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Red Arrows stay at Norwich airport

REBECCA GOUGH
24 July 2009 07:09



Norwich airport will play host to the Red Arrows throughout July and August as a base of operations for a number of nearby airshows.

The programme has already begun with a display at the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival, where death-defying displays included the infamous diamond nine formation.

The red Arrows landed yesterday morning in time for the day in Lowestoft, and will also appear today.

Emma Thomas, spokesperson for the Red Arrows, said: “We're regular visitors to the Lowestoft Air Festival, and some of our pilots have also flown at RAF Marham so we're very much looking forward to being in that part of the country and hopefully everybody will enjoy the show.”

The display team will also be at the Cromer Carnival on August 19, and the Clacton Airshow on August 27 and 28.

An RAF Squirrel helicopter will also be operating from the airport to transport Red 10, who provides display commentary for spectators to and from the airshow venues.

Ms Thomas added: “We've got three different types of display depending on the cloud cover and there will be lots of beautiful flying.”

For more pictures of the Red Arrows visit www.eveningnews24.co.uk


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I saw the planes come over the field again yesterday lunchtime, the noise woke me up and I was just in time to see them come in and fly very low as they approached the airport, can't see the runways etc but can see how low the planes go to land and when they fly off again, lots of them. Red Arrows flew in the other direction to Lowestoft tho so only saw them once. Looks as if they will be regular visitors through the rest of the summer tho, whoopee!

Lizx

They are normally stationed in Lincoln near me, and often fly over. Depending on where I have been working they fly over the car as we are going home. It's great. From my house I can sometimes see them doing a practise or leaving/ returning to their base.

I love to see the Red Arrows! it's Sunderland International Air show this weekend so usually see spectacular displays coming over the garden. The skies here at the moment, are blue with no clouds in sight,so looks like everyone there should have a good time.....fingers crossed as usual.

love the red arrows, they have been at Cumbria air show today and they land at Blackpool airport overnight stay watched them fly in formation with smoke over th airport then watched them come in one by one to land, brilliant
Jackie

They were due to fly past at Dover festival yesterday evening.
There was a special weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bleriot's Channel crossing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8169287.stm

Gwyn

Display dates and venues

August 2009


07 - Skandia Cowes Week, Isle of Wight

08 - Private Military Event

08 - Bristol International Balloon Festival, Somerset

09 - Salcombe Regatta, Devon

09 - Blackpool Promenade Air Display, Lancashire

10 - Private Military Event

12 - Falmouth Regatta, Cornwall

13 - Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex

14 - Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex

15 - Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex

16 - Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex

16 - Galloway Country Fair, Scotland

19 - Cromer Carnival, Norfolk

19 - Weymouth Carnival, Dorset

20 - Dawlish Carnival & Airshow, Devon

20 - Fowey Royal Regatta, Cornwall

21 - Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset

22 - Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset

23 - Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset

23 - Roskilde Airshow, Denmark

24 - Whitby Regatta, North Yorkshire

26 - Torbay Royal Regatta, Devon

27 - Clacton Airshow, Essex

28 - Clacton Airshow, Essex

28 - Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, Devon

29 - Private Military Event

30 - Radom International Airshow, Poland

30 - Dunsfold Wings & Wheels, Surrey

31 - Eye Show, Suffolk

31 - RNLI Hoylake Open Day, Merseyside

Display dates and venues




SEPTEMBER 2009

03 - Plymouth Hoe Seafront Airshow, Devon

05 - Northern Ireland International Airshow, Portrush

05 - Duxford Airshow, Cambridgeshire

06 - Shackerstone Family Festival, Leicestershire

06 - Northern Ireland International Airshow, Portrush

10 - Guernsey Royal Air Force Association Airshow, Guernsey

10 - Jersey International Airshow, Jersey

12 - Royal Air Force Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day, Scotland

13 - Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Start, Hull Marina

17 - Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity Clay Shoot, Pangbourne, Berkshire

18 - White Air Brighton, East Sussex

19 - Private Military Event

20 - Great North Run flypast and display, Newcastle

20 - Non-public event

24 - Monaco Yacht Show, France

26 - Southport Airshow, Merseyside

26 - Berlin Airlift 60th Anniversary Flypast, National Arboretum, Staffordshire

27 - Southport Airshow, Merseyside

28 - Closed Military Event



the site link is http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/


Lizx

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Have seen quite a bit of the lads this week, they flew over today just before a big thunderstorm, from Clacton I suppose and then went off again to Devon.

Lizx

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I am sure I saw some Red Arrows fly over the Forum in Norwich yesterday.

Ben

Thanks for that date Liz for Plymouth,

I knew they were here soon.......so I'll be out in the garden waving to them LOL.


Marilyn x

We saw them last week flying at Dawlish. For the finale they flew with a Vulcan - amazing

Hi Marilyn, yes, early next week for Plymouth.

Ben, you would have done, they were at Clacton on Thursday and are using Norwich as their base at the mo, so come back to us each time there is a display. I get a little flutter in my stomach when I hear them!

Lizx

Saw them after the noise woke me yesterday, they circled the field at the end of the garden and did some manoevres before going down to land. Spectacular!

Lizx

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