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Snippets taken from various reports from :- SCC News: Further details of Mi Amigo flypast released it is not a Council event it is to be covered live on BBC television from 6am to 9.15am.

 

The fly-past at Endcliffe Park will be between 7 am and 9 am on 22nd February.  We have no further information on this as it is not a Council event. 

The US Airforce and Royal Air Forces are organising a flypast featuring several of its aircraft in the park on Friday 22 February, with the event being captured live on BBC Breakfast between 7 and 9.15. Further details about the flypast, which will honour 75 years since the disaster, will be released soon.

Free travel is valid for current and ex-service personnel carrying identification cards or in uniform on First, Stagecoach and TM Travel bus services operating within the Sheffield boundary, and on Stagecoach Supertram services, between start of service and 12 noon on 22 February 2019. 

On the tram the customer should show a current forces ID card or wear a HM Armed Forces Veterans badge to get free travel on the day.

Services 81, 82, 83, 83a and 88 provide a bus at least every five minutes from the city centre to Endcliffe Park, with a journey time of approximately 15 minutes.  There will be no parking at Endcliffe Park with people advised to allow plenty of time and travel by public transport or on foot wherever possible. Park responsibly and allow plenty of time to get to the park.

ARRIVE IN PLENTY OF TIME, BUT NOT TOO EARLY

The BBC will be broadcasting live from the park from around 6am to 9.15am on the morning of the 22 February. However, there is no need to arrive at this time. People are encouraged to arrive at the park from around 7.15am. A memorial service will take place from around 8am with the flypast set to follow at 8.45am.

Due to the location of the memorial on the other side of the Porter Brook, there will be no immediate access to the memorial area during the BBC filming, from 6am to 9.15am, and access to the memorial and that side of the river may be limited afterwards.

The best viewing area will be in the large field close to the Endcliffe Park café, which will be serving teas and refreshments. A big screen will be there to relay events to the crowd.

VANTAGE POINTS and POTENTIAL ROUTE

It is believed that the flypast will arrive in Sheffield from the south-east before arriving in Endcliffe Park, although this route may be subject to change. The city has a number of lofty vantage points which might provide a spectacular back drop for the flyover, such as Bolehills Park, Park Hill flats, Skye Edge playing fields and the Botanical Gardens.

The flypast will also be broadcast on BBC Breakfast if you can’t make it into Sheffield on the day.

 

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The fly past will be 11 aircraft, including  F15 Eagles, CV22 Osprey and a Ki35 Stratosphere. The RAF are adding a Typhoon and Dakota from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. 

 

Notam for next weeks flypast, posted at  Donna Nook Bombing Range; ""H0438/19-STREAM FLYPAST BY 11 MIL ACFT WI 5NM RADIUS 532200N 0013018W (ENDCLIFFE PARK SHEFFIELD) 1NM SOUTH EAST OF ENDCLIFFE PARK ONE FAST JET ACFT WILL COMMENCE A ZOOM CLIMB TO 7000FT AMSL. PRIOR TO FLYPAST ACFT WILL HOLD  WI 10NM RADIUS 531129N 0010734W  (IVO MARKET WARSOP NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) UPTO FL100.  ACFT WILL THEN ROUTE FROM HOLD 531129N 0010734W TO 532200N 0013018W. ALL ACFT WILL REMAIN CLEAR OF CONTROLLED AIRSPACE. FOR INFO 01638 525420 OR 07502 112030 2019-02-0087/AS1. SFC-1000FT AMSL,  22 FEB 08:15  2019 UNTIL 22 FEB 09:00 2019. CREATED 12 FEB 11:14 2019""

 

Meaning, the aircraft will assemble and hold over Market Warsop prior to being given clearance, the lead aircraft will enter display zone and zoom to 7000 feet just before the remaining aircraft flypast at 1000feet

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4 hours ago, BentheBoffin said:

The fly past will be 11 aircraft, including  F15 Eagles, CV22 Osprey and a Ki35 Stratosphere. The RAF are adding a Typhoon and Dakota from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. 

  

Notam for next weeks flypast, posted at  Donna Nook Bombing Range; ""H0438/19-STREAM FLYPAST BY 11 MIL ACFT WI 5NM RADIUS 532200N 0013018W (ENDCLIFFE PARK SHEFFIELD) 1NM SOUTH EAST OF ENDCLIFFE PARK ONE FAST JET ACFT WILL COMMENCE A ZOOM CLIMB TO 7000FT AMSL. PRIOR TO FLYPAST ACFT WILL HOLD  WI 10NM RADIUS 531129N 0010734W  (IVO MARKET WARSOP NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) UPTO FL100.  ACFT WILL THEN ROUTE FROM HOLD 531129N 0010734W TO 532200N 0013018W. ALL ACFT WILL REMAIN CLEAR OF CONTROLLED AIRSPACE. FOR INFO 01638 525420 OR 07502 112030 2019-02-0087/AS1. SFC-1000FT AMSL,  22 FEB 08:15  2019 UNTIL 22 FEB 09:00 2019. CREATED 12 FEB 11:14 2019""

 

Meaning, the aircraft will assemble and hold over Market Warsop prior to being given clearance, the lead aircraft will enter display zone and zoom to 7000 feet just before the remaining aircraft flypast at 1000feet

Thanks Ben, that's good information, things seem to be developing nicely. I think the RAF Typhoon will be a current one from Coningsby, not a Hawker one! The BBMF Dakota is ready to go, they've completed the winter service early, I don't know if that's specifically for this event. Weather is looking good.

 

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Hi

 

I'm turning up to this. Is anyone from the 1940s vintage mob coming in 1940s gear to set the scene? I will if you will!

 

Where can I get an American flag to wave to show our friends across the pond that we care. Event televised live on BBC from 6.15 am till 9 am and beamed across the world

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