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They're the elite, daring combat
veterans, flying on the edge

of what's possible.

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

On reflection, what we are doing is
extraordinary, but it's just feels

absolutely normal now.

For the first time, they've allowed
cameras to follow them

for an entire year.

As a new leader takes charge in one
of the most challenging periods

in the squadron's history.

It's a year of triumphs,
of tragedy...

On Tuesday, one of the squadron's
aircraft crashed at RAF Valley.

...and of courage.

We have to move on and the best way
to do that,

is to get on with our jobs.

But ultimately, it's a year
of breathtaking,

awe-inspiring flying.

These are the Red Arrows.

The Red Arrows have just begun
their six months of winter training

for the 2018 display season.

Weather and divergence has just run
through, we are on two- two

right hand, surface weather is
26015 to 17.

Martin Pert, Perty, has recently
taken over as team leader.

Becoming Red One is a privileged
moment of my career.

I'm obviously exceedingly proud,
but now I'm into the role,

it's all about responsibility
that I have, taking on this iconic

part of British history.

Typhoon, go. Eight. Nine.

Two new pilots have joined the team.

John Bond and David Stark,
call signs, Red Two and Red Three.

Swan, go. Two. Three.

Excitement and nerves all in one,
because it's a completely new skill

that we are going
to have to try and learn.

Pilots usually spend three years
with the Red Arrows, each year

moving formation position,
and performing increasingly

difficult manoeuvres, so months
of training are needed

before the team can fly
together in their famous

nine aircraft formations.

The training we have here
is very stepped approach

to how we get to those nine jets.

What I tend to focus
on for about a month,

is getting our new boys up to speed.

So, myself, Red Two and Red Three,
fly as a formation,

just to build up the very core.

Its simple things like turning
left and turning right.

Today, we will add Four and Five
on board and that us, as a core

of what are known as Enid,
after Enid Blyton's Famous Five.

We'll train together for about three
months before we add

any other aircraft.

Up to now, Perty has been teaching
the two new pilots the basics

of close formation aerobatics.

Take off, go.

Today for the first time, second
year pilots Dan Lowes

and Chris Lyndon-Smith
will be flying outside them.

Three, two, one.

Hack, welcome. Here it is then.

First trip for Enid.

As far as hazards go, it's probably
weather is the biggest hazard for us

this afternoon and we will still
make a call about whether we are

going to go, even unto
the point of taxi.

And if it's just not
fit, we won't go.

We need to be not below 1000 feet
for all the manoeuvring we do

this afternoon, and I'm not
going to go if we're scrambling

around with a 1,200 foot cloud
base.

I'm sure it will be intimidating
having the second years

on the outside of us, and I'm sure
we will tense up for the first time

as soon as we feel them on
our shoulder,

and I'm sure we'll feel the eyes in
the back of our heads.

We will check in on stud
19, at minute one-eight.

It going to be a mental challenge
for the first sortie.

It is going to be unnerving,
it's going to be a degree

of pressure not only
because the person being outside

there with their experience
and their scrutiny, but the fact

that there is another red jet out
there as well,

that we don't necessarily
want to hit at this stage.

And the weather conditions
don't make it any easier.

Coming left, now.

It's getting dark and high winds
are causing turbulence.

Holding the bank, now.

They were challenging conditions
for the first five shift.

Bondy and I thought it was bumpy,
but we were swiftly told by Four

and Five that we hadn't
seen anything yet.

It's the sort of turbulence
you definitely have a seat belt

on for in an airliner for example.

So trying to formate in that kind
of turbulence is just adding

to their complications,
because they're not now sure

whether they've just over egged
it on the stick,

or they're feeling the chop.

Just to prevent fatigue,
who have something called

an "open up and relax". It just
provides a little opportunity

for Four and Five to give us in the
air debrief points that we can fix

for the next 15 minutes.

Outside me was Smiley, and I've got
to be a stable platform for him,

so he has the absolute right
to tell me that I'm not in position,

or being a bit too violent
with the controls.

