Red Arrows to move from RAF Scampton to one of three sites
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Red Arrows to move from RAF Scampton to one of three sites
According to MOD quoted by BBC News here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47617062
Red Arrows to move from RAF Scampton to one of three sites.
They are RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47617062
Red Arrows to move from RAF Scampton to one of three sites.
They are RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire
If Wittering is the chosen home I hope the lawyers are ready for the chap who lives in the big house on the extended centreline. He didn't like the Harriers so don't think he's going to be too happy with the Reds practising several times a day (plus the coloured smoke). Also, wonder how many crashes on the A1 they will cause...? Unless, of course, they are going to continue to rehearse at Scampton.
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Waddo is full.
Wittering, well, why?
Leeming? Ok, same model of Hawk? (Ready to be corrected). Makes sense. Therefore absolutely not.....
Topcliffe?
Thorney?
Little Riss ?
Suggestions on a postcard to...............
Wittering, well, why?
Leeming? Ok, same model of Hawk? (Ready to be corrected). Makes sense. Therefore absolutely not.....
Topcliffe?
Thorney?
Little Riss ?
Suggestions on a postcard to...............
Altenatively they're resurfacing Northolt for practically no other military traffic...
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If Wittering is the chosen home I hope the lawyers are ready for the chap who lives in the big house on the extended centreline. He didn't like the Harriers so don't think he's going to be too happy with the Reds practising several times a day (plus the coloured smoke). Also, wonder how many crashes on the A1 they will cause...? Unless, of course, they are going to continue to rehearse at Scampton.
Hmm...
I bet any member of the wider Reds organisation who has bought a house near Scampton is praying for Waddington.
Knowing how the needs of people are always considered a priority I’m sure the powers that be will make the right decision.
Can you sense the sarcasm?
BV
Knowing how the needs of people are always considered a priority I’m sure the powers that be will make the right decision.
Can you sense the sarcasm?
BV
If Wittering is the chosen home I hope the lawyers are ready for the chap who lives in the big house on the extended centreline. He didn't like the Harriers so don't think he's going to be too happy with the Reds practising several times a day (plus the coloured smoke). Also, wonder how many crashes on the A1 they will cause...? Unless, of course, they are going to continue to rehearse at Scampton.
As for how many crashes on the A1, you could ask the similar question about Leeming or Waddington and the A15. Personally I’d quite like them in Wittering. Between the Reds and BBMF using my house as a waypoint in the past, I could have most of the display season sewn up. But as it stands, and purely because it’s a wholly illogical move, they will no doubt end up at Waddington.
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ISTR that the Air Experience Flight at Wittering couldn't operate at weekends because the Air Traffic Control contract only covered Monday to Friday. Moving the Reds there should solve the ATC issue, but the AEF might not mix well with the Reds...
Melchy
Sadly for Wittering the precedent is already set!
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/.../jeevanvasagar
Sadly for Wittering the precedent is already set!
£1m payout over country house idyll ruined by the scream of Harrier jets
No one should have to endure this, rules judge making order against RAF
No one should have to endure this, rules judge making order against RAF
chevvron
Sadly the boat was missed in 1957 when RAF Halton was due to start its concrete runways - the Sandy’s Report that same year cancelled it. This is what may have been:
Finally, on Halton a very small handful of locals proper kicked off about the arrival of 2 piston powered glider tugs to operate from the airfield. Which always made me chuckle as 10 years earlier the RAF Engineering Apprentices were conducting engine ground runs on 3x Vulcan bombers flown in for their use - yes, landed they on the grass as well as a Comet airliner!
The last hard military runway to be built in the UK was at RAFC Cranwell that was finished by 1959 for the arrival of the Vampire, Jet Provost and Meteor. Prior to that it was grass which made it a strange choice to operate our first prototype jet the Golster E28/39 during World War 2 from a grass airstrip.
Sadly the boat was missed in 1957 when RAF Halton was due to start its concrete runways - the Sandy’s Report that same year cancelled it. This is what may have been:
Finally, on Halton a very small handful of locals proper kicked off about the arrival of 2 piston powered glider tugs to operate from the airfield. Which always made me chuckle as 10 years earlier the RAF Engineering Apprentices were conducting engine ground runs on 3x Vulcan bombers flown in for their use - yes, landed they on the grass as well as a Comet airliner!
The last hard military runway to be built in the UK was at RAFC Cranwell that was finished by 1959 for the arrival of the Vampire, Jet Provost and Meteor. Prior to that it was grass which made it a strange choice to operate our first prototype jet the Golster E28/39 during World War 2 from a grass airstrip.
Wittering and practices over Scampton or Cottesmore?
Waddington has too many ISTAR assets for them to want a load of Reds fans around watching?
Leeming would make sense to consolidate all of the T1 assets and engineering? (Just seen your post Tashengurt. Apologies)
Just some thoughts.
Waddington has too many ISTAR assets for them to want a load of Reds fans around watching?
Leeming would make sense to consolidate all of the T1 assets and engineering? (Just seen your post Tashengurt. Apologies)
Just some thoughts.
As I recall from local airspace user groups a while ago, the airspace above Scampton is a prized asset. I would imagine Durham Tees Valley would not be happy about the establishment of a D313 type area up to 9500’ on their doorstep - Doncaster were already trying to grab a piece of 313 but it has grandfather rights! Wittering would appear to intrude on the Sibson PJE reservation so wouldn’t work, and the Reds complained about the transit time from Cranwell to 313 back in the day....
The (last) plan for Waddington involved a separate enclave on the ‘Vulcan’ side of the airfield, the catch being the need for a separate entrance from the A15 which was going to cost a lot. However, I think the airspace issues might mean that Waddington gets them.....
The (last) plan for Waddington involved a separate enclave on the ‘Vulcan’ side of the airfield, the catch being the need for a separate entrance from the A15 which was going to cost a lot. However, I think the airspace issues might mean that Waddington gets them.....
