Red Arrows and La Patrouille de France to fly over London together

Red Arrows and La Patrouille de France. fly together in their concorde formations
Red Arrows and La Patrouille de France. fly together in their concorde formations

The Royal Air Force Aerboatics Team (RAFAT) The Red Arrows will fly over london tomorrow in formation for their French counterparts, La Patrouille de France.

The historic flypast will take place to mark 80 years since Charles De Gaulle’s historic speech to Occupied France from London in order to rally the people into supporting the resistance.

The flypast is due to pass over Buckingham Palace at 5 pm (17:00) local time with the aircraft flying in to the London Area from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

They are expected to depart Brize Norton at 16:42 local time.

The teams previously flew together at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2019 to mark the 50th Anniversary of Concorde.

After the flypast, the Red Arrows will return to their base at RAF Scampton and La Patrouille de France will return to their base at Salon de Provence.

As with any air display or flypast, the times are subject to change for operational reasons or weather.

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