Right hand, break.

Break. Breaking now.

After their dark and bumpy flight,
everyone's in need of a cuppa.

It was awesome, it was great to get
airborne as a five ship,

good to have Four and Five
outside of us.

Good for the experience,
they're going to be whipping

us into shape. I think it's learning
the skill for the first time

and then having to repeat that,
the same time, every time

which completely, a different way
of flying an aeroplane.

It gets harder and probably
exponentially harder,

because I will be
asking them every day

to be to be doing something new,
so just when they think they've got

on top of it, we'll be on
for the next formation,

we'll be on to the next position.
Good to know. Good to know.

More than 100 engineers keep
the Red Arrows flying.

Landing gear slick down.

Each year, ten of them are selected
to travel in the back seats

of the jets to service them
when they land away from home.

This elite team is known as Circus.

And the candidates for 2018
have just been announced.

Attention RAFA, all Circus
to the sign up area, that's

all Circus to the sign up area.

They'll be led by junior engineering
officer Lissy Mason,

call sign, Circus One.

So, who's being flying before?
Who's had a trip?

I did it practice trip in Spain
back last year.

Yeah, you did, didn't you?
So, who's never been?

I've never been in one. At
all, nothing? Never.

What about light aircraft, anything?

I've done light aircraft
and helicopters. Cool.

I've just been on holiday.

Looking forward to it? I am, yeah.

What are you most
nervous about, though?

What if you need a wee, do
you know what I mean?

I just really don't
want to throw up.

Yeah, that's the main one.

Make sure you've got sick bags
with you if you're not sure.

Again, well done.

But the hard work starts now. Cool.

Rose Buchanan is the only
perspective Circus member

who isn't an engineer.

See you in a bit.

She's part of the photographic team,
which films the Reds

every time they practice,
or display.

The pilots use the videos
to assess their performance,

but it's also needed
to assist investigators

following any accident.

The rest is just waiting.

I suppose this is sort
of the less glamorous side

of the job, but it's good fun and
it's practice for the display

season, so this is kind of what I'll
be doing for the whole year,

so it's good to get as much practice
in as I can.

\ There we go. I

There were a couple of times I've
had to have a little panic

with myself because you just can't
find them, and there's been times

where you're filming and the whole
time, they're just up in the clouds,

so you're just waiting for them
to reappear, but eventually they do.

Reverting right, now.

The pilots have a set way
they like things filming especially

when it comes
to different manoeuvres.

Every now and then they'll call
up as well and say,

just for this one can you do this
differently, or can we have it a bit

more zoomed out, a bit more zoomed
in. It all depends

on what they've done that day, so
they keep us in the loop

of what exactly they want.

Rose's job is about to get busier,
because so far only the five jets

of Enid formation have been
training, but soon,

the remaining four jets will be
taking to the air.

We've got Gypo formation down here,
Six, seven, eight and nine,

who themselves make
up the more dynamic portion

of the second half of the show,
who can train as a single entity.

And when we are ready to put
it all together, to make the iconic

diamond nine, we will simply
move Gypo up into formation

just behind Enid there, making
that trademark diamond nine

formation that the Red
Arrows are famous for.

Within Gypo formation, we have two
guys who fly the synchronised

opposition manoeuvres, who are
known as the synchro pair.

A synchro pair perform their
hair-raising routine in the second
half

of the Red Arrow's displays,

executing extreme low level rolls
and high G turns.

30 feet, let's say and...

Toby Keely is just starting his
second year with the Reds,

and has been selected to join
Si Taylor in the synchro pair.

So, if you have an emergency
that you need to...

I will call the 65 through and I
will take us on crowd.

Likewise, if you have an emergency
down the line that needs you to fly

through, if you need to escape,
then just escape off a crowd.

If you have an emergency
that requires...

In a way I feel like I've joined
the team from scratch again

because I'm learning
these new procedures as well,

just like the new guys are Reds Two
and Three this year.

So, yeah, it felt like
a first day at school.

