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These are the elite.

Come on the reds! And go!

Fighter pilots, flying on the edge of what's possible.

They're called the best display team in the world.

I feel the need for speed.

Now they're flying the flag for Britain...

Stars and stripes, go.

...across the Atlantic.

The biggest tour in a generation.

It's just absolute madness what we're about to do.

Their journey takes them over skyscrapers, mountains,

and glaciers.

And involves challenges never tackled before.

There's a lot at stake if you get it wrong.

They'll face extreme weather...

It's very hot in here.

We will be cancelling the Red Arrows performance today.

...travel thousands of miles...

Pretty surreal. Have I actually just done that?!

...and entertain millions.

Fly-past colours, go.

It was one of the best hours I've had in a jet in my entire career.

These are the Red Arrows...

Wow! ..as they take America.

It's week two of the Red Arrows' North American Tour.

Their mammoth and hazardous 3,000 mile journey

across the Atlantic saw them stop in Iceland.

Before flying across spectacular glaciers in Greenland, to here -

the Canadian capital Ottawa, and their first big public events.

We're going to be doing a fly-past over Parliament Hill with two Spitfires.

It doesn't get more British than that,

but also it doesn't get much more Canadian than that.

It's a fly-past promoting the best of British

and celebrating the links between two old allies.

After the changing of the guard, the spitfires head off,

over Parliament Hill.

Followed seconds later by the Reds, trailing their red, white and blue.

To be granted airspace of a completely foreign country's

governmental buildings like Parliament Hill is phenomenal.

And hopefully it's just a sign of the high regard that the Red Arrows are held.

But this is just the start.

A short hop across the Ottawa river, in the neighbouring city of Gatineau,

a special one-off show has been organised for the Red Arrows,

so the crowds can watch their first full public display.

Holding.

Two days earlier, the Reds had to complete a validation flight

to get permission to perform in the US.

They passed, but they weren't happy with their performance.

Not one of our best. Bit of an issue with timing on the rejoin.

Now they need to up their game.

Halifax was a bit of a disappointment for us as a team.

Going to Gatineau gave us a great opportunity to move on from that.

This was our chance to show what we can do and put the wrongs right

from the validation and put on a really good show that we knew we were capable of.

Getting the tour off to a good start needs careful planning.

It's Gatineau, first public show of the tour, so it is an important one.

Before every take off, the pilots prepare in meticulous detail.

The angle's a bank at that pull.

Width. Give yourself that little extra space

and make sure that your wings are level.

We will never turn up to a display, ever, under prepared.

Each flight is different, and every aspect has to be scrutinised

and assessed - from the weather...

Wind's all over the place but it's clearly beautiful out there.

...to the location itself.

There's a few little quirks about operating here that I'll bring out in the hazards.

Mainly crowd rear and airspace issues just down to the south there,

so do not be below 1,000 feet

if you find yourselves any more than two miles crowd rear.

The pre-flight briefing is one of the most,

if not the most, important aspects of the flight.

It's what gets the guys into the zone.

Taxi out single file, double space.

More bank. Holding.

Turn...

Not only do they talk through their display in detail,

they also practice out loud the cockpit commands they'll use in the air.

Two right-ah.

And pulling up.

Seven.

What I do is I talk through sequentially exactly how that sortie's going to run,

from the minute we start the engine up until the minute we shut down.

Red, brake, brake, go.

We sit there in that brief and we will not fly

until we're absolutely certain that we've got it right

because if we can't get it right in the brief, there's no way it's going to work in the air.

As the pilots take to the sky, Squadron Leader Adam Collins will be providing the commentary.

He's in his second year as Red 10 and safety supervisor,

guiding the crowd through the team's moves.

You certainly feel the pressure commentating in front of thousands of people.

But, actually, the small crowds can be more nerve-racking than the big ones.

Height's about right. Go up a little if required.

And, actually, because my main role is looking at the flying,

supervising, ensuring the safety of the team, really,

the commentary is almost going alongside that.

Colour on. Go.

The Red Arrows!

CROWD CHEER

The Apollo roll.

Bank, now. Concorde.

Up. And go.

Up, and go,

Two, right, go.

Red 6 and 7 pulling over the top, their white smoke.

INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER

The smoke comes on ready to spear the heart.

Brake, brake, go.

The vertical break.

Red 8 and 9 rolling around 6 and 7.

Ladies and gentlemen, you've been watching the Red Arrows!

Smoke. Go.

Excellent hospitality and excellent weather for our first public display in Gatineau.

