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Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:41 pm
by Boac
MOD has announced a 9 week tour 'next year'.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:40 pm
by Cacophonix
Well at least it will give the Red's a proper day out, confined as they are here in the UK to performances about twenty miles out to sea while the spectator's watch agog with rusting telescopes, or if, perforce on land then, then limited to a synchronised raising and lowering of undercarriages while a HSE tape is played, warning the spectator's of the dangerous effects of the smoke and the potential for any excitement whatsoever to increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks!

Shoreham has a lot to answer for and it is not just the outrageous landing charge there!

Caco

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:14 pm
by Boac
Just have to hope the Trumpet does not think 'Red' is something to do with Russia.............and possibly 'Arrows ' to do with native Americans. :))

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:03 am
by Boac
Tour rumoured to be August/September and will include Canada.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:26 am
by 54Phan
I hope they display at the Canadian International Air Show! (Now, who do I know who could get me on to the tarmac at YYZ?)

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:41 am
by 603DX
I usually manage to attend at least one display by the Red Arrows every year, and 2018 has been a good one, since I was at both the Eastbourne and Guernsey airshows. Each of these displays was as spectacular and thrilling as any I've witnessed over the years, both being heightened by the seaside location. Sorry Caco, although I recognise satire when you employ it to make your points, your "about twenty miles out to sea", etc., is well over the top! For me, there has been no detectable loss of the spectator's pleasure in viewing masterly aerobatic performances, due to either the use of marine backdrops, or to tightening of certain rules governing airshows since Shoreham.

If there are to be no Red Arrows during August or September 2019, as rumoured, then that kiboshes the Eastbourne and Guernsey appearances - so I'll just have to go elsewhere!

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:20 am
by G-CPTN
One of my first airshow experiences was Lightnings arriving at full chat at very low level from behind the crowdline (over the heads of spectators) - Acklington.
My closest was getting soaked by the spray of a hovering Harrier (Sunderland).

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 12:28 pm
by Pontius Navigator
G-CPTN, quite, will the Red's US tour have quite the same impact on RAF recruitment or as an advert for British aviation industry?

Great for the players and little else - I had a great 4 week trip to a civvie air show in NZ and it didn't get a line in my home town rag.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:32 pm
by Capetonian
Documentary now on C5 about the Red Arrows forthcoming activities.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:46 pm
by Pontius Navigator
Apart from a great, all expenses paid, tour with adoring air show groupies at every display, what is the benefit for RAF or MOD plc?

Before anyone says sour grapes, I have had my (un)fair share of jollies including a long range navigation exercise to New Zealand.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:02 pm
by G-CPTN
Pontius Navigator wrote:
Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:46 pm
what is the benefit for RAF or MOD plc?
What indeed?

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:15 pm
by ian16th
When the Reds came to South Africa, there was no apparent benefit to the RAF.

But the trip was sponsored by BAe and the sponsor sold Hawks to the SAAF.

I am aware that the USN fly's Goshawks, but might there be a commercial reason?

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:42 pm
by Pontius Navigator
Ian, you may well be right that BAE is sponsoring that tour. As BAE is a major defence contractor even in the US that could be a reason. Personally the Reds are flying what are essentially clapping out early Hawks and should have the new 128 as a show case.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:30 pm
by fin
Got to meet and talk with them when they visited Isle of Long. Great bunch of guys and terrific fliers.
here they come.JPG

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:16 pm
by Mrs Ex-Ascot
These are nice piccies of them practicing; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... t-sky.html :)

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:06 pm
by 4mastacker
Slight thread drift.

Eeny, meeny, miney, mo!

Place your bets please.

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 1:43 pm
by Boac
The team are on their way back from Greece having been granted Public Display authorisation on 28th. First display Torbay on 1/6 and appearing at the D-Day events around Portsmouth on 5/6. :-bd

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:14 am
by Pontius Navigator
"First display Torbay on 1/6 and appearing at the D-Day events around Portsmouth on 5/6"

First thought - 'that's cheap '

Re: Red Arrows' tour of USA announced for 2019

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:09 pm
by k3k3
For half a crown you can get the BBMF thrown in as well.