Red Arrows Niagara Falls flypasts

The Red Arrows flew over Niagara Falls in Ontario Canada on September 11, 2024.

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team’s nine BAE Systems Hawk T.1/1As flew a series of flypasts in different formations over the Falls. The event was part of the five-week Red Arrows Maple Hawk tour to Canada, to help mark the centennial of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

**The Red Arrows above the Niagara Falls on September 11, 2024** UK MOD Crown copyright

**The Red Arrows’ Niagara