Spitfire flights over hospitals 18th August

[636mick]

For those interested.

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[Gedge]

Had it fly right over my house the previous weekend of flyovers as I live 400m from the hospital ...he did a couple of circuits before tipping his wings and flying on to the Isle of Wight..

We also get the Boultbee spitfire come over occasionally from Lee on Solent it Goodwood ...never stops being an awesome spectacle though..

[Horse]

Red Arrows are 'touring' today too, I believe.

Can't find a site with full route and times, but West Berkshire / North Hampshire / East Berks is about 5.20 - 5.30 this afternoon.

[chillitt]

Red Arrows are 'touring' today too, I believe.

Can't find a site with full route and times, but West Berkshire / North Hampshire / East Berks is about 5.20 - 5.30 this afternoon.

[Horse]

https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/15/vj-day-2 ... 32234/amp/

Times & locations for each leg

[Horse]

https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/pre ... le2020.htm

Routes with times an OS grids

[Wreckless Rat]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

[Horse]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

They're going to Shuttleworth. Wasn't that a WWI airfield?

[Slenver]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

They're veering into it a little bit - going just east of Bury St Edmunds.

[Wreckless Rat]

You would have thought Norfolk or Suffolk might have earned the right to be included....


RAF Barton Bendish Norfolk
RAF Bircham Newton Norfolk
RAF Bodney Norfolk
RAF Burgh Castle Norfolk
RAF Bylaugh Hall Norfolk
RAF Coltishall Norfolk
RAF Deopham Green Norfolk
RAF Docking Norfolk
RAF Downham Market Norfolk
RAF East Wretham Norfolk
RAF Fersfield Norfolk
RAF Foulsham Norfolk
RAF Great Massingham Norfolk
RAF Great Yarmouth Norfolk
RAF Hardwick Norfolk
RAF Harling Road Norfolk
RAF Heigham Holmes Norfolk
RAF Hethel Norfolk
RAF Hingham Norfolk
RAF Holt Norfolk
RAF Horsham St Faith Norfolk
RAF Langham Norfolk
RAF Little Snoring Norfolk
RAF Ludham Norfolk
RAF Matlaske Norfolk
RAF Mattishall Norfolk
RAF Methwold Norfolk
RAF Mousehold Heath Norfolk
RAF Narborough Norfolk
RAF North Creake Norfolk
RAF North Pickenham Norfolk
RAF Old Buckenham Norfolk
RAF Oulton Norfolk
RAF Pulham Norfolk
RAF Rackheath Norfolk
RAF Sculthorpe Norfolk
RAF Sedgeford Norfolk
RAF Seething Norfolk
RAF Shipdham Norfolk
RAF Snetterton Heath Norfolk
RAF Snettisham Norfolk
RAF Swannington Norfolk
RAF Swanton Morley Norfolk
RAF Thetford Norfolk
RAF Thorpe Abbotts Norfolk
RAF Tibenham Norfolk
RAF Watton Norfolk
RAF Wendling Norfolk
RAF West Raynham Norfolk
RAF Weybourne Norfolk
RAF Bawdsey Suffolk
RAF Beccles Suffolk
RAF Bentwaters Suffolk
RAF Bungay Suffolk
RAF Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
RAF Butley Suffolk
RAF Chedburgh Suffolk
RAF Covehithe Suffolk
RAF Debach Suffolk
RAF Eye Suffolk
RAF Felixstowe Suffolk
RAF Framlingham Suffolk
RAF Great Ashfield Suffolk
RAF Halesworth Suffolk
RAF Hopton Suffolk
RAF Horham Suffolk
RAF Knettishall Suffolk
RAF Lavenham Suffolk
RAF Leiston Suffolk
RAF Martlesham Heath Suffolk
RAF Mendlesham Suffolk
RAF Metfield Suffolk
RAF Newmarket Suffolk
RAF Rattlesden Suffolk
RAF Raydon Suffolk
RAF Shepherds Grove Suffolk
RAF Stradishall Suffolk
RAF Sudbury Suffolk
RAF Tuddenham Suffolk
RAF Wattisham Suffolk

[Horse]

You would have thought Norfolk or Suffolk might have earned the right to be included....


