Arbroath's Festival of Heroes 4th June 2016

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Arbroath's Festival of Heroes featuring The Red Arrows, a flypast of the BBMF Dakota and maybe a wee flying visit of something fast, noisy and pointy :yahoo:

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Festival of Heroes “The Specsavers Spectacular” is delighted to announce that the 4th of June Event will be officially opened at 11am by a FLYPAST of a Royal Air Force Typhoon Aircraft from No. 29 (R) Squadron based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Flown by Flt Lt Mark Long RAF, the 2016 Display Pilot, the jet will perform a fly past at the Victoria Park in Arbroath and “Bringing on the Noise” will signal the start of the Armed Forces and Emergency Services Parade saluting our heroes from all walks of life. There will be various events taking place through out the day with the Stars of the Show being the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Display Team THE RED ARROWS.

So the timetable for the little bit of Aviation that we have is as follows(all times local):
Typhoon FGR4 Flypast 11.00hrs
BBMF Dakota Flypast 12.15hrs
RAF Squirrel Arrive 13.30hrs
Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team - THE RED ARROWS 1500hrs
RAF Squirrel depart 1545 hrs

It is due to the close co-operation between RAF Lossiemouth in the North, RAF Coningsby in the South and various departments within the realms of the Royal Air Force that the Typhoon Flypast and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights DAKOTA flypast are taking place. The Committee of Arbroath’s Festival of Heroes wish to extend their most sincere and grateful THANKS to all in the Royal Air Force who have made this happen.

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Festival of Heroes “The Specsavers Spectacular” is delighted to announce that the 4th of June Event will be officially opened at 11am by a FLYPAST of a Royal Air Force Typhoon Aircraft from No. 29 (R) Squadron based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Flown by Flt Lt Mark Long RAF, the 2016 Display Pilot, the jet will perform a fly past at the Victoria Park in Arbroath and “Bringing on the Noise” will signal the start of the Armed Forces and Emergency Services Parade saluting our heroes from all walks of life. There will be various events taking place through out the day with the Stars of the Show being the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Display Team THE RED ARROWS.

So the timetable for the little bit of Aviation that we have is as follows(all times local):
Typhoon FGR4 Flypast 11.00hrs
BBMF Dakota Flypast 12.15hrs
RAF Squirrel Arrive 13.30hrs
Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team - THE RED ARROWS 1500hrs
RAF Squirrel depart 1545 hrs

It is due to the close co-operation between RAF Lossiemouth in the North, RAF Coningsby in the South and various departments within the realms of the Royal Air Force that the Typhoon Flypast and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights DAKOTA flypast are taking place. The Committee of Arbroath’s Festival of Heroes wish to extend their most sincere and grateful THANKS to all in the Royal Air Force who have made this happen.

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NO BBMF DAKOTA for Arbroath
Some old birds get a facelift and some just soldier on but sadly today our lovely old bird, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Dakota, pulled out of the Arbroath Festival of Heroes event being held at Arbroath this Saturday. After a safety inspection earlier in the week it was found that the Left Hand engine had a malfunction that could not be fixed and a full engine replacement had to be made resulting in the aircraft being grounded. Hopefully the aircraft will be repaired over the next few weeks and soldier on around many airshows in the UK but it will certainly NOT be at Arbroath.
A representative from the organizing committee said “The Dakota was due to be in Arbroath at 1215 on Saturday but sadly I took a disappointing telephone call advising that the aircraft was grounded therefore unavailable. With the Lancaster also grounded sadly there will not be a alternative available! The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight were extremely sorry and felt terrible about the cancellation as they were very much looking forward to coming North as it doesn’t happen often.”
Negotiations are on going between the organizing committee and the Royal Air Force for an alternative but are awaiting final confirmation. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team THE RED ARROWS WILL still be displaying at Arbroath.
Details of the Arbroath Festival of Heroes event can be found at
www.arbroathsheroes.co.uk and IT’S FREE!