December 26, 2024

Red Arrows tracker: Where are the Red Arrows right now?

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The flypast is due to see 70 aircraft, including the iconic RAF Red Arrows alongside the Lancaster Bomber, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane, making up the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Today’s flypast will nicely round off the annual Trooping the Colour parade and this year promises to be particularly spectacular.

Congregating around The Wash, a bay in East Anglia from 11:45am today, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight are currently conducting a circuit over the North Sea, soon to be heading back to the northwest point of East Anglia.

The Flight is due to head south over Swaffham and Thetford in Norfolk, on to Ipswich then over Colchester in Essex.

The column of aircraft will begin to emerge in central London at around 12.40pm, performing one of their iconic shows until around 1.15pm.

Scroll down for the updated timeline. 

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RAF PLANES

Red Arrows tracker: Where are the Red Arrows right now? (Image: getty) RAF Red Arrows tracker

12.18pm – A group of Typhoon FGR 4s can be seen circling the North Sea, alongside Hercules and an A400M Atlas.

12.19pm – Coming down from Lossiemouth in Scotland, a Poseidon MRA1 can be seen circlng the North Sea.

12.27pm – An Avro Lancaster can be seen circling Felixstowe. 

12.34pm – Flying out from Lakenheath, some Hawks appear to also be circling the North Sea now.

FLYPAST ROUTE

Military Airshows published this estimated route for the military flypast to take. (Image: MILITARY AIRSHOWS)

12.42pm – The Hawks are currently circling the North Sea, scheduled to fly towards Colchester for 12.57pm

12.44pm – Some Airbus KC2 Voyagers can be seen flying ahead of the Hawks towards the Suffolk coast.

12.46pm – The Hercules, the A400M Atlas and the Phenom T1 are currently flying over Langham towards Colchester.

12.49pm – The Lockheed C-130J Hercules is following close behind, currently heading over Woolverstone. 

12.50pm – The Phenom T1 should be seen overhead Feering towards Chelmsford.

12.56pm – The planes appear to be making a beeline towards London over Essex.

1.01pm – Lynx helicopters, Wildcats and Merlins can be seen over Buckingham Palace, alongside three Pumas.

1.02pm – BBMF have reached Buckingham Palace with a Lancaster, two Spitfires and a Hurricane.

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1.03pm – A Poseidon and a Rivet can now be seen passing over Buckingham Palace. 

1.04pm – A Voyager is currerntly flying alongside four Typhoons in formation.

1.05pm – A special formation of 15 Typhoons in a formation of 70 are currently flying over Buckingham Palace.

1.06pm – The RAF Red Arrows are currently flying over Buckingham Palace displaying the famous red, white and blue smoke.

1.08pm – As the show draws to an end, the planes are now dispersing from the south and west of the London Control Zone to head over the home counties.

As they head back to bases, you can expect to see the RAF Red Arrows, along with the BBMF flying over areas in Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire.

For the best places to see the planes, you can see the full route here. 

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