RAF Barton Bendish Norfolk
RAF Bircham Newton Norfolk
RAF Bodney Norfolk
RAF Burgh Castle Norfolk
RAF Bylaugh Hall Norfolk
RAF Coltishall Norfolk
RAF Deopham Green Norfolk
RAF Docking Norfolk
RAF Downham Market Norfolk
RAF East Wretham Norfolk
RAF Fersfield Norfolk
RAF Foulsham Norfolk
RAF Great Massingham Norfolk
RAF Great Yarmouth Norfolk
RAF Hardwick Norfolk
RAF Harling Road Norfolk
RAF Heigham Holmes Norfolk
RAF Hethel Norfolk
RAF Hingham Norfolk
RAF Holt Norfolk
RAF Horsham St Faith Norfolk
RAF Langham Norfolk
RAF Little Snoring Norfolk
RAF Ludham Norfolk
RAF Matlaske Norfolk
RAF Mattishall Norfolk
RAF Methwold Norfolk
RAF Mousehold Heath Norfolk
RAF Narborough Norfolk
RAF North Creake Norfolk
RAF North Pickenham Norfolk
RAF Old Buckenham Norfolk
RAF Oulton Norfolk
RAF Pulham Norfolk
RAF Rackheath Norfolk
RAF Sculthorpe Norfolk
RAF Sedgeford Norfolk
RAF Seething Norfolk
RAF Shipdham Norfolk
RAF Snetterton Heath Norfolk
RAF Snettisham Norfolk
RAF Swannington Norfolk
RAF Swanton Morley Norfolk
RAF Thetford Norfolk
RAF Thorpe Abbotts Norfolk
RAF Tibenham Norfolk
RAF Watton Norfolk
RAF Wendling Norfolk
RAF West Raynham Norfolk
RAF Weybourne Norfolk
RAF Bawdsey Suffolk
RAF Beccles Suffolk
RAF Bentwaters Suffolk
RAF Bungay Suffolk
RAF Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
RAF Butley Suffolk
RAF Chedburgh Suffolk
RAF Covehithe Suffolk
RAF Debach Suffolk
RAF Eye Suffolk
RAF Felixstowe Suffolk
RAF Framlingham Suffolk
RAF Great Ashfield Suffolk
RAF Halesworth Suffolk
RAF Hopton Suffolk
RAF Horham Suffolk
RAF Knettishall Suffolk
RAF Lavenham Suffolk
RAF Leiston Suffolk
RAF Martlesham Heath Suffolk
RAF Mendlesham Suffolk
RAF Metfield Suffolk
RAF Newmarket Suffolk
RAF Rattlesden Suffolk
RAF Raydon Suffolk
RAF Shepherds Grove Suffolk
RAF Stradishall Suffolk
RAF Sudbury Suffolk
RAF Tuddenham Suffolk
RAF Wattisham Suffolk

RAF Buckingham Palace? Perhaps you should get your MP to write a stern note to Queenie

FWIW, i live in West Berkshire. Lots of rolling downland so you would have thought not ideal for airfields. Just checked and, within a 15 mile as the Spit flies radius, we had 7 airfields. That's a fair density.

https://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk ... ld/map.htm

[Gedge]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

Also completely avoiding the South coast which was also full of airfields

[Horse]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

Also completely avoiding the South coast which was also full of airfields

Are the Royal Navy doing a swim/paddle/motor around the UK's dockyards?

AFAIK, the route was planned (some fly pasts cancelled due to poor weather) to include UK capital cities, with tie-ins at stop points such as meeting veterans. Also over-flying the Chelsea Hospital.

Planners can't really win

[Horse]

Apparently they received so many complaints about lack of recognition for Bomber Command, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, that the display was cancelled:

Twitter
Red Arrows
@rafredarrows
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1h
Sadly, the appalling weather this afternoon has forced us to cancel today’s flypast over #London for #VJDay75. Very disappointing but safety always our first priority. #RedArrows

[rodbargee]

Me and the mrs Rdbgee got to witness the BBF Lancaster flying down bilsdale we were walking up it and it was down low he tipped a wing as he slid overhead ...couple of years ago now



I would have thought east yorks and N yorks deserved a visit too many airfields up here too

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

You would have thought Norfolk or Suffolk might have earned the right to be included....


