dirtysteve Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I was sat under the ancient oak tree (I think it’s oak, anyway) in Green Kids when the Red Arrows went over. Lovely noise they made. I remember many times in years past when non-Red Arrows jets have buzzed the festival site, one year a fighter jet roared in and did what looked a bit like a handbrake turn in the sky as he went over us. Was really loud that one, scared my little boy! The RAF pilots must just do it for a laugh while they’re out and about in their planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lendan Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Watching Lewis Capaldi, at the back near Kidney Mead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, dirtysteve said: The RAF pilots must just do it for a laugh while they’re out and about in their planes. The one they did at 9am in 2019 definitely. In my hungover state I thought I was about to have a 9/11 into my tent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalifire Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said: isnt airspace restricted during the festival ? would that also apply to red arrows ? I would think so. There are enough helicopters etc. floating around that any high speed pass through would surely have to be approved beforehand. Another event that manages to elude secretglasto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalon_Fields Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 I was lucky, I was towards the back of the Pyramid field photographing an NHS event. A professional photographer said I should stop there and look upwards. He wouldn’t tell me what it was. He knew what he was talking about as he gave the exact time it was happening. He was hoping it was over the Pyramid stage but he missed the shot. So, I offered him the shots I’d managed to get but he only wanted a flight over the stage, not in the direction they came. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveb72 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Near the front of the Pyramid field watching Lewis Capaldi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChipWillBreakYourLegs Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 hour ago, kalifire said: I would think so. There are enough helicopters etc. floating around that any high speed pass through would surely have to be approved beforehand. Another event that manages to elude secretglasto Approved by who? I'm pretty sure the RAF would just say "we're doing this" and it would be the job of ATC and the fest to keep out the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalifire Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 17 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said: Approved by who? I'm pretty sure the RAF would just say "we're doing this" and it would be the job of ATC and the fest to keep out the way. You’d hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copperface Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said: Approved by who? I'm pretty sure the RAF would just say "we're doing this" and it would be the job of ATC and the fest to keep out the way. They had a temporary exemption from the RAT ceiling of 3100ft, like the NPAS and Helimed units. The NOTAM applied to all other aircraft including all the commercial helicopters which had a narrow approach path, and included the hot air balloons that flew over when I was at the Park on the Sunday. https://fb.watch/lKtnKlTP86/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfishboy Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 i must have been asleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom22 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct8yzRmAUKh/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D Slightly different perspective from another of the pilots, there's more in the comments about how it came to happen too, and he's got a Story Highlights with some more footage and the Capaldi moment. (I was watching Lewis Capaldi). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeo-vile idiot Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 We were in the Pyramid field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 (edited) Ah now I heard this. So they went over during Capaldi? They did a flyover in 2017 as well wasnt it? Am old enough to remeber Concorde going low over the site too on the way to Filton... Edited July 12, 2023 by Pinhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nduja Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Did anyone see a Helecopter take off and loop over the Pyramid field before heading away, must have also been Saturday afternoon? Did not like that one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 On Sunday night we watched a carrier copter take off and everyone shouted "bye Elton"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalifire Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 21 minutes ago, Pinhead said: On Sunday night we watched a carrier copter take off and everyone shouted "bye Elton"... From what I’ve heard that was almost certainly him. As soon as he left the stage he made a beeline for a helicopter and was back in his mansion before most of us had escaped the shuffle away from the Pyramid field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuel Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Laying naked in Lost Horizons looking at the sky. Excellent timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, themuel said: Laying naked in Lost Horizons looking at the sky. Excellent timing. 👋 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZigster Posted July 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Appreciating all of these replies. I do wonder if (maybe just some of) the acts knew it was scheduled for during their set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEGATRONICMEATWAGON Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I was walking back from my tent, passing the Co-op to go take a shower. Feel like a lot of people around me didn't even realise/look up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEGATRONICMEATWAGON Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Around here from the Red Arrows' POV - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyDunlop Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 11 hours ago, Pinhead said: Ah now I heard this. So they went over during Capaldi? They did a flyover in 2017 as well wasnt it? Am old enough to remeber Concorde going low over the site too on the way to Filton... Saturday morning 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radi0Head Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I feel a bit disappointed about having the red arrows at Glastonbury. As a festival which has done so much for peace and supports many charities campaigning for peace. Is it right to have an advert for British imperialism at this festival. I do not think so. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copperface Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Pinhead said: On Sunday night we watched a carrier copter take off and everyone shouted "bye Elton"... Carrier copter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Radi0Head said: I feel a bit disappointed about having the red arrows at Glastonbury. As a festival which has done so much for peace and supports many charities campaigning for peace. Is it right to have an advert for British imperialism at this festival. I do not think so. Its an aerobatics display team. Its essentially dancing in little planes. Its not exactly an inflatable Oliver Cromwell being paraded - as shows of potential British imperialism go, this really doesn't even slightly register 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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