Toby has just five months to learn
all synchro's daring manoeuvres.

He starts with the basics, flying
as a singleton with synchro partner

Si in his back-seat.

As a first year in Enid formation,
Toby never performed below 300 feet.

Now he will be attempting aerobatics
with only 100 feet

between him and the ground.

And, pulling up!

You're really aware of the ground
is coming up, really quickly.

When I was 60 degrees nose down,
you just have the extensive ground

rush coming up to meet you,
you think, "Oh, crikey!"

The only thing that's going to save
me now is just completing the loop.

It does become comfortable
but the first time you to it,

down to 100 feet,
it's pretty exciting.

It is great fun.

The amount of G-Force, you pull
a lot more doing the synchro flying,

so it's a bit more hard work
in terms of physical flying but,

\ it is good fun. I

He's not scared me yet, that's good.
Let's hope it stays that way.

It's been a good day actually.

We got quite a bit of training done
considering the weather

was quite poor. Ready for a beer.

20 miles away, the prospective
Circus members

have come to RAF Cranwell, they're
here for tests

to check they're fit to fly back
seat in the Red Arrows.

First stop is the air
crew medical centre.

For photographer, Rose and engineer,
John Bayliss, the biggest hurdle

isn't proving they're medically
fit, but proving they can actually

fit into the Red Arrows Hawk jets.

John is six foot, six inches tall.

I've been up for a back-seat
in a tornado, and I got

up in that OK, that's
a lot bigger cockpit.

So, with the Hawk cockpit,
I'll be a little bit iffy

about it...

...if I can fit in or not.

So if you can get your back straight
against the boards, legs

shoulders width apart...

A range of measurements are taken.
John can't exceed any of them.

John's thigh length
is near the safety limit.

All done, if you pop
your trainers back on for us...

But he passes with
a centimetre to spare.

Absolutely everything's fine.
Happy days.

At five foot 3, Rose
has the opposite problem.

But some pre-test
stretching may help.

I need all the height I can get,
so it'll be worth it.

The medical is very nerve-racking.

It's the one thing
you can't do anything about.

You can't change who you're,
you can't change what size

you're or what shape you're.

I just have to remember
that at the end of the day,

there is nothing I can do about it,
so if it doesn't work out,

it doesn't work out.

You need to kind of be
in a hamstring stretching position

and get back as far as you possibly
can. Fantastic.

Arms out in front of you, index
finger halfway to your thumb.

Everything's fine.

I need those arms nice
and stretched out.

Until the functional
reach measurement.

It's a fail.

So, functional reach
we need to redo.

Which one is this one?

Instant fear was going through my
mind at that moment.

Panic, I did panic a little bit.

Bring your shoulder blades back.
Keep bringing them back.

Let's gets just your left...

To keep her place in the
Red Arrow's Circus,

Rose needs to somehow stretch an
extra three centimetres.

It's that side there.

You have to have your shoulder
blades on those pads at all times

when they're measuring it.

If you just don't get your body
position right, or you don't reach

out far enough, you're not
long enough, obviously.

Click this one, just with
that shoulder blades.

That side should be in.

OK, relax breathe out. 74, fine.
You had me worried then.

Sometimes happens when people push
them all the way back,

they don't realise
that they're pushing

it too far and just need
that little extra stretch.

The gap was tiny. It was so
borderline, it was really scary

but when they said, all
good I was like, wow.

I can relax now.

Instant relief, it's like someone
had just taken three tonnes

of weight off my shoulders.

Absolutely fine.

Back at Scampton, Si has spent
a week flying in Toby's back seat,

familiarising him with
ultra low level aerobatics.

The time has now come
for them to fly as a pair.

Toby will have to execute his first
heart pounding opposition pass.

So the next steps are, we start
pointing at each other

down the runway, so that'll
be pretty exciting.

Toby and Si will fly head
on with a closing speed of 800 miles

an hour, and cross just metres
apart,

then immediately perform a difficult
four-point roll...

...crisply hesitating every
90 degrees.

