The Red Arrows will not perform their acrobatic display here at Farnborough Airshow this year. The decision comes after the Shoreham Airshow crash that killed 11 people and injured 16 last August. However, the pilots will still perform straightforward fly-pasts at the airshow.
A spokesperson from the Royal Air Force stated, “The high speed dynamic nature of the traditional Red Arrow’s display is no longer appropriate due to the large amounts of local housing, business area and major transport links underneath the planned display area.”
This will be the first time in the Red Arrow’s history that the pilots do not perform their aerobatic display at Farnborough. However, this decision follows the introduction of a new set of rules established by the Civil Aviation Authority in March. These rules, which seek to govern air display safety measures, have already led to the cancellation of several air displays this summer.