Red arrows

[Mattonthehill]

I've heard the red arrows are due to make an appearance this week anyone got info on times etc?

[eLaReF]

From a facebook post


Sat 15th - 11:30
They will be running East to West up the Royal Mile to the castle and then they will turn left direct PIK. They will not be landing at Edinburgh.

[JHolden92]

I've heard the red arrows are due to make an appearance this week anyone got info on times etc?

Only a flypast over Edinburgh City

[Rory76]

Seen a NOTAM somewhere on Facebook- departing Prestwick to transit to Cardiff around 1345 Saturday, hope that helps working out the Edinburgh timings

[eLaReF]

to quote an earlier post.....

From a facebook post
Sat 15th - 11:30
They will be running East to West up the Royal Mile to the castle and then they will turn left direct PIK. They will not be landing at Edinburgh.

[JHolden92]

They will be flying over Edinburgh at 11:30 East to West then arriving into Prestwick 11:45

[H.A.Bucken]

It's tied in with VJ day according to my daily.
Roger

[Unknown74]

Are the Reds still coming over Edinburgh? Just saw another post on this forum saying they have dropped EDI from schedule. Can anyone clarify what is happening is Edinburgh still happening?

[Mike]

FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
531828N 0003303W SCAMPTON AD 0944
531356N 0002424W E OF LINCOLN 0946
531400N 0000426W N OF HORNCASTLE 0948
534201N 0000605W S OF KEYINGHAM 0952
542304N 0003556W S OF BILLER HOWE 1000
550951N 0011133W OVERSEA 1008
554611N 0020618W W OF BERWICK UPON TWEED 1016
555505N 0014718W OVERSEA 1019
561601N 0021343W OVERSEA 1023
555928N 0025654W OVERSEA 1028
555836N 0030146W OVERSEA 1029
555710N 0031019W EDINBURGH 1029
555654N 0031158W EDINBURGH 1030
553034N 0043540W PRESTWICK AD 1039
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 250-2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND
ROUTE ARE APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
2020-08-0251/AS1

Don't forget to add 1 hour !

[Unknown74]

Cheers for clearing that up Mike.

[JHolden92]

Are the Reds still coming over Edinburgh? Just saw another post on this forum saying they have dropped EDI from schedule. Can anyone clarify what is happening is Edinburgh still happening?

Haha thats a new one added to the rumours list!

[Usernamegoeshere]

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n ... 31DoN2uyAc has anyone got this plotted on a map ?

[Nighthawke]

No connection with Edinburgh which this thread covers.

[Vandal]

Assume Edinburgh cancelled?

Heard them briefly on the scanner talking to Edinburgh on 121.2, then nothing.

[r6pilot]

Hi guys unfortunately due to low cloud they went direct to Prestwick

[Mike]

They were going to Prestwick anyway!

[Unknown74]

Interesting to hear how the weather is in other Flypast locations, won’t be fair if Edinburgh is the only cancelled Flypast today.

[scimitar]

Interesting to hear how the weather is in other Flypast locations, won’t be fair if Edinburgh is the only cancelled Flypast today.

The USN P8 flypast at Belfast was canx because of the weather.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact that today is to remember the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of people 75+ years ago so that we can live the life we live today, the fact that 9 wee red planes couldn’t do a flypast because of the weather is irrelevant.

[100arw]

I feel this flypast had nothing to do with VJ Day in any respect as far as veterans, their relatives or the general public were concerned. Did it go via or near any memorials? Did it go via or near any VJ civil or religious VJ services? Did it add to aircrew flying hours so they could stay current and also incorporate the stipulated number of briefs and planning sessions crews have to do?
P.

[Vandal]

The weather is always a problem. August up in Edinburgh, we usually get flypasts for the Tattoo. Anyone know if there has been a year gone by when every scheduled Tattoo flypast was conducted or one or two cancelled due to weather? - I use that as an example. We all fully understand that the safety of the pilots comes first.

Sure, I'm disappointed - today may well have been our only opportunity to see the Reds over Edinburgh with no Tattoo or Airshow(s) this year - but that aside, doesn't make us any different to anywhere else in the UK - they get bad weather too.

The Reds were up, they were in the area. It was the weather that put paid to the flypast. Was nice even just to hear them on the scanner though.