Potential sites for Reds identified as Wittering, Waddington or Leeming..

My guess is that Waddington has been included to appease the locals for now – there has been a certain amount of anguish expressed in the area at the thought of ‘losing’ the Arrows to another county.

I would think in reality, it is very very unlikely – they were planned to move to Waddington a few years ago, but increased use of Waddington for the Sentinels and Shadows lead to them staying put. The plan at that time was for them to continue to use the airspace above Scampton for flying/training because airspace over Waddo was too busy to permit it. Not going to be possible this time around as Scampton will no longer be RAF property.

Wittering has a lot going for it – not a majorly busy active base,room to accommodate the Red Arrows and their flying sessions, not that far away from where they are now, and the added benefit (from the point of view of those in Lincolnshire upset at losing them) – it isn’t in Yorkshire!

Regarding proximity to the A1; Scampton is scarily close to the A15, which whilst not as busy as the A1, nonetheless carries a fairly heavy traffic load.