No - for two reasons. One being that I saw the original version of that press release yesterday and came to the opinion above after having read it. And the other being that "would not be surprised" ≠ "think it is the most likely scenario" and certainly it doesn't indicate any end...

Ouch - and no Typhoon either. Pure speculation on my part but I wouldn't be surprised to see Clacton becomes another victim of the Red Arrows tour and cancels altogether.

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RAF Tutor T.1 (Sat-Sun)

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Slovenian Air Force PC-9M Hudournik

Anyone know if they will have to change their demo for the Canadian shows? When they were in the US last a few years ago they had to change some maneuvers due to the American FAA. Hopefully not. In 2019 they only performed the simplified show for tour stops in the USA. In Canada, they mostly revert...

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The 2024 display sequence, as performed yesterday. This is the high show routine: Short Diamond arrival (last featured in the Red Arrows' display in 2005) Loop in Short Diamond, changing to Nine Arrow Present in Big Vixen Barrel roll in Spitfire Loop in Concorde, changing to Cygnet; present in Cygne...

The IWM website has now been updated to include RAF participation for their 2024 airshows. D-Day/Summer show, Jun 1-2: Red Arrows (Sunday Jun 2) BBMF Lancaster (Sunday Jun 2) BBMF Hurricane and Spitfire (Saturday Jun 1) Battle of Britain Airshow, Sep 14-15 RAF Typhoon FGR.4 (both days) RAF Falcons (...

BBMF allocation:
Lancaster solo on Friday
Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane on Saturday and Sunday

I travelled up to Waddington today for a season launch event coinciding with the Red Arrows' 2024 schedule release. The highlight was a heritage flypast with a very rarely-seen Folland Gnat! Later in the day, the team performed a full run-through of their 2024 display sequence for, I believe, the fi...