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Red Arrows probably will cancel all displays for the season. Following the tragic incident on August 20, taking the life of Red 4 Flt Lt Jon Egging, all Royal Air Force Hawk planes were grounded. Now the ban has been lifted and all RAF Hawks flying operation are resumed.
Despite the clearance of Hawks flying, the Red Arrows will not performed until the end of the year... http://aerobaticteams.net/news.html
In the absence of any critical safety recommendations in the Service Inquiry’s initial report the precautionary suspension of Hawk T1 flying activity has been lifted and flying operations have been resumed. The Red Arrows aircraft will fly back to RAF Scampton tomorrow (Friday 26 August 2011). In preparation for the resumption of public displays the Red Arrows will begin flying eight ship formation display practices starting on 30 August 2011. Display flying by the Red Arrows team, in an eight ship formation, will recommence subject to a successful period of consolidation and approval to display. As part of their display season preparation the Red Arrows practice displays with eight aircraft so that a display can go ahead if a pilot is unable to fly.
And another from their site:
Following the tragic crash on Saturday and due to the ongoing Service Inquiry the Red Arrows have had to the cancel some upcoming displays. The following displays have been cancelled to date:
24 Aug 11 - Torbay Royal Regatta, Devon
25 Aug 11 - Clacton Airshow, Essex
26 Aug 11 - Clacton Airshow, Essex
26 Aug 11 - Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta, Dartmouth, Devon
27 Aug 11 - Plymouth Airshow and Festival, Plymouth Hoe, Devon
28 Aug 11 - Wings and Wheels, Dunsfold, Surrey
28 Aug 11 - The Eye Show, Suffolk
29 Aug 11 - 40th Uffington White Horse Show, Oxfordshire
29 Aug 11 - RNLI Holylake & West Kirkby Lifeboats Open Day, Merseyside
Further information regarding future displays will be provided as soon as possible.
In the absence of any critical safety recommendations in the Service Inquiry’s initial report the precautionary suspension of Hawk T1 flying activity has been lifted and flying operations have been resumed. The Red Arrows aircraft will fly back to RAF Scampton tomorrow (Friday 26 August 2011). In preparation for the resumption of public displays the Red Arrows will begin flying eight ship formation display practices starting on 30 August 2011. Display flying by the Red Arrows team, in an eight ship formation, will recommence subject to a successful period of consolidation and approval to display. As part of their display season preparation the Red Arrows practice displays with eight aircraft so that a display can go ahead if a pilot is unable to fly.
The Red Arrows announced that will resume practice flight, but with only eight Hawk planes. Normally they flew nine alpines in formation, but after the Saturday fatal crash, where Red 4 Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging was killed, one of the team's positions become empty... http://aerobaticteams.net/news/red-arro ... lanes.html
