Red Arrows flight path: today's Armed Forces Day flyover route and schedule
The Red Arrows are taking to the skies today to commemorate Armed Forces Day.
If you're hoping to catch a glimpse of the impressive displays, you might just be in luck today if you're on or near one of the flight paths.
Red Arrows are Hawk T1 fast-jets, which can reach a maximum speed of 660mph, while they can exceed the speed of sound in a dive.
And if you're lucky, you'll see them fly past today. The team, based in Lincolnshire, will fly before landing at Hurn Airport in Christchurch, Dorset.
At 12.30 pm, they'll do their famous display over Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, before flying past Kenwick Park in Louth at 1 pm.
From there, they'll fly past Barrowden, Rutland, at 3.42 pm, before reaching Shuttleworth Festival of Flight in Bedfordshire for a display at 3.50 pm.
They will fly past Cranwell around 4.25 pm, before finally passing Glinton at 6.38 pm.
Armed Forces Day takes place on the last Saturday each June to celebrate serving troops, but also their families, as well as veterans, reservists, and cadets.
This year, events will happen across the country. To find one near you, check out the website.
Anyone dreaming of becoming a Red Arrow pilot needs to have a minimum of 1,500 flying hours under their belt, have completed a frontline, operational tour and be assessed above average as a pilot. More Trending
The home of the Red Arrows, aptly nicknamed 'The Reds,' is at the RAF Waddington base in Lincolnshire.
The arrows moved there in late 2022 after 40 years at RAF Scampton.
In case you didn't catch the Red Arrows in London this year, you can find all the landmarks that will be illuminated in red, white and blue tonight here.
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.
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