Ah, well done, thank you.

It did feel like we were back on it a bit more.

That was awesome.

I think it was a good one just to get the nerves settled as well for displaying abroad.

You know, it hasn't been for a little while in front of a different crowd.

I think we blew the cobwebs away, so it's good.

I mean, what an amazing backdrop, the sun is shining,

and there is a real buzz about this place.

It was awesome. Absolutely awesome.

Now back on the ground,

it's time for the pilots to meet some new-found fans.

Come here, come here.

And Red 7Jon Bond, 'Bondy' is a particular hit.

What a lovely lady, lovely lady and again it's things like this that make this job worthwhile,

you know, just feeling the appreciation of the crowd.

There we go. Did you enjoy it? Enjoy the show?

Brilliant.

The first public display of the tour is a success,

but it's about to get seriously challenging.

Next, it's the USA.

With towering skyscrapers, millions of spectators

and thunderstorms that could bring everything to a grinding halt.

After performing in Canada, The Red Arrows are heading south to

Chicago, their first stop in the US.

More than two million people will be watching their displays here.

And they've never flown anywhere quite like it.

Chicago was the one display that really focused my mind as a leader.

We've got 1,500ft skyscrapers,

bigger than any display site we've ever displayed at.

It is a stunning skyline but that actually gives us

a lot of challenges when we've got 1,000ft-high buildings, where we want to be flying as low as 300ft.

The jets touch down at Gary International Airport,

and despite the challenges ahead,

the pilots are excited to have finally reached US soil.

I think Chicago is going to be a massive contrast to where we've been so far.

To kick it off here in Chicago, one of their really big cities

here in the Windy City, is going to be fantastic.

So the pilots are excited about Chicago,

and Chicago is certainly excited about them.

The local TV networks have noticed that the Brits are in town,

and the breakfast news programmes are out in force.

Let me introduce you to the Red Arrows.

Their first time in Chicago.

People tell us the crowd's big here, you know,

and it's probably going to be one of the biggest crowds we've ever displayed to

in the history of the team.

How close together are the jets? The closest we'll get is between seven and 11ft.

That's still pretty close! It's pretty close, yeah.

Their enthusiasm has just got our enthusiasm up as well.

And everyone's so excited for us to be here.

Ken, I'm yours.

LAUGHTER

I think it just gives us an idea of the broad range of people

that we're going to be displaying for, who probably have no idea who the Red Arrows are

and we get an opportunity to entertain them.

Next morning, it's a wet start, as the team prepare for their first American display.

Some people left at Sam this morning to get here,

to make sure all the jet aircraft are ready for the display

and pretty much as soon as we got here, the heavens opened, huge downpour,

so that creates a bit of drama, we're trying to get everything out and keep it dry.

But there's some good news, and a special delivery.

On the transatlantic crossing, one of the Hawk jets

had to be left behind in Iceland because of a technical fault.

It's now been fixed and Red 12 David Simmonds has flown it to Chicago to rejoin the team,

after an epic solo adventure.

The engineers did an amazing job to fix that jet so it was up to me

and the rest of our crew to get it here.

Started off in Iceland, then we went to Greenland,

across to North Canada, up in the Arctic circle.

Then we encountered some bad weather, had to go back to Greenland.

And then from there we were hopping our way all the way across Northern Canada

and down to the States on our own.

It's great to have her back.

She's going to have a little bit of TLC but should hopefully be ready for this afternoon's display

if we need her as a spare.

The Chicago Show is one of the largest in the world,

lasting for two days.

It's also a hugely-complicated place for the Reds to fly their full display.

We had to carefully consider how we were going to arrive there.

Very complicated airspace, right next to Chicago O'Hare International Airport,

it's one of the biggest airports in the world,

which was only ten miles from where we were displaying.

Crowd rear arrival. Amateur battle. Coming left.

Normal colours, into short diamond.

We'll then roll out down the line in short diamond.

With so many tall buildings nearby and such crowded airspace,

the Reds need to prepare meticulously.

So my plan is we'll route out of Gary, up here,

get all of our stuff sorted out.

I'll route in via there and we're actually just going to bend in left and come down the line.

And it's such a challenge,

the team have decided to perform a recce flight ahead of their display.

They want to make sure that when it comes to the show,

there are no surprises.

The recce flights are something that we don't normally do.

But it was absolutely recommended from the air show organisers

to just go and fly around the aerobatic area, in front of Chicago,

just to get a grip of how big some of those buildings are.