RAF Barton Bendish Norfolk
RAF Bircham Newton Norfolk
RAF Bodney Norfolk
RAF Burgh Castle Norfolk
RAF Bylaugh Hall Norfolk
RAF Coltishall Norfolk
RAF Deopham Green Norfolk
RAF Docking Norfolk
RAF Downham Market Norfolk
RAF East Wretham Norfolk
RAF Fersfield Norfolk
RAF Foulsham Norfolk
RAF Great Massingham Norfolk
RAF Great Yarmouth Norfolk
RAF Hardwick Norfolk
RAF Harling Road Norfolk
RAF Heigham Holmes Norfolk
RAF Hethel Norfolk
RAF Hingham Norfolk
RAF Holt Norfolk
RAF Horsham St Faith Norfolk
RAF Langham Norfolk
RAF Little Snoring Norfolk
RAF Ludham Norfolk
RAF Matlaske Norfolk
RAF Mattishall Norfolk
RAF Methwold Norfolk
RAF Mousehold Heath Norfolk
RAF Narborough Norfolk
RAF North Creake Norfolk
RAF North Pickenham Norfolk
RAF Old Buckenham Norfolk
RAF Oulton Norfolk
RAF Pulham Norfolk
RAF Rackheath Norfolk
RAF Sculthorpe Norfolk
RAF Sedgeford Norfolk
RAF Seething Norfolk
RAF Shipdham Norfolk
RAF Snetterton Heath Norfolk
RAF Snettisham Norfolk
RAF Swannington Norfolk
RAF Swanton Morley Norfolk
RAF Thetford Norfolk
RAF Thorpe Abbotts Norfolk
RAF Tibenham Norfolk
RAF Watton Norfolk
RAF Wendling Norfolk
RAF West Raynham Norfolk
RAF Weybourne Norfolk
RAF Bawdsey Suffolk
RAF Beccles Suffolk
RAF Bentwaters Suffolk
RAF Bungay Suffolk
RAF Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
RAF Butley Suffolk
RAF Chedburgh Suffolk
RAF Covehithe Suffolk
RAF Debach Suffolk
RAF Eye Suffolk
RAF Felixstowe Suffolk
RAF Framlingham Suffolk
RAF Great Ashfield Suffolk
RAF Halesworth Suffolk
RAF Hopton Suffolk
RAF Horham Suffolk
RAF Knettishall Suffolk
RAF Lavenham Suffolk
RAF Leiston Suffolk
RAF Martlesham Heath Suffolk
RAF Mendlesham Suffolk
RAF Metfield Suffolk
RAF Newmarket Suffolk
RAF Rattlesden Suffolk
RAF Raydon Suffolk
RAF Shepherds Grove Suffolk
RAF Stradishall Suffolk
RAF Sudbury Suffolk
RAF Tuddenham Suffolk
RAF Wattisham Suffolk

You've missed some

[Horse]

You would have thought Norfolk or Suffolk might have earned the right to be included....


RAF Alpha Eastfolk
....
RAF Zulu Westfolk

You've missed some

No, he was pissed off because the Red Arrows were going to miss some.

Although I don't know where the suggestion came from that their tour was only an 'RAF' thing?

[slowsider]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

TBF few of those bases were significant in the defeat of Japan... and many were USAAF stations.

[Wreckless Rat]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

TBF few of those bases were significant in the defeat of Japan... and many were USAAF stations.

Please enlighten us, which of the bases on the flight path was based around RAF bases which were significant to the defeat of Japan. IIRC Enola Gay took off from the Mariana Island...and it wasn't an RAF bird...

Although it's funny you should mention some, although called RAF xxx some were indeed USAAF, now I wonder who actually finished WWII with the dropping of two atomic bombs.... RAF or USAAF.

[chillitt]

Nice of the RAF to totally ignore East Anglia, where more airfields were based than anywhere else....

TBF few of those bases were significant in the defeat of Japan... and many were USAAF stations.

Please enlighten us, which of the bases on the flight path was based around RAF bases which were significant to the defeat of Japan. IIRC Enola Gay took off from the Mariana Island...and it wasn't an RAF bird...

Although it's funny you should mention some, although called RAF xxx some were indeed USAAF, now I wonder who actually finished WWII with the dropping of two atomic bombs.... RAF or USAAF.

Everyones scared to go near the USAF based in case some dopey spies wife wipes them out driving on the wrong side of the road, so there's no point in them getting a fly past.