The flypast is to mark a state visit by President Macon of France on the occasion of 80 years since Charles De Gaulle’s historic speech to Occupied France, and very unusually, the Red Arrows will be joined by their French counterparts, the Patrouille de France.
So it’s a double-whammy of planes and smokes.
The flypast is also coming in from an unusual direction this time – coming in from the south-west via Weybridge and Richmond then over Whitehall at 5pm before heading out towards Essex.
The official air traffic alert is below – remember to add an hour to the times which are shown in GMT, not British Summer Time.
FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
514500N 0013459W BRIZE NORTON AD 1540
513823N 0013146W SE OF FARINGDON 1542
513322N 0012921W SW OF WANTAGE 1543
512847N 0015213W S OF WOOTON BASSETT 1545
512020N 0014856W W OF PEWSEY 1547
512440N 0012246W NW OF NEWBURY 1550
511645N 0011743W SW OF KINGSCLERE 1551
512302N 0005529W W OF ARBORFIELD GARRISON 1554
512309N 0002725W VCY OF WEYBRIDGE 1557
512648N 0001722W RICHMOND PARK 1558
513017N 0000742W FP HORSE GUARDS PARADE 1600
515112N 0005052E SW OF COLCHESTER 1607
521115N 0011253E FRAMSDEN 1611
522609N 0005828E E OF EAST HARLING 1613
524601N 0004751E W OF WHISSONSETT 1617
530920N 0002143E E OF SKEGNESS 1622
531828N 0003303W SCAMPTON AD 1627
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 250-2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE
ARE APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS. PART OF
ROUTE WILL BE FLOWN WITH ANOTHER FAST JET DISPLAY TEAM WITH UP TO 18
ACFT IN CLOSE FORMATION. 2020-06-0242/AS1
LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 3,000 Feet AMSL
FROM: 18 Jun 2020 15:35 GMT (16:35 BST)
TO: 18 Jun 2020 16:30 GMT (17:30 BST)
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