To have a look at the show site and to do that in a controlled fashion.

It just showed us from the air how this looked

compared to the imagery on the computer, how it looked on a paper map.

The big learning point was clearly if the weather was going to be poor behind the crowd line,

then that was going to cause us some serious issues.

With the recce flight complete,

the team at the airport must now prepare for the display.

Flight Lieutenant Lissy Mason leads the group of elite engineers called the 'Circus',

each assigned to a pilot and their jet for the season.

It's their job to carry out critical pre-flight safety checks.

And before every flight, they perform a carefully-choreographed routine called the 'see off'.

Any time you do a see off for any aircraft you'll have a person out the front

that will do all the hand signals to the pilot to make sure that it's clear for them

to start up their engines, that their control services are working.

And that's done with various hand gestures because obviously it's very noisy,

and they can't hear in the cockpit.

So we've got a set of different hand signals that we notify the pilot

that all his control services are working. All trying to keep it as in time as we possibly can.

But just as the pilots are about to take off...

...there's a sudden change of plan.

We got ourselves all ready for the Chicago display

and unfortunately some thunder storms have come rolling in.

THUNDER RUMBLES

We were watching it on the rainfall radar but just at the time we were about to start the engine,

we got the call to just wait, hold off, we'lljust see if the weather improves.

We were so excited to get out and fly our first public display here in the US

and it just feels like it's been pulled away from underneath us.

The storm is 25 miles away at the air show site.

And it's a heavy one.

All flying has been postponed, until it clears.

It is quite tricky because clearly you build yourself up to the show

to get yourself mentally in the right place to go and do it

and we were all certainly really fired up for that one and ready to go.

Any time there's a pause, it's so difficult to get the plates spinning again,

to make sure that everyone's in the right mind-set, they're focused enough.

My biggest worry when we got that stop was about trying to keep the guys in that psyche

and to step straight back into it as soon as we got the green light.

At the waterfront, it's a bleak wait for news.

It's a bummer that it's raining.

Hopefully it's going to clear up soon though.

Finally, the storm moves on.

The Reds get back in their jets.

And, they're off.

The weather's better, but low cloud is still a concern.

Go ahead.

There is a very thin layer now crowd rear, estimate 800 feet. It's fairly persistent.

As they approach the show site, Perty makes a last-minute decision.

The Red Arrows!

And the pilots more than make up for it with the rest of the display.

9, go.

It's time for the heart and spear.

Go.

Here comes Red 8 from the top right to spear the heart.

Go.

Stars and stripes coming. Go.

Ladies and gentlemen, you've been watching the Red Arrows.

I can't actually believe we've just done that.

We had the skyscape behind us, we had clouds pretty much

up on the top levels of some of the skyscrapers up there.

There was a really thin layer of cloud, really atmospheric.

Pretty surreal!

One of those out-of-body experiences like, have I just done that?

You catch those small glimpses in the middle of some manoeuvres of the skyline of Chicago.

Skyscrapers kind of lost in cloud, the tops of them.

To still put a show on in front of the crowd, being so close to it,

it's really hard to put that into words just how special that is.

That was epic, very challenging because the weather wasn't completely on our side.

But we got the heart in, we got all the looping manoeuvres in, so that was amazing.

Hopefully, blue skies tomorrow.

Day two of the Chicago Airshow,

and the weather has taken another turn for the worse.

An even bigger thunderstorm has hit the city,

putting the Reds' second display in doubt

You could hear the thunderstorms rolling around,

you could see the lightning and I must admit, looking at the weather forecast,

I wondered whether it was even worth going to the airport,

let alone think about flying a display that day.

The engineers are already at the airport,

but have been told it's not safe for them to keep preparing the jets.

It's twenty to ten and we're only kind of halfway

through our servicing, so at the moment no-one's going anywhere.

Physically, as well, no-one's actually going anywhere

because the fire department won't let us out.

For safety reasons because, you know, they're very concerned about lightning strikes

and things like that.

So I reckon the display is probably not going to happen today.

It does look pretty severe out there.

The air show isn't the only issue.

The team are supposed to leave Chicago later today,

to carry on with their tour.

But if the bad weather continues, it might cause serious delays.

The transit this afternoon is going to be another issue because the weather is going to clear up,

and then it's going to come in again.

So it might be a case of just using that window to then maybe disappear.

But that means then changing route plans and flight plans.

We have to literally play it by ear, and get everyone around a table to thrash out the best plan really.

