RAFAT over Twickers tomorrow (31-10-2015)

[paullangford]

From their FB page....

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, will perform a flypast ahead of tomorrow's Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham Stadium.
The team will fly over the Trafalgar Square Fanzone, London, at 1553hrs before going over the stadium at 1555hrs.

[WG655]

Should be a good sight for those in the area! Explains the 9-ship that has been put up in recent days, considerably earlier than normal.

[Reds Rolling]

That's got to be all last years pilots, surely?

[Big Eric]

Why not just call them "The Red Arrows", instead of this "RAFAT" tosh?

[WG655]

The formation has gradually stepped up to a 9-ship over the last few weeks - they only need to learn 'Big Battle' for this flypast, with no formation changes etc so it will be 2016's pilots as far as I'm aware.

[paullangford]

Why not just call them "The Red Arrows", instead of this "RAFAT" tosh?

If I put Red Arrows, someone would have posted...."Why not just call them RAFAT instead of Red Arrows....tosh"

[smokey]

The NOTAM seems to have disappeared is it still on?

[paullangford]

Does anyone know the route ?

Obviously part of it is from Trafalgar Sq then westwards to Twickenham, would they then turn northwards to Northolt or go South under Heathrow ?

Thanks in advance

[hairrig]

Does anyone the route ?

Obviously part of it is from Trafalgar Sq then westwards to Twickenham, would they then turn northwards to Northolt or go South under Heathrow ?

Thanks in advance

Route puts them directly over Terminal 4! http://notaminfo.com/ukmap

FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1526
531354N 0002428W (VCY SCAMPTON) 1528
523324N 0000948W (SE PETERBOROUGH) 1535
522108N 0000034E (VCY WYTON) 1537
520939N 0000019E (VCY CAMBRIDGE) 1539
520859N 0003547E (NW GLEMSFORD) 1543
514254N 0003907E (SW MALDON) 1547
513512N 0000824E (VCY COLLIER ROW) 1548
512353N 0004516W (VCY BRACKNELL) 1557
512340N 0004937W (S WOKINGHAM) 1558
514556N 0010227W (E OXFORD) 1602
521916N 0005325W (VCY SYWELL) 1608
530652N 0004810W (N NEWARK-ON-TRENT) 1616
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1619
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 500-2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE
ARE APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
15-10-0434/AS 2

[PeterR]

Why not just call them "The Red Arrows", instead of this "RAFAT" tosh?

RAFAT (Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team) is the team's official title, so calling them "The Red Arrows" could be considered tosh...

[paullangford]

Does anyone the route ?

Obviously part of it is from Trafalgar Sq then westwards to Twickenham, would they then turn northwards to Northolt or go South under Heathrow ?

Thanks in advance

Route puts them directly over Terminal 4! http://notaminfo.com/ukmap

FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1526
531354N 0002428W (VCY SCAMPTON) 1528
523324N 0000948W (SE PETERBOROUGH) 1535
522108N 0000034E (VCY WYTON) 1537
520939N 0000019E (VCY CAMBRIDGE) 1539
520859N 0003547E (NW GLEMSFORD) 1543
514254N 0003907E (SW MALDON) 1547
513512N 0000824E (VCY COLLIER ROW) 1548
512353N 0004516W (VCY BRACKNELL) 1557
512340N 0004937W (S WOKINGHAM) 1558
514556N 0010227W (E OXFORD) 1602
521916N 0005325W (VCY SYWELL) 1608
530652N 0004810W (N NEWARK-ON-TRENT) 1616
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1619
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 500-2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE
ARE APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
15-10-0434/AS 2

Thx Andy, may wander over there to see them for the last time this year, .......and they're coming over you as well......although that sounds a bit wrong

[Birderman]

dam and drat missed out, didn't see this post yesterday - could have taken a little trip out as not too far from Twickenham and sure they would have needed to over my local area to get there.....

[Big Eric]

Why not just call them "The Red Arrows", instead of this "RAFAT" tosh?

RAFAT (Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team) is the team's official title, so calling them "The Red Arrows" could be considered tosh...

Jeez !

[Harlequin67]

Was outside the stadium and saw the flypast. Very nice.

Like the recent USAF C-17 at Farnborough, I missed the heliport set up in Kneller Hall's grounds!

Would have been all over that like a rash, if I had known...... damn it!

[paullangford]

I enjoyed that

The Red Arrows at Twickenham RWC Final 2015 by paullangford..., on Flickr

[King Cobra]

Nice shot and well thought out.

[paullangford]

Nice shot and well thought out.

Thx matey

[Traveller]

Looks like 9 Hawks as for the last 20 years, with a too large a gap between 1 and 2/3.

[CJS]

Are you sure it's not an illusion created because red 1 doesn't have smoke on?

[Traveller]

Nope, but now u mention it why doesn't it have smoke also?!

[Brevet Cable]

Suppose it's the only way that a British team were going to be involved in the RWC final !!

[WG655]

Red 1 had to use a non-smoking aircraft ('tinship') due to a technical problem with the only other serviceable smoking jet. Pretty impressive feat for the team to get 9 up at this late stage of the season with ongoing servicing requirements.

[st24]

I enjoyed that

The Red Arrows at Twickenham RWC Final 2015 by paullangford..., on Flickr

Well the huge Twickenham crowd seem to be overjoyed with that - that guy and his Jack Russell are positively ecstatic!....

[DanH]

Red 1 had to use a non-smoking aircraft ('tinship') due to a technical problem with the only other serviceable smoking jet. Pretty impressive feat for the team to get 9 up at this late stage of the season with ongoing servicing requirements.

Good job this wasn't the flypast being covered by the Ultimate Pilots programme. The commentary would have made the smokeless jet out to be letting down Queen and country!

[paullangford]

I enjoyed that

The Red Arrows at Twickenham RWC Final 2015 by paullangford..., on Flickr

Well the huge Twickenham crowd seem to be overjoyed with that - that guy and his Jack Russell are positively ecstatic!....

.....I think he was having a pee