Royal Air Force Red Arrows
Airshow London-SkyDrive Hour of Power 2024
London Int'l Airport (CYXU)
London, Ontario, Canada
Friday, September 13th, 2024

Hello everyone! Welcome to Airshow London-SkyDrive Hour of Power 2024!

Presenting the Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows. The Red Arrows are one of the world's premiere aerobatic teams and are based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, England, though their operational base has been moved to RAF Waddington temporarily due to infrastructure upgrades. Formed in 1964, the team currently flies the BAE Systems Hawk T1, a British single-engine jet trainer aircraft of which nine aircraft make up the demonstration routine and three act as the support/photo birds.

This year, the Red Arrows are celebrating their 60th Diamond Season and were invited by the Royal Canadian Air Force to help celebrate their 100th anniversary. In response, the Reds embarked on a five week tour known officially known as Maple Hawk-Canada tour 2024. The tour would see the Red Arrows perform at four airshows and four fly pasts from late-August to September. Those four airshows would be Air Show Atlantic, the Canadian International Air Show, AERO Gatineau-Ottawa and Airshow London-SkyDrive.

For the demonstration, the nine Hawk's taxied out of the hot ramp for a backtrack to RWY 15 takeoff. Upon a 3-2-4 takeoff, the team performed a ten minute shakeout before starting the demonstration from behind with the Diamond to 9 Arrow. The rest of the routine followed with maneuvers such as the Concorde to Signet Loop, Heart, Vixen Break and a crowd favorite; the Tornado. Once the demonstration came to an end, the team performed an overhead pitch to break landing on RWY 15.

All the best and enjoy the video!
Ernest G.

TIMES:

0:00 Red Arrows taxi-out to takeoff
0:54 Diamond to 9 Arrow
2:02 9 Arrow to Big Vixen
2:37 Big Vixen to Spitfire/ Spitfire Roll
3:22 Concorde to Signet Loop
4:46 Cygnet to Phoenix Present
5:26 Phoenix to Chevron/ Chevron Roll
6:09 Tornado to Short Diamond
6:52 Short Diamond to 5-4 Split
7:28 5-4 Split
8:12 Gnat
8:37 Hanna Break
8:56 Hanna Pass
9:36 Cyclone
9:57 Goose
10:40 Heart
11:09 Opposition Barrel
11:30 Vertical Break
12:06 Boomerang
13:04 Serpent Roll
14:24 Mirror Roll
14:55 Rollbacks
15:26 60th Anniversary Break
16:27 Vixen Break
16:46 9-ship pitch and break to land
17:15 Red Arrows landing

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