They might need to make weather calls en route,

so Perty wants that experience in his back seat, so he's going to fly with him.

By lunchtime, there's a change in the weather,

and suddenly it's blue skies.

Once they're airborne, just get yourselves ready for when they land,

do all the aircraft, pack everything.

Honestly, the weather changed just like that but you've just got to be flexible

because things can change just in a moment and we've proved that today.

It's time to get back in the sky, and put on another show.

And this time, they do make their planned arrival over Chicago,

and appear from behind the crowd.

Despite that poor weather in the morning, we managed to get crowd rear, taking the crowd by surprise

by arriving from behind them with the red, white and blue.

Up.

INDISTINCT RADIO INSTRUCTIONS

Holding.

The heart.

The vertical break.

The Red Arrows!

The weather this morning was awful.

It looked like we weren't even going to get a display in,

so to get a full show in was great.

Yeah, that was incredible.

For the Dye team, it's straight back to work.

The jets need their dye tanks topping up,

so their iconic coloured smoke will be ready for the next performance.

Well, we're already pre-mixing the dye.

That's what these hoses are.

It was quite strong, so we're just trying to get it running through,

so it'll be a good mix.

Phil Wands, known as Magic, is team leader.

Every time they'll do a display, we will fill the pods,

they'll use it, they'll do the display, we fill it and so the cycle goes on.

We're proud to wear the Union jacks on our uniform and,

to literally pick up the flag and drag it behind us, you know,

trailing red, white and blue smoke.

Their displays across North America will be watched by millions of people on the ground,

and the pictures will be seen by millions more around the world.

Getting the smoke right is crucial.

It has gone wrong in the past, pre-social media ages

we got away with it, unfortunately with the scrutineers

that are out there, you can't get away with it these days any more.

So even more pressure to get it right every time.

The coloured smoke is created by vaporising diesel mixed with dye.

MECHANICAL WHIRRING

You can hear now, that's the pod venting to get all the air pressure out, so that we can put the dye in.

But there's nothing hi tech when it comes to filling the tanks.

As the team can't see inside,

they have to rely on the sound of the liquid reaching the top.

Sounds like sort of water being poured into a tank.

We're filling both at the same time, so I'll shut off the red tank

and it goes in the blue tank when it goes.

Cam, on the rig, he'll do the same.

Red's gone.

The job does sound simple enough but as soon as you factor in tight timescales,

it then all starts becoming a little bit more stressful.

Red's on. Pump the red.

Dye team duties complete, it's time to leave.

We're all packed ready to go.

It's going to be quite a busy hectic schedule for the next coming days.

Really looking forward to transiting over, enjoying the views.

Help Damo out where I can and remember a few bits and pieces.

Well, he's a bit useless as an engineer.

THEY LAUGH Sorry, that was unfair.

He's very good as an engineer, exceptional.

That's why I can give him banter.

They take to the skies and are on the move again.

Their packed schedule continues with quick stops and performances in Boston.

Good timing, six.

And a day later in Atlantic City.

Whoa, great.

Before arriving for one of their most high-profile

and challenging stops of the tour, New York.

And the eyes of the world are watching.

This is a huge deal.

We have to get it right.

The Red Arrows are taking America, on one of their biggest-ever tours.

And they've arrived in New York.

New York, I think, was the one pin on the map that drew most guys' attention when we first saw it.

You can't really think about the United States without thinking of New York.

That's probably the one that I'm really excited about.

But they're not alone.

They'll be joining 10 US air force jets for an historic joint fly-past

down New York's Hudson River,

through some of the world's most heavily-regulated airspace.

The plan, at the moment, if it comes off, is for all of us to fly down the Hudson in trail,

one behind the other, loop around the back end of the Statue of Liberty

and then come back up to New York via the Hudson.

The New York air space is probably the busiest portion of air space in the world, in such a condensed area.

The planning begun months in advance and liaisons with the other teams

that we were going to be working with.

There are a lot of players involved, air traffic in particular.

So for us to get that amount of aeroplanes through that airspace at that particular time,

coordinating with all the civilian traffic going in and out

of the international airports was really important to get right.

The morning of the fly-past has arrived.

And the start of one of the biggest clays of the whole tour.

So Heather in the R44 is going to be in the green circle

and she's going to remain in the exclusion zone at 1,500 feet or unden

In two hours' time, these pilots will be taking part

in one of the most high-profile flights of their careers.

This is a huge deal.

We're flying down the Hudson over New York City,

where there's going to be millions of people who could see us.

