{"id":2464151,"date":"2026-06-17T17:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2464151"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:50:53","slug":"no-in-flight-entertainment-as-red-arrows-set-off-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/no-in-flight-entertainment-as-red-arrows-set-off-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No in-flight entertainment’ as Red Arrows set off for US"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahead of a month of displays in the US to mark 250 years since the War of Independence, the RAF’s aerobatics team, The Red Arrows, have set off on a gruelling trek to get their iconic red aircraft across the Atlantic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A busy day ahead, lots of water to cross,” Wing Cdr Jon Bond tells me on the phone from Stornoway, Scotland – the first of six refuelling stops.<\/p>\n

They will then head to Iceland for stop two, before flying to Greenland and then Canada.<\/p>\n

It is an understatement to say the three-day journey has taken forensic planning as the team, including support staff, set of from their home at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, for Martin State Airport, north east of Washington DC.<\/p>\n

The leapfrogging, Wing Cdr Bond explains, is necessary on a number of fronts.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we don’t have any air-to-air refuelling capability and our aircraft can only carry about an hour-and-a-half to an hour-45 worth of fuel.<\/p>\n

“These cockpits, that are 40 or 50 years old, can be quite cramped.<\/p>\n

“It’s a little bit lonely on these transits. I’ve done these a couple of times now in the T1 and the two hours goes quite slowly.<\/p>\n

“No in-flight entertainment either.”<\/p>\n

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