The Red Arrows returned to flying this week after a scheduled fortnight break between display seasons.
The annual pause was used for technical teams to carry out maintenance on the planes. Royal Air Force engineers stripped down the jets to inspect and repair any areas that aren’t usually seen during the flying season.
The Red Arrows carried out limited sorties at the team’s RAF Scampton base this week. These flights marked the first steps needed towards the team’s 2021 show.
The latest flights marked the first steps needed towards the Red Arrows’ 2021 season. | Photo: Corporal Adam Fletcher – MoD/Crown Copyright 2020
Squadron Leader Tom Bould, the new Team Leader and Red 1, led Reds 3, 4 and 5 in an initial winter training sortie.
A building block approach is used by the Red Arrows, gradually adding complexity – and the number of jets – in the coming months to their training programme.
Red 1 led Red, 3, 4 and 5 in an initial winter training sortie. | Photo: Corporal Adam Fletcher – MoD/Crown Copyright 2020
The aircraft are carrying out a loop. | Photo: Corporal Adam Fletcher – MoD/Crown Copyright 2020
The team’s full nine-aircraft formation is usually seen together for the first time by around February to March.
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Villagers in Fiskerton remain cautious yet optimistic in the face of potential flooding, a month after they were advised to evacuate following a considerable amount of rainfall.
Several residents have continued to vigilantly monitor the River Witham’s water levels, prepared with sandbags outside their homes as a precaution after Storm Babet damaged two sections of the riverbank. But, despite the looming threat, there is a prevailing sense of confidence among the community, suggesting that further flooding is unlikely.
News that a £165,000 improvement project on the Handley Monument in Sleaford will commence early next year has been supported by local residents, who feel it is a much needed addition to the town centre, but it hasn’t come without its fair share of criticism.
North Kesteven District Council unveiled its plans for the historic Handley Monument in Sleaford, with a view to improving the surrounding area and also lighting up the monument to attract more attention to its role in the town’s history.
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