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BBC News
a day ago
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Red Arrows to fly past East Midlands Airport
The Red Arrows are set to carry out a flypast as part of a special event to mark the diamond anniversary of East Midlands Airport. The world famous aerobatic team will visible above the East Midlands Aeropark on the afternoon of Sunday 20 July. A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will also fly over the site on the same day, while a Dakota aircraft will conduct a flypast on Monday 21 July. The flypasts are part of a three-day event from 19 to 21 July to mark the 60th anniversary of the airport being opened by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on 21 July 1965. Visitors will also have the chance to see aircraft landing, taxiing and taking off from East Midlands Airport's event will include games, food stalls, community stalls, a bouncy castle and children's entertainment, which will run from 10:00 to 18:00 BST each day. East Midlands Airport's Managing Director Steve Griffiths said: "We're really grateful to the RAF for agreeing to treat the crowds to flypasts of some heritage aircraft, perhaps particularly poignant as we mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War this year, as well as the ever-popular Red Arrows."
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Second World War bomber returns home for 80th anniversary
A Second World War bomber has returned to its birthplace 80 years after it was built. The Avro Lancaster performed flypasts over Broughton, North Wales, alongside Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighters before landing at the Airbus wing building factory on Friday evening. The aircraft was built in May 1945 during the Broughton site's early years as a shadow factory for manufacturing bombers. The Lancaster PA474, which is owned and operated by the RAF's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, was the star of the recent VE Day celebrations, leading the ceremonial flypast over London. The Officer Commanding the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Squadron Leader Mark Sugden, said: 'Our flying season so far this year has been memorable with the VE Day celebrations, but this is one of the highlights of the year in a visit that takes our incredible aircraft back to her birthplace.'
BBC News
08-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day
Lincolnshire takes leading role in flypast To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Media caption, Experience flying with a Red Arrows pilot in immersive video Earlier this week, four generations of the Royal Family appeared on Buckingham Palace's balcony to watch a flypast marking 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe. The King and senior royals watched on as a war-time Lancaster bomber led the 23-strong formation, including Typhoons and the Lincolnshire-based Red Arrows, before waving to crowds. Squadron Leader Paul Wise, of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), based at RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, piloted the Lancaster - one of two airworthy examples in the world. He described Monday's VE Day celebratory flypast as a "museum without walls".
BBC News
07-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Rare bomber to do VE Day flyby over Wolverhampton library
Rare Lancaster bomber to do VE Day flyby Perton Library, near Wolverhampton, will have a flypast from a Lancaster Bomber on Saturday A bomber plane will do a flyby over a library at the weekend, as part of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. Perton Library, on the edge of Wolverhampton, will have a flypast from a Lancaster Bomber on Saturday at around 13:30 BST. VE Day commemorates the end of fighting in Europe in World War Two on 8 May 1945, after Nazi German forces surrendered to the Allies after nearly six years of conflict. A military procession to mark this year's 80th anniversary took place in London on Monday, and there will be events across the West Midlands throughout the week.