We can't just cobble this stuff together.

Every remaining minute needs to be spent carefully finalising the plan.

On the morning, obviously everyone had their game faces on.

You only get once-in-a-lifetime chance to go down the Hudson with that many jets,

so, you know, we had to get it right.

Once we get to the George Washington bridge,

that's when we'll start working the flight split.

That first meeting, we had every single formation leader taking part.

So that was the US Air Force Thunderbirds, who were present.

We had the F35 pair,

we had representatives from the F22 Raptors.

US Airforce's front line lethal fighters.

We had air traffic control from the New York centre.

We had the air traffickers from the airfield we were at,

there in the room to be able to look eyeball to eyeball.

After the joint meeting, the Reds regroup again to go through the plan one last time.

We've got the Lightning and the F22s locked in with us,

so it'll be white smoke for the outriggers.

When we're northbound they're going to have backed off, we'll be full coloured smoke.

We'll establish with the Thunderbirds and then we're just going to follow the Thunderbirds

round in a big lazy turn around to the left but I am going to just offset right to the middle

for the Liberty fly-past.

Make sure you're not looking elsewhere.

I need you to be eyes locked onto me, please.

This is going to be a bit of a highlight, so I'm sure we'll nail it but just stay on it.

It's been a busy old one but this will be iconic, so high profile.

As we got airborne, just as the Reds, gives you a minute to just

compose yourself, just think about what you're going to go and do.

You don't want to be the pilot who leads your team to the wrong piece of sky

that means the join up doesn't happen on time

or at the wrong level and that you're messing air traffic control around.

As they near Manhattan,

the Reds start to line up with the other aircraft.

At the rear, two F35 Lightnings, and a pair of F22 Raptors.

Up front, and leading the formation,

is the US Air Force Thunderbirds, in six F16 aircraft.

Flying down the Hudson with the US national team of the Thunderbirds,

with some leading edge, fifth generation fighters in my mirrors was just amazing.

Tiny bit right, now.

The Red Arrows follow the Thunderbirds down the Hudson.

Power.

I caught downtown Manhattan at one point.

I wanted to pinch myself but that would have been bad cos I'd have taken my hands off

the stick and throttle. But it was one of those moments that you really had to think,

"Wow, this is what I'm doing."

They fly past the Statue of Liberty.

Rolling.

Out.

Then, they turn back towards New York,

and the moment everyone's been waiting for.

Fly-past colours. Go.

On comes the red, white and blue smoke over the Manhattan skyline.

Power.

That is a career highlight, that was amazing.

What a standout moment. That was one of the best hours I've had in a jet, in fact, in my entirecareer.

HE LAUGHS That was pretty special.

That was pretty special. You know, five years of being on the team and stuff,

that's got to be right up there as one of the best things we've done.

It makes you very, very proud. Proud to be British.

The team head back into Manhattan, and join the crowds in Times Square.

This is crazy, it's so busy.

It's amazing, look at it, look at all the screens, it's amazing.

Yeah, wow.

It's one of the most famous locations in New York.

And moments after the pilots arrive,

a giant video of the Red Arrows appears.

Just bizarre, there we were,

middle of Times Square with our pictures on the wall.

You don't see that everyday.

This is just beyond belief. It's great.

Then it's a whirlwind of meetings and public engagement.

They're amazing global ambassadors.

They're a real statement of British excellence.

It just makes me so proud to have them here

and to be able to show them off to the people of New York

and indeed to people across the US and Canada over the next few weeks.

The focus now shifts back to flying,

and an important weekend ahead at the New York Air Show.

The Reds will be sharing top billing with The Blue Angels,

the US Navy's Aerobatic team.

They are very patriotic.

The US audience are very knowledgeable as well and they knew that we were newbies on the scene.

We were, very humble to be able to share the stage with

an American home-grown team, you know, knowing that we're in their back yard displaying.

The Blue Angels mean business.

They have bigger, louder planes, and fly close, precision routines.

The US Navy Blue Angel's display is full of noise.

It's kind of panache in a different sense.

We have a certain bit of finesse we do in some of our flying.

We fly approximately 18 inches apart.

The Red Arrows are flying training aircraft.

There's not as much noise and it's a different display.

Come on the reds, go!

We might fly different jets. Ours are blue, theirs are red.

F18 and a Hawk.

We might be from different countries but in the end we're there to do the same mission.

It's really cool to see how we accomplish that mission in our different ways.

Yes, there is healthy competition. Of course there is.

