Red Arrows and Rivet Joint in formation
Like many other RAF Stations, RAF Waddington holds an annual "Families Day". This is where the station is opened to base personnel, their families and invited friends. There are static aircraft to walk round, stalls, games and generally a flying display. At a lot of stations aviation enthusiasts can watch the flying display from points outside of the station perimeter.
Red Arrow with 60th anniversary livery
RAF Waddington has a viewing area with a mobile cafe and toilets and a decent view of the activity. The first aircraft to go up was the massive Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint. Its a huge reconnaissance aircraft. The Red Arrows (BAE Hawks) were quick to follow and all returned fairly quickly as they formed up and flew in formation along the runway.
Concord formation
The Rivet Joint left the formation ad the Red Arrows came back in to perform their display. The cloud cover was very low, and so they performed a low level display. The cloud cover and lighting changed constantly meaning a lot of on the fly changes to the camera settings.
Nine on a turn
Another exact display at very high speeds. It takes a lot of skill, a lot of training and, in my opinion, balls of steel.
Two BAE Hawks
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