The first step is to attempt
the opposition pass

without the barrel roll.

Should be a good one, this one.
It's not a bad job.

Thinking back to last year
when I was in Toe's position,

it's definitely a point of pride
where you think right now

we can start pointing at each other
as now, that you were doing

some pretty awesome,
pretty cool stuff.

The new Red Ten, team supervisor
Adam Collins will be monitoring

safety from the ground.

This sort of flying,
your senses are on overload.

Flying down at 100 feet, pointing
towards another jet that's coming

towards you at 400mph
and you're doing 400mph,

it's just really exciting.

What shocks me most, was the closing
speed, this a little dot

in the background with a bit
of smoke behind suddenly becomes

very big and rushes past.

It does make you jump.

It's just excitement, it's
adrenaline, ground rush, speed rush.

It's awesome.

But this is only the first step.

Next, Toby has to attempt
combining the pass with

the barrel roll.

Back at RAF Cranwell, Rose's
trials aren't over either.

The prospective Circus team
now face the swim test.

They need to prove they're good
enough swimmers to survive

an ejection over the sea.

Again, if they fail they can't
become members of Circus.

I'm not the best swimmer,
but I've been practising lately,

so I'm hoping that it will pay
off as I'll be able to get

through it, so, yeah.

You must swim 100
metres without rest,

using any front or side stroke.

After that, you get out of the pool,
unassisted,

without the use of the steps or
anybody else.

Are we happy with that?

Once we jumped in, with the camos, I
must admit it did feel really heavy.

It does make it a lot
more difficult.

Let's go, then.

They must swim four lengths.

But after only one,
Rose is struggling.

Everyone else was so much further
ahead and I did start to panic

in my head thinking, "Maybe I'm not
going to finish this."

Team Sergeant Will Alan
turns back

to give Rose some encouragement.

Will, my hero.

When Will came back,
I was a little bit embarrassed

at the start because I thought,
"No, I can't be pulling people back,

this isn't good, this is bad,"
but actually, he was just really

calm and just helped me
control my breathing and he gave me

that little bit of a booster
to start thinking, you know,

"You'll be fine."

She's finished her swim, but Rose
still has to get out of the pool

in her wet, heavy flying suit.

I finally made it out.

The relief was just unreal.

Yeah, I was really, really happy.

I am so bad at swimming.

Rose has risen to the challenge...

But Toby now faces his
moment of truth...

...combining a low-level head-to-head
pass with a barrel roll.

New Synchro pilot Toby has
been practising

low-level opposition passes.

Now he's taking the massive step
of combining it with the challenging

four-point barrel roll.

This time, instead of just flying
past each other, just before we're

going to cross, we then pitch
up and I'm go into a four-point

hesitational roll, in
a synchronised fashion.

Nice and snappy four-point
hesitational roll,

and then keeping it
level down the line.

That's the plan for today.

And pulling up.

Tobes has already done four-point
rolls at low level as a singleton.

There is now the added pressure of
there being another jet

coming in the opposite direction,

so it will be a good one
for him to get into.

But, as with anything, you do it
once and then every time after that,

it gets easier.

Cos is joined by the Red Arrows
big boss Andrew Keith.

Known as Boomer.

He's come to watch Toby's first
attempt at this manoeuvre.

Toby and Si break to opposite ends
of the airfield.

Pulling 6G, they climb 2,000 feet
in just two seconds.

Roll and dive.

Accelerating to 400mph.

Pulling out, Toby must align himself
on the opposite side of the runway

to Si.

Si's job now is to fly straight.

Toby's job is to miss him.

&

Toby's first four-point roll
is too smooth and continuous.

He's not happy.

So, they reposition.

&

Not bad. Made good
progress, actually.

You know, self-awareness is key
for all of our, you know, pilots,

but he's very self-aware,
very self-critical,

which you should be,
but he's picking up errors.

Good progress, good learning, so
we're in good shape. It's very good.

Yeah, that was...
That was just awesome.

What a privilege to be able to do
that and get paid for it.

