18th June Red Arrows and Patrouille De France Flypast

[Trevatanus]

Please don't shoot the messenger if it does not happen, but there are rumours that there will be a flypast over Heathrow next week.
The Reds apparently into Brize Tomorrow, which may, or may not be connected.

[Eric Mc]

What's the occasion - a pre-Brexit flypast?

[Yertis]

Maybe to do with the French President’s visit?

[LotusOmega375D]

This would be it. 80 years since de Gaulle’s Appel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53031021

Churchill should have told him to shove it, apparently...

[Eric Mc]

Can the Red Arrows Hawks still carry Sidewinders?

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

Can the Red Arrows Hawks still carry Sidewinders?

Technically yes they can ;-) you’re a bad man Eric!

[Simpo Two]

I was thinking the Reds could fly a new formation... one that spells F U... yep, you can do that with 9.

[Eric Mc]

pablo said:

Eric Mc said:

Can the Red Arrows Hawks still carry Sidewinders?

Technically yes they can ;-) you’re a bad man Eric!

I was thinking "Just in case"

[aeropilot]

Given de Gaulle's attitude to the UK post war, despite him being anti-EU as a political entity, we shouldn't have let the bugger in, back in 1940, and left him there with his German mates.
Quite why we are celebrating his speech I have no idea.

[Trevatanus]

Latest information I have:

1641 - departure from RAF Brize Norton
1656 - Flypast Bagshot
1658 - Flypast Richmond Park
1700 - Flypast Buckingham Palace
1702 - Formation Separation NE Brentwood/ Stapleford area after which the Red Arrows will return to RAF Scampton and the Patrouille de France back to Salon-de-Provence Air

[Eric Mc]

What's at Bagshot?

[Trevatanus]

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

I'm guessing it's a waypoint

[LotusOmega375D]

Did they do something like this for the 75th anniversary? I don’t recall anything.

[normalbloke]

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

It’s exactly where Heathrow’s zone starts/finishes. Well, it used to be in my flying days.

[aeropilot]

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

Not a lot

[aeropilot]

Trevatanus said:

Latest information I have:

1641 - departure from RAF Brize Norton
1656 - Flypast Bagshot
1658 - Flypast Richmond Park
1700 - Flypast Buckingham Palace
1702 - Formation Separation NE Brentwood/ Stapleford area after which the Red Arrows will return to RAF Scampton and the Patrouille de France back to Salon-de-Provence Air

Interesting that they are going the opposite way to the usual Trooping and normal flypasts over Buck House?

[anonymous-user]

aeropilot said:

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

Not a lot

Is Pantiles still going?

[Trevatanus]

garyhun said:

aeropilot said:

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

Not a lot

Is Pantiles still going?

It's an old Folks home now.
Bader would be turning in his grave lol

[anonymous-user]

Trevatanus said:

garyhun said:

aeropilot said:

Eric Mc said:

What's at Bagshot?

Not a lot

Is Pantiles still going?

It's an old Folks home now.
Bader would be turning in his grave lol

Wowzers! Many a good night was spent in there in the late 80s. The years, not the ages!

[dreamcracker]

The reds just flew over my house on way to Brize I guess.