WOW!!!!!
Well, that made my day! The Red Arrows, in formation, flew practically over my house! I knew they were doing a fly-past over the city for Armed Forces Day, but to actually see them... FANTASTIC! We're about 4 miles from the city, I wasn't at all sure they'd come this far out, never mind in the right direction for us to see them. The sound is
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I've seen them once, many years ago, when they flew over the beach at Lyme Regis one year when we were on holiday. Everyone was looking the wrong way, they came from behind us so low and loud everyone ducked!
Never expected to see them again because I can't travel, but incredibly, after they flew over Nottingham, they came in exactly the right direction to very nearly fly over our house - I think they were just a little to the right between us and our neighbour. Not too low, but still incredibly loud - but as always, by the time you really hear them they're already past, so mostly I saw them from behind. then watched as they banked to fly back towards Notts.
Their formation stayed spot on the entire time, it's as if they're glued to a framework. I can't begin to imagine the amount of concentration and practice it takes to hold position like that, especially considering the speeds they go at. It took my breath away, I feel so lucky to have seen them again.
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I've never seen them perform (except on tv) but they are based in Lincolnshire so depending where they are flying to we do get to see them en route sometimes.
I'd love to see them do a show.
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I checked out Youtube and saw some footage of the actual fly past, but they were still in formation when the reached us so it was an impressive sight. They just didn't have the red white and blue vapour trail by the time they got here.
Watching them banking to head back towards Nottingham, still in perfect formation, was mind-blowing. They must have nerves of steel!
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The could have gone in any direction, I had no idea from which direction they would pass over Nottingham anyway, but to have their flight path take them practically over my house was just the best kind of good fortune! It was a memorable sight, even if I did only see them from behind!
If you check out youtube, several people have put up footage of the fly past with the red, white and blue vapour trails. That had run out by the time they reached us to it was just grey, but it didn't matter, they were still flying in perfect formation, nine small planes and one big one in front. I'll remember that for the rest of my life, the same was I'll always remember seeing Concorde lowering its nose cone as it headed for the East Midlands airport - one and only time it passed close enough to my house that I saw it from my back garden. Sometimes, i get lucky enough to see something amazing =D
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Wow, the Concorde too. That's one I've only seen on TV. So very awesome. :)
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The only time it wasn't so much fun was when mum, dad and I were driving past an airfield where the runway was parallel to the road as a big jet was taking off. There was this roar behind us, mum looked back and said something like "Oh my God! Look at that! NO! DON'T LOOK!" I looked back and I swear it looked like this huge plane was about to come through the rear window, lol! It looked like it was low enough to reach out and touch, but then it was past us and gaining altitude. Poor mum was convinced it was going to land on us, never mind that it was taking off! Somehow dad managed to keep his eyes on the road.
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I live four kilometres away from the Air Force Base I used to work in so I see planes all over my house very often.
My hubby, who is retired from the Air Force, still has contacts who invite us to all the exhibition they do here.
I saw the Red Arrows in an exhibition on TV with some Italian acrobats too but there was no comparison.
So happy you could see them today!
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They are very impressive and always make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck when I've seen them - though that hasn't been for a few years !
I grew up near Biggin Hill and my Mum used to take me to the Battle of Britain air show there every year. Along with seeing the Spitfires and Hurricanes the highlight for me was always the Red Arrows dislays. Remember having to leave one year just before their 'show' and spent the bus ride home straining to see them out of the bus' back window !
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It must have been brilliant going to the air show - despite all the many and varied things my parents took me to see while I was growing up, that's one thing we never did. I don't know why, I guess we just kept missing it for one reason or another. I'm sure I would have loved it and I know mum would have - she loves the Red Arrows and remembers London in the Blitz, watching the spitfires and other planes passing over.
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