Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo Flypasts 2023

[Vandal]

They're flying as BLENHEIM Formation tonight. Just been confirmed on the scanner. At the mound at Crash gate 6 just now.

Thanks for clarification. I was certain I was hearing Venom Formation. I'd best get to Specsavers.

[Dex P]

They're flying as BLENHEIM Formation tonight. Just been confirmed on the scanner. At the mound at Crash gate 6 just now.

Thanks for clarification. I was certain I was hearing Venom Formation. I'd best get to Specsavers.

No worries Vandal! I was unaware of the Phoons' individual callsigns. Glad someone caught them. Once again a nice catch at Edinburgh airport, overhead the mound at crash gate 6. Shame they couldn't venture out a wee bit further West, I'd get them from my back garden!

[Mike]

One of the Typhoons was SPARTAN62 ZK378 briefly pinged up on approach back to Lossiemouth at 2150. No sign of the other.

Photos on the RAF Lossiemouth Spotters Group show ZK378 & ZK425 landing in very dim light late yesterday evening, but this isn't proof that these were the pair that did the flypast.

[Unknown74]

Think I remember seeing another 2 on FR24 just after the Flypast so that might have been those ones Mike…. Mind you though ZK378 was on FR24 heading home to Lossie so you never know?

[calderdepot]

The other two typhoons that I saw pinging up were 314 and 439. Both headed in south easterly direction out over the North Sea. However 378 popped up heading 0° at 2143L just north of Braemar which if traced back lined up with the group flying north over the bridges at 2133L heading 0°. 10 mins of flight time seems about right between those two points. Not 100% proof but most likely to be. Happy to be corrected.

[Dex P]

Reds on the way from Blackpool now!

[Vandal]

Reds on the way from Blackpool now!

Weather looking good over the Castle just now. Lots of blue sky & broken cloud. A bit breezy though.

[Ross Forsyth]

Red 11 recovered to Edinburgh after the flypast

[Vandal]

Red 11 recovered to Edinburgh after the flypast

I thought I heard Red 11 on the scanner, but assumed he was part of the formation.

Photoship maybe?

[Unknown74]

Any idea how we can get the serials of the Red Arrows Hawks involved in Tonight’s Flypast? Including that of Hawk Red 11 which landed at Edinburgh Airport after the Flypast?

[Ross Forsyth]

Red 11 recovered to Edinburgh after the flypast

I thought I heard Red 11 on the scanner, but assumed he was part of the formation.

Photoship maybe?

Broke out of the formation as the rest of the formation turned south,I`m gonna guess Red 11 is gonna be at the Tattoo as a guest for the later performance tonight? Wasn`t an emergency situation as Red11 was prebooked into Edinburgh

[Dex P]

Reds on the way from Blackpool now!

Weather looking good over the Castle just now. Lots of blue sky & broken cloud. A bit breezy though.

Yeah, weather was favourable. Got them at Joppa. Had my wife and daughter with me. Nearly missed filming them as I had a slight disaster with the camcorder
Anyway, currently at Edinburgh airport for the next one in a few minutes! All manner of gadgets to help track the next flypast with me! ( Any more gadgets and my wife is going to go crazy!!! ).

[Dex P]

JEDI 31 On the way.

[Unknown74]

Any idea if it’s a single or 2 ship? What’s happened to the A400?

[Dex P]

Can't see others with it. Believe it may be a solo. I think in earlier posts on this thread it alluded to it being a solo Phoon.

[Unknown74]

So the RAF in Scotland twitter got it wrong then?

[Dex P]

Serial ZK314 is all I can see flashing up.

[Ross Forsyth]

Is indeed a 2 ship

[Vandal]

Jedi just went through on burner.

[Aly Bally]

Splendid racket!