Red arrows Sunday 13th

[PEJ]

According to their website the red arrows were doing a display in Hull yesterday which is funny because I could have sworn I saw them doing all their smoke and stuff as I was coming out of the Beaulieu river about 17:30 yesterday (sunday 13th) They were off my starboard I thought about Lymington/Yarmouth area.

Any one else see them and know why they were down here and not with the fish filleters?

 

[Nick_H]

They were booked by an individual in Lymington for a private party.

 

[D3B]

They frequently used to do more than one show in a day too...

 

[coliholic]

They were booked by an individual in Lymington for a private party.

Oh wow what a fantastic pressie. Any idea how much?

 

[jhr]

Oh wow what a fantastic pressie. Any idea how much?

Twenty grand was the figure mentioned on another post.

But it was someone who lives in Lymington (Probably either Chris E or MoodyNick) so it would have been just a drop in the ocean

 

[BobA]

According to their website the red arrows were doing a display in Hull yesterday which is funny because I could have sworn I saw them doing all their smoke and stuff as I was coming out of the Beaulieu river about 17:30 yesterday (sunday 13th) They were off my starboard I thought about Lymington/Yarmouth area.

Any one else see them and know why they were down here and not with the fish filleters?

and what a cracking show it was - just before the start of the Round the World Clipper Race

 

[AIDY]

Hull - Solent must be only 1-2 hour at cruising speed for a red arrow I think they also attended the Scuttlebutt forum meet over the weekend too in cherb.

 

[PEJ]

They were booked by an individual in Lymington for a private party.

Crikey! some party! I had heard that if you are having a do and it is on their flight path to their main event they will put on a bit of a show on the way past but to come all the way down from Hull to Lymington is quite a de-tour.

 

[strakeryrius]

I was just off Green Island in Poole Harbour about 17:00 when they came right over my head in formation and then headed off to the East. Later I could see their vapour trails some way off but couldn't really judge how far away they were.

 

[Pennpromo]

Red Arrows

According to the Bournemouth Echo they displayed at Charles Burnett's party to celebrate his steam car world record and that he gave £60K to Help for Heroes as payment ...

 

[Renegade_Master]

and they will be appearing in Gibraltar next Sat 19th. busy fellows

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Oh wow what a fantastic pressie. Any idea how much?

I've seen a presentation (twice) by somebody closely connected to them. A basic display is £7.5k although you can ask them to fly over your location for nothing if they are going that way anyway.

 

[mont]

Yes cracking Red Arrows show in Hull.
We were out on the river so had a superb view of the display which centred over the river and then the tour past & start of the clipper race.
Was along wait to lock back in though and took two hours to shake off the wind chill after six hours out. Had to dust off the weather gear after two seasons in Mallorca !!!
Memorable day though.

 

[mlines]

They were in Bristol (Filton Airfield) around 2.30pm on Sunday

 

[saxondale]

Hull - Solent must be only 1-2 hour at cruising speed for a red arrow .

It feels that long sometimes

Part of my job involves giving them an Air Traffic service to and from places. Wasn't on shift this sunday gone but the transit would have only taken 30 mins or so Hull to Lymington.

The route they'd have taken probably was around 200nm ish. At altitude cruising somewhere between 6 and 7 miles a minute I'll let you do the math