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Video: Red Arrows to begin 2016 season following display approval
The Red Arrows’ official display season for 2016 will begin next month after the team was formally awarded its Public Display Authority (PDA) on Tuesday, April 26. It was the final assessment before...
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Sonic booms as RAF Coningsby Typhoon jets scramble to intercept ‘unresponsive...
Deafening sonic booms overnight in Yorkshire were caused by a supersonic pursuit by RAF Coningsby Typhoon fighter pilots, the RAF has confirmed. North Yorkshire Police received a number of reports of...
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Where to watch the Red Arrows this season
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...
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Once-in-a-lifetime chance to see your name on a Red Arrows Hawk Jet
Members of the public who have contributed to a special fundraising campaign will see their names written onto the wings of an RAF Red Arrows Hawk Jet for the 2017 display season. ‘Names on a Plane‘,...
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Video: Dramatic Typhoon blowout captured on camera at RAF Coningsby
A Lincoln videographer said he was amazed when he captured the moment a Typhoon fighter jet suffered an alarming tyre blowout on the runway at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Aviation fan and cameraman...
View ArticleNew Scampton airshow set for September 2017
RAF Scampton near Lincoln, the home of the Red Arrows, will host the first Scampton Airshow in the second weekend of September 2017. The provisional dates of September 9 and 10, 2017, were announced by...
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Red Arrows pilots reward Lincoln students’ team spirit
Students from the Priory Witham Academy in Lincoln were handed awards by the Red Arrows squadron leader after graduating from a youth engagement programme with flying colours. Graduates from the Jon...
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“It caused havoc”: Aircraft diverted as bees swarm Lincolnshire RAF base
Thousands of bees swarmed the airfield at RAF College Cranwell south of Lincoln, causing runway chaos on Monday, June 6. The agitated colony were filmed by 45 (R) Squadron at the base as personnel made...
View ArticleCompensation claims over sonic booms from Coningsby Typhoons
Eleven compensation claims have been made to the Ministry of Defence after deafening sonic booms from RAF Coningsby Typhoon jets caused damage to homes in Yorkshire. The two Typhoons which took off...
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Red Arrows to close Queen’s 90th birthday flypast
Lincolnshire’s RAF Red Arrows will close the show on a spectacular flypast to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday. The Red Arrows will be the final element in the formation flying over Buckingham Palace...
View ArticleRed Arrows cancel Farnborough aerobatic display
For the first time in their 52-year history, the Red Arrows will not perform their aerobatic display at the Farnborough Air Show. The display has been cancelled in the wake of the Shoreham air disaster...
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Lincolnshire SO Festival to feature Red Arrows finale
In a surprise announcement, the RAF Red Arrows will be flying in formation over Skegness to close the SO Festival on Sunday, July 3. The nine day festival, which will open on Saturday, June 25 will see...
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Prince George gets Red Arrows cockpit experience
Prince George put the royal into RAF when he took a cockpit seat in a Red Arrows jet today. Scampton-based aerobatics team the RAF Red Arrows welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince...
View ArticleExplosions expected during RAF Waddington training
People near RAF Waddington should expect emergency-style scenes including controlled pyrotechnics and smoke systems throughout Tuesday, July 12. The air base is participating in a major exercise...
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UK pilots visit Red Arrows ahead of Red Bull Air Race
Lincolnshire’s RAF Red Arrows flew with UK race pilots, Nigel Lamb and Ben Murphy, when they visited RAF Scampton. The opportunity to bring together the pilots and the Red Arrows came in the run up to...
View ArticleRed Arrows jet forced to land in Cardiff after mid-air bird collision
The Red Arrows have returned to base after their first display at The Isles of Scilly – but they had to leave one behind. Upon departing from the Maritime Gathering on Monday, August 29, one of the...
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Work to start on new education centre at Lincoln Bomber Command Memorial
Work is set to start next week on a large educational facility at the International Bomber Command Centre’s (IBCC) in Lincoln. One year on from the unveiling of the IBCC Memorial Spire, construction...
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Ejector seat maker to be prosecuted over Red Arrows pilot death
Ejector seat company Martin Baker Aircraft Ltd will be prosecuted following the death of a Red Arrows pilot in 2011. Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd will appear at Lincoln Magistrates Court, date to...
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Lincoln College welcomes first air and defence students
Lincoln College marked the 130th birthday of the Air and Defence Career College by welcoming its first ever intake of Air and Defence Career students. On Tuesday, September 27 a ceremony put on by the...
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Red Arrows to perform in China for first time in overseas tour
The Red Arrows have today embarked on the team’s biggest overseas tour in over a decade. More than 20 displays and a series of flypasts will be performed across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions...
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