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Old 20th Jan 2016, 09:06
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Red Arrows issue warning after training session stopped by fans taking photos

On today's online Telegraph:-

A message on their Facebook page said people were standing on the runway, endangering themselves and others.
It said: "We are very honoured that so many people enjoy coming to RAF Scampton to watch the Red Arrows train and we do truly enjoy seeing the photographs that are taken every day. But it has come to the point where people are taking unnecessary risks to get those photographs. On Friday, air traffic control had to stop our pilots performing circuits as there were people on the centreline of each runway, directly under the flight paths of the aircraft taking off and landing. By doing so, people are endangering themselves and others and ATC had no choice but to stop us, thereby curtailing crucial training for our pilots."
Actually on the runway??? If so, how on earth did they get there? Or standing in the undershoot outside the airfield boundary?
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