Looking on todays NOTAMs, the only Red Arrows reference visible is:
EGXP
NAVW: Q)EGTT/QRTCA/IV/BO/AW/000/095/5318N00033W005
FROM 07/05/19 14:10 TO 07/05/19 14:50 J2080/07
E)AUS 07-05-0511/1436/AS1
RESTRICTED AREA (TEMPORARY) HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE 96 OF THE AIR NAVIGATION ORDER 2005 (MIL ACFT SHOULD COMPLY WITH JSP552.201.135.9) FOR A RED ARROWS DISPLAY WI 5NM RAD 5318N 00033W (SCAMPTON - LINCOLNSHIRE) UP TO 9500FT AMSL. OPS CONTROL RAF SCAMPTON ATC 01522 733055.
F)SFC G)9500FT AMSL
Last I looked, London CTZ and RAF Scampton were nowhere near each other - or in other words, why shouldn't a couple of light helicopters be doing whatever they liked in class G airspace?
Putting on smoke and avoiding seems perfectly reasonable action on the part of the Red Arrows, but surely they were just applying VFR see-and-avoid principles.
Or am I missing something?
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