The Red Arrows based at RAF Scampton near Lincoln have performed their first display of the 52nd season at at Shuttleworth in Bedfordshire on Sunday.
While you may see them practicing above Lincoln or returning to their base, the Reds will only have display in Lincolnshire this year, at the Armed Forces Day event on June 25 in Cleethorpes.
Here is where you can watch the Red Arrows this year, from May until September. These are not flypasts but the team’s display, which lasts about 20 minutes.
May
- 21 May Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancs
- 28 May Durham Skylive Airshow, Durham Tees-Valley Airport, Darlington
- 29 May The American Air Show, IWM Duxford, Cambridge
- 29 May FIA European Drag Race Championships, Santa Pod Raceway, Bedfordshire
June
- 4 June Arbroath’s Festival of Heroes, Arbroath, Scotland
- 7 June Isle of Man TT Races (Douglas), Isle of Man
- 10 June Luchtmachtdagen, Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands
- 11 June Biggin Hill Festival of Flight, Biggin Hill Airport, Kent
- 12 June Torbay Air Show, Paignton Green, Torbay
- 12 June Festival of Transport Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
- 17 June Battle of Britain Memorial Show, Folkestone
- 18 June Weston Air Festival, Weston-Super-Mare
- 19 June RAF Cosford Air Show, Shropshire
- 23-24 June Goodwood Festival of Speed
- 25 June Armed Forces’ Day National Event Cleethorpes, Sea Front, Cleethorpes
- 26 June Belgian Air Force Days, Florennes Air Base, Belgium
The Red Arrows pilots and ground crew wear their distinctive red and blue flying suits in Greece after the team successfully gained Public Display Authority for 2016. Photo: SAC Adam Fletcher, MoD/Crown Copyright 2016.
July
- 2 July Yeovilton Air Day, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset
- 2-3 July Wales National Airshow, Swansea
- 8, 9 & 10 July Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
- 10 July 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix, Silverstone
- 15, 16 & 17 July Farnborough International Airshow, Hampshire
- 21 July Lyme Regis Charities’ Week, West Dorset
- 22 July America’s Cup, Southsea
- 22-23 July Sunderland International Airshow, Sunderland
- 23 July Scotland’s National Airshow, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune
- 24 July Bray Air Display, County Wicklow, Ireland
August
- 6 August Newcastle Festival of Flight, Northern Ireland
- 7 August Blackpool Air Show, Promenade, Blackpool
- 10 August Falmouth Week, Cornwall
- 11 August Cowes Week, Isle of Wight
- 12-13 August Eastbourne International Airshow, Eastbourne
- 14 August Herne Bay Airshow, Herne Bay, Kent
- 17 August Cromer Carnival, Norfolk
- 17 August Weymouth Carnival, Dorset
- 18, 19, 20 & 21 August Bournemouth Air Festival, Bournemouth
- 21 August Whitby Regatta, North Yorkshire
- 25-26 August Clacton Airshow, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
- 26 August Sidmouth Regatta, Sidmouth, Devon
- 27 August Carfest South, Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire
- 27-28 August Dunsfold Wings & Wheels, Surrey
- 28 August Rhyl Air Show, Denbighshire, Wales
- 29 August Isles of Scilly Maritime Gathering, Isles of Scilly
September
- 2 September Chatsworth Country Fair, Bakewell, Derbyshire
- 3 September Scottish Airshow, Prestwick
- 3-4 September Northern Ireland International Airshow, Portrush
- 4 September Chatsworth Country Fair, Bakewell, Derbyshire
- 8 September RAFA Guernsey Air Display, Guernsey
- 8 September Jersey International Air Display, Jersey
- 10 September Southport Air Show, Southport, Merseyside
- 11 September Great North Run, Newcastle
- 11 September The Duxford Air Show: Meet The Fighters, Duxford, Cambridgeshire