Certainly, adds an extra element
to it, rolling down the runway

this time, after pointing
towards Si.

That was an awesome thing to go
and do on a Monday morning.

Thank you. How was that?
Yeah, great. First full runs done?

Yeah. That was great. Yeah, it was
looking good, actually.

The OC was out with me. Was he?
Yeah. Awesome. Good work. Thank you.

Yeah, yeah, it's good.

It was all fine, actually.

Toby did really well.

He did really well, so this is what
the tempo will be like now.

So three trips a day
just fine tuning this such

that we can actually then be
really consistent

and then that then becomes the norm.

What we are doing there becomes dead
easy, so that all the other

more advanced stuff then becomes
the bit that tests you.

The front five jets of Enid
have also begun practising

increasingly advanced manoeuvres.

After some sorties, the Enid pilots
can be observed gathering

together and performing
a strange ritual dance.

Bent double, they waddle
backwards and forwards...

...while staring at one of
their jets.

Occasionally, they place random
items of their clothing

on the ground.

In fact, this strange
activity is fundamental

to the Red Arrows'
astonishing precision.

This is the references
we use when we're flying,

so what they're actually
looking at is the (IFS crest

of the at the front
of the intake there.

We try and put the wingtip
in the middle of that.

And then on the back of the wing,
you can maybe just see

the white flap jacks as well.

On the furthest one
in, you see it's red

on the inside and we actually try
and make the letter A there.

We will always line up two separate
parts of the aeroplane to make

sure that we are in the right
position or we can also judge

our length, so being too short
or too long,

so it does look symmetrical.

By visually aligning agreed
reference points, the pilots know

they're flying in precisely
the right position.

If they all fly to maintain
the exact same references, no matter

what manoeuvres the leader makes,
the formation will move as one.

For different formation
shapes, they simply

align different references.

But when you're upside down at 400
miles an hour in turbulent air,

implementing the theory
is a little more tricky.

The strange game the pilots rigidly
play ensures their positioning

is inch perfect.

The plan is to keep your feet
wide so you're not looking...

You just look at the reference, walk
down the reference

until you think you're in the
right place,

then you put your item on the floor,

and then from there, we now look
and see where everyone else's is.

There you go.

And I'm actually about a foot long,
so I now know on the next trip

that I need to probably be a foot
further forward,

than I'm sat and then the formation
should look symmetrical either side.

The other four pilots
have reached a landmark sortie

because the synchro pair
are going to be joined by final-year

pilots Mike 'Bogeye' Bowden
and Matt Masters, to create Gypo

formation, named after
a previous team leader.

This is the first full Gypo flight,
so it's the first time we've gone

up as a four, we've got
beautiful weather outside,

so we are going to make the most
of it and go and enjoy

ourselves on a Friday.

Slope on, go.

Synchro roll, go.

These four pilots perform the most
technically difficult manoeuvres

in the Red Arrows display.

For the first time,
they're attempting a manoeuvre...

Go!

...where the four jets break...

...then approach head on.

They cross and two
jets perform rolls,

while two pull into vertical climbs.

The weather conditions seem perfect.

But on their third run Bogeye
is blinded by the low winter sun.

I had the sun right into my eyes
and it's really hard then to pick

out the aircraft ahead and the
distance that you've got from him.

So he breaks away.

For everything that we do,
we've always looked at the safety

case of how we escape from the
manoeuvre, the safest way

to go. Particularly for those
opposition passes,

we need to know where the other
aircraft are going to go,

if there is more than one aircraft,

so we always put ourselves into
that safest bit of sky.

\ Go, go! I

Regularly making these split-second
life or death decisions is part

of the job.

First trip, first time
we've been up as a four, it's always

a bit of a nervy affair.

As you can see, with the sun
behind us, you're having a similar

issue to what we had in the air.

The sun, looking into the sun,
visibility was pretty poor,

so that adds a different dimension
to the whole formation,

but it was a great
flight all around.

Straight on Twitter. There you go.
Get it on Twitter, yeah!

