Queen thanks veterans as Red Arrows are set to perform flypast on ‘virtual’ Armed Forces Day 

The Queen and the Prime Minister have saluted the work of British servicemen and women, as the country marks Armed Forces Day while under coronavirus lockdown. The Red Arrows left a trail of red, white and blue smoke as they performed a flypast in North Yorkshire on Saturday morning as part of this year’s more … Read more

The Red Arrows and Patrouille de France perform a spectacular flypast over Paris

The Red Arrows and their French equivalent, the Patrouille de France, today performed a spectacular flypast over Paris ahead of Emmanuel Macron‘s visit to London on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s famous rallying cry to resist the Nazis. Red, white and blue smoke was streaked across the horizon of the French capital this morning ahead … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Spitfire to mark VE Day with flypast over WWII heroes, Vera Lynn and care homes

We will not be able to dance a conga or enjoy a street party — let alone flock to Buckingham Palace, as millions did back on May 8, 1945.  Tomorrow, 75 years on, it is going to be an unavoidably subdued anniversary of the day that the UK finally celebrated Victory in Europe.  Nonetheless, we … Read more

Spitfire to mark VE Day with flypast over WWII heroes, wartime singer Vera Lynn and care homes

We will not be able to dance a conga or enjoy a street party — let alone flock to Buckingham Palace, as millions did back on May 8, 1945.  Tomorrow, 75 years on, it is going to be an unavoidably subdued anniversary of the day that the UK finally celebrated Victory in Europe.  Nonetheless, we … Read more

Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday Spitfire flypast is CANCELLED

A Spitfire flypast to celebrate Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday on Thursday has been cancelled after the Department of Transport cited concerns over whether it would encourage crowds to form amid coronavirus lockdown. The Mark 9 Spitfire, named The Spirit Of Kent, was supposed to fly over Cpt Tom’s home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, at … Read more

More than 40,000 cards pour in for Captain Tom’s 100th birthday as team prepare Spitfire for flypast

A postmaster has been forced to take over an empty school as more than 40,000 cards pour in to mark the 100th birthday of Captain Tom Moore as a team of aircraft restorers prepare a Spitfire for flypast on his big day. The 99-year-old, who crowdfunded £28million for the NHS by walking lengths of his … Read more