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.
By Mark Edwards
Published 15th Aug 2020, 18:03 BST
Image shows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows) preparing for departure from their home base of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. The team consists of 11 pilots, nine of whom fly in the display, and more than 100 support personnel and technicians.Image shows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows) preparing for departure from their home base of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. The team consists of 11 pilots, nine of whom fly in the display, and more than 100 support personnel and technicians.
Image shows The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows) preparing for departure from their home base of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. The team consists of 11 pilots, nine of whom fly in the display, and more than 100 support personnel and technicians.

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.

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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.”

Related topics:Red ArrowsPeterboroughLondonRAFJapanEdinburghCardiff

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