The 100 Red Arrows engineers
are called the Blues,

and traditionally, all the engineers
vote for the Blue of the Year

who's awarded a special privilege.

This year's winner is
Tom Hammond Hayley, an armourer.

His job is to maintain
the ejector seats.

The ejector seat is sort
of there as a final escape call

for the pilot if he ever
gets into trouble.

And they're basically
putting their life in your hands,

I suppose, every time they go
flying, because if they need

to eject, they're basically
counting that you've done

the job right. Yes, a
big responsibility,

but it's something that you get used
to, I suppose.

Maintaining ejector seats
is a highly-skilled job

because they're complex
and potentially very dangerous.

A tenth of a second after the pilot
pulls the ejection handle,

an explosive detonating cord
shatters the canopy.

More explosives drive the seat
up telescopic rails, then rockets

thrust it 200 feet into the air
and the parachute opens.

Although Tom can fix an ejector
seat, he's now got to learn to use

one, because his reward for winning
Blue of the Year

is going back seat on a Red Arrows
training sortie.

Everyone's really happy and excited
for me, so I've got my girlfriend,

and my mum and dad coming
up on Friday,

so, yeah, fingers crossed they will
enjoy the experience

as much as I will because after all,
they'll be getting nervous

watching me strap in and going
flying in a fast jet.

If you just want
to sit on the seat...

Red 5, Lowesy, is giving
him his training.

That's it. And you do
that again. Sweet.

The bottom line is,
don't say the word eject

unless you're actually going to do
it, so people will say the E word

if you need to leave the aircraft in
a hurry, that kind of thing,

don't actually say it, because that
sparks the heckles up on people.

Now, if you're in the back
and for any reason the pilot

in front is unconscious or has been
killed from a mid-air collision,

or a bird has come in and knocked
them out, You will then communicate,

"I'm ejecting," right?

You put your head back of the seat,
push your shoulder blades back

into it as well, push your heels
into the rudder pedals,

and then put two hands, one hand
with the other one covering,

on the ejector seat, and then three,
two, one, pull the handle.

You will then leave the aircraft
and then the process

of ejection will happen. Awesome.
OK? Yeah, nice one.

No worries. Thanks.

Tom's going to be flying
with the team leader, Perty...

Morning, Sir. Are you all right?
Hello. How are you doing? All right?

Not bad. You? Good to see you.
Have a seat. Cheers.

Have a seat. Here it is then.
Day's come about already.

I know. Well done, all right?

The main aim of this sortie
is for you to enjoy yourself, OK?

It is a reward for all
your hard work last year.

We'll get the scary
stuff out the way first.

Once we are airborne, the feelings
will be a bit different.

Just keep your hands either
on your knees, or up on the grab

handles, and that will just make
sure that you're not

going to conflict with that stick,
because I will feel any movements...

Yeah. That you make onto that.

If we're going to pull some G,
I'll tell you it's coming on.

You just want to try and...

It's almost like sitting
on the toilet.

Tense your head, but breathe
normally when you can, so...

You know? So you do need to breathe
through all this because otherwise

you will just pass out. Good to go?

Yeah. Enjoy. All right. I'll see
you for the briefing.

Take care. Cheers.

Next is Tom's G-suit fitting.

All right, Tom, if you could
just tell us when you feel firm

pressure on your stomach,
please, mate?

It inflates in high-G turns,
squeezing his legs and stopping

blood rushing from his brain.

How does that feel? It's not going
to be any tighter, is it?

Without the suit, he may blackout.

Nice and snug? Yeah.

As he is getting kitted up, Tom's
parents and girlfriend, Ellie,

arrive at Red Arrows headquarters
where Tom's name has been added

to the Blue of the Year
roll of honour.

Oh, isn't that lovely! "Blue of the
Year, awarded annually..."

But just as Tom's scheduled sortie
time approaches,

a bank of fog rolls in.

Oh, look who it is! Hey!

Good to see you. OK? Made it!

