display abandoned.

[Trevatanus]

First show of the year at Shuttleworth at the weekend and the Reds had to cancel as a Gazelle pilot did not read his NOTAM's!
I imagine his going to be in a world of st for that!

[tmk2]

Wasn't cancelled, we lost 3 minutes of display time though

[Trevatanus]

tmk2 said:

Wasn't cancelled, we lost 3 minutes of display time though

Ah ok, was just abandoned then.

[JeremyH5]

Not abandoned. Restarted after the intruder cleared the air space.
I was there.
Just after that photo Red1 gave him a burst of white smoke, I wonder which thought (if any) went through the mind of the helicopter pilot? Was it "Oh look the Red Arrows giving me a wave" or "Bugger, I'm in for it now"?

[Tango13]

JeremyH5 said:

Not abandoned. Restarted after the intruder cleared the air space.
I was there.
Just after that photo Red1 gave him a burst of white smoke, I wonder which thought (if any) went through the mind of the helicopter pilot? Was it "Oh look the Red Arrows giving me a wave" or "Bugger, I'm in for it now"?

I was at work yesterday, right next to RAF Henlow which is 5 miles south of Old Warden.

I watched Red 1 give a brief squirt of white smoke as they flew past just to the north of Henlow Camp and thought it a bit strange at the time.

[Simpo Two]

Tango13 said:

I watched Red 1 give a brief squirt of white smoke

Bullet in the glycol tank...

[DaveH23]

Red ten has tweeted this:

http://nats.aero/blog/2015/05/red-arrows-why-we-ne...

[Ledaig]

Maybe he'll read the NOTAM's next time....

Yes...sorry it's the Mail