Our weekly training update from 25 October 2012

Red Arrows Update 25 October 2012

raf.mod.uk 28 Oct '12, 11am

Our weekly training update from 25 October 2012

RAFAT returned from a week of non-flying to find Lincolnshire blessed with particularly inclement weather, most of England being covered in a thick blanket of fog, precluding formation training sorties to be conducted at Scampton. All was not lost, however; the fact that better weather in North West Wales was only a short 20 minute flight away meant that 3 aircraft deployed to RAF Valley, on the isle of Anglesey, for essential 'Continuation' training. Because the Hawk synthetic training unit (simulator) is also based at RAF Valley, 6 of the pilots seized the opportunity to conduct routine Simulator sorties, practising their drills in the event of in-flight emergencies in the safe haven of the dome that houses the Hawk simulator. On return to RAF Scampton on Wednesday, the forecast clear weather failed to materialise, so the aircraft landed at nearby RAF Waddington and rema...

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