Red Arrows forced to cancel flypast due to poor weather
The Red Arrows were forced to cancel today’s flypast including a planned flight over Peterborough.
Hundreds of people eager to see the world-famous Red Arrows’ flypast on VJ Day were left downcast after scheduled flights were cancelled due to poor weather.
The display team had been due to passover Peterborogh at around 5.50pm.
In what would have been a first since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, the RAF’s Red Arrows had planned to fly over the four nations’ capital cities to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day on Saturday.
However, the cloudy skies scuppered plans and the flypasts in Edinburgh, Cardiff and London were cancelled.
Sharing the news on Twitter, Martin Pert, team leader and Red 1 of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, said: “Whilst it may be lovely weather in some parts of the UK, we’ve encountered lots of very low cloud across much of the kingdom.
“This often means we have to fly at higher levels to preserve fuel to counter that same cloud on approach to destination airfields.”