Red Arrows Blackpool Airshow Display timings and weekend …

The Red Arrows[1] are back in action this weekend after a mid-season break with three displays and three flypasts - including the Blackpool Airshow. Lincolnshire[2]'s iconic aerobatics team are making the trip up to Blackpool on Friday, August 11 from their home base at RAF Waddington[3].

They will set off at 4pm and arrive at Blackpool Airport by 4.26pm, passing eight points along the route. On Saturday, August 12, The Reds will perform a flypast at Clitheroe Food Festival before their display at Blackpool Airshow and another flypast later in the afternoon at Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

On Sunday, August 13, the team will perform another flypast at Clitheroe Food Festival followed by displays at Blackpool Airshow and Whitby Regatta. This will mark the start of a busy August for the Red Arrows with 16 displays to follow throughout the month.

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Specialist website military-airshows.co.uk has put together a list of timings to the exact minute, though these may change 'due to weather and other requirements'. The Red Arrows weekend schedule is as follows:

Friday, August 11

RAF Waddington to Blackpool Airport Transit

  • 530958N 0003126W WADDINGTON AD (EGXW) - 4.00 pm
  • 531234N 0004202W SW OF HARBY - 4.02pm
  • 534838N 0004254W E OF TOLLINGHAM - 4.08pm
  • 535428N 0012004W THORPE ARCH - 4.12pm
  • 540117N 0013623W HAMPSTHWAITE - 4.14pm
  • 541247N 0021013W SE OF OUGHTERSHAW - 4.17pm
  • 541007N 0024214W SE OF BURTON IN KENDAL - 4.21 pm
  • 540233N 0024832W VCY OF LANCASTER - 4.22pm
  • 535540N 0024446W S OF SCORTON - 4.23pm
  • 534618N 0030146W BLACKPOOL (EGH) - 4.26pm

Saturday, August 12

  • Clitheroe Food Festival Flypast - 2.01 pm
  • Blackpool Airshow Display - 2.05pm
  • Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Flypast - 5.15pm

Sunday, August 13

  • Clitheroe Food Festival Flypast - 2.01 pm
  • Blackpool Airshow Display - 2.05pm
  • Whitby Regatta Display - 5.10pm

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References

  1. ^ Red Arrows (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
  2. ^ Lincolnshire (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
  3. ^ RAF Waddington (www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk)
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