But a lot of mutual respect as well.

It's very unique and historic that the two teams get to come together.

And Red 4 Gregor Ogston and Red 10 Adam Collins aren't just

going to be watching the Blue Angels.

To suss them out,

they're about to fly as passengers during a training session.

It's an iconic team to fly with, such a well-known team around the world

and being able to fly with them is just an absolute privilege.

Gregor and Cos get strapped in.

And then the Blue Angels demonstrate their take on the pre-flight routine...the 'walk down'.

Walk down complete. And they're off.

That was phenomenal. Yeah, hard to describe it.

It was just so good.

Very different flying from what we do. Really low, really fast, brilliant.

There was literally no room between those jets,

almost at the point I felt like I could stretch out and touch the jet next to me.

Just going, "Is this actually happening?" as we were raging around in an ♪-18-.

It was incredible.

They now know that these are some of the best precision pilots in the world.

The big question is, can they put on a show to match them?

The Red Arrows are taking America.

After an iconic fly-past over Manhattan,

seen by millions around the world,

they're now just hours away from wowing the crowds at the New York Air Show.

It's so busy at this airshow. There's so many people coming to watch us

that to get through the crowds would just take so long.

So the only way to get into the airshow is with these guys here,

so the State Troopers are going to escort us in with their lights going,

which is quite exciting actually.

SIRENS BLARE

With a high-speed police escort, the team avoid lengthy queues.

Ah, it's ridiculous, isn't it?

And arrive at the air show site on time.

And there's an enthusiastic crowd waiting to meet them.

Welcome to America.

I'm excited. So, are we!

I guess many people haven't seen us before,

so for them this is a bit of a unique opportunity,

maybe they haven't got across to the UK to see us in the display season there.

I actually served with some of these guys, their brothers,

while I was in Iraq,

so meeting them abroad and here, it's just a really neat experience.

I'm just so proud of the Red Arrows and everything that they do

and how they make all us British so very proud,

and they're spreading the love over in America now, it's amazing.

It's time to deliver the show of their lives.

Let's give New York the show it deserves.

Go.

Reds 8 and 9 rolling around the rest of the formation.

Cut. Go right, cut.

The spectacular palm split.

Now. Clear.

There's just such a great atmosphere and that atmosphere

feeds into the cockpit and into the display as well.

Just pleased to be able to put a good show on for them today.

And now the Reds have shown what they're made of,

it's time for the Blue Angels to perform to their home crowd.

Who do I think put on the better show? Ooh.

Do you actually want an answer for that?

I mean, the Blue Angels put on an incredible show.

Their close formation is really something to behold,

but I think the public like the red, white and blue smoke.

The Red Arrows have now trailed their red, white and blue over the skyscrapers of Chicago,

and New York.

But their next stop on the east coast, is one of the most

secure airspaces on the planet.

Washington, DC.

One of the highlights of the Washington visit is going to be a fly-past over

the Washington Nationals baseball game.

Whilst New York's probably the busiest portion of airspace

we flew in, Washington is the most protected, for obvious reasons.

We're flying over a part of the world that is only

about a mile away from the White House,

where the President of the United States lives.

There's a lot at stake if you get it wrong.

Again, a lot of coordination between air traffic agencies,

the people on the ground, the baseball team as well,

for us to be able to execute that on time.

The fly-past has gone exactly to plan, and straight after landing,

the pilots get another blue light escort to get them back to the stadium,

where they'll be presented to the crowd.

We're not hanging around here, these guys mean business

and when they said they would get us to the stadium on time, they really meant it.

I don't know how I'm going to cope when I go back home

and I can't get a police escort everywhere because this has been fantastic.

This is pretty crazy.

I mean, an hour and a half hour ago we were in the jets flying over the stadium

and now we're here, we're about to walk out onto the pitch.

A bit nervous.

I mean, it's absolutely packed in the stadium at the moment, so...

Anyway we're off. See you in a bit.

A crowd of more than 30,000 people show their appreciation.

APPLAUSE

We got a full standing ovation from most of the crowd, amazing.

Having just flown over it, putting the red, white and blue over it and then walked out onto the field,

to represent Britain, the Air Force, the Armed Forces is just a real privilege.

You could just feel a real bond from the people here,

the huge round of applause gave that away.

CHEERING

Next time, the team fly over Niagara Falls.

Really honoured to be part of that and just be a little bit part of history really.

The heat is on as they head south.

I am very hot.

And there's a major problem.

The tyres started deflating.

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