What's happening? You're not going
until half two?

Don't know yet, Mum. It's on weather
hold at the minute, so... Oh.

Keeping fingers crossed that I'll
just go up as soon as possible.

Oh, OK.

Only the big boss, Boomer,
can make the final decision

about Tom's flight.

We're sort of on the cusp.

Don't know if we're going to make
it, which is frustrating.

The weather only gets worse.

Tom. All right, Sir? How's it going?
Sorry, it isn't good.

We've hung on until now,
but it's just not really fit

to go flying. The weather's not
going to allow us.

I'm really sorry, but just today
it isn't going to happen.

We are going to try and get you back
up at some point, probably this time

next week, if you're around.

Yeah, that be great. Yeah.
All right. Keep in touch.

All right. See you in a bit.
Yeah, bit gutted.

I was really looking forward to it.

But chance is still there
and the wing commander and squad

leaders said that they will get me
back up for another training sortie.

If it's Monday, hopefully,
my parents will still be up,

and my girlfriend will be around,
so fingers crossed can

get flying then. Wait and see.

It's a blow for Tom because he's got
a very special surprise planned

once he gets airborne.

The weather is forecast
to improve, so hopefully soon,

he can reveal his big secret.

After a tense weekend watching
the weather forecast, Tom's parents

and girlfriend have returned
to Red Arrows HQ.

A synchro pair have already managed
to launch a sortie,

perfecting the opposition
barrel roll.

So all looks good for Tom's flight.

Let's hope the weather
holds out this time.

We've been kind of looking at the
window, haven't we, all morning?

Yeah, checking the weather.
It seems better now. It is.

We actually saw them up there
flying, so that's a good sign.

There's a few sort of nasty-looking
clouds on the horizon,

but if all goes to plan,
then we'll take off in an hour

and a bit, so, yeah, best go
start getting ready.

But just as the bell is rung to call
the pre-flight briefing,

the clouds open.

Welcome, Tom, visitors.

This is the briefing for what is
going to be for us slot four.

We are going to brief now,
but the weather's looking

a bit unfit at the moment.

We'll wait for this rainfall
to come through, but we won't launch

until it's fit for us to actually
do some work underneath.

The weather deteriorates so much
the synchro pair are forced to land.

Can someone just have a look at
the rainfall radar to see

how we are doing on that?
Tom, you might as well grab a seat.

Just make yourself comfortable.
Sir. Stressing even more.

All right?

I think I'm jinxed
apparently for the weather.

All they can do now is wait
for a possible break in the rain.

Finally, there's a glimmer of hope.

Good to go? Yes. We're going to go.
See you in a bit.

Sick bags. Definitely taking them.

Right. Come on. Let's go.

Oh, look at him go!

\ Pyramid. I

Holding the banks now.

\ Upside down! I

\ Blimey. I

Wow, that was awesome.

\ That's so good. I

Tom's engineer friends have gathered
to welcome him back.

And they have a surprise
planned, but not for Tom.

Cheers. How was it? Awesome.
Loved it. Cheers. Awesome.

Well done, Tom. Cheers, sir. Thanks
very much. Well done, you survived.

Good work. Cool.

Everybody ready? Big smiles.

Ells? Yeah? What's that?

There's not many things perfect in
this world,

but you definitely are one of them

and you've made me the
happiest man alive.

Will you marry me?

APPLAUSE

How did you keep that quiet?

Congratulations. Thanks. Welling up
myself, there. I could see him...

Congratulations. Thank you so much.
Thank you.

Managed to keep it a surprise?
Yeah. Congratulations.

Congratulations. Cheers, guys.

How could you do that to me? I...

I can't...

Did you not know about that?
Not at all, no.

Next time, bad weather pushes
the team weeks behind schedule.

The longer we sit on the ground,
the more we just sort

of tread water.

Into the water when you're ready.

Everyone heads for emergency
survival training...

ii

And the new pilots attempt the most
dangerous and daunting manoeuvre

of them all.

You have no idea how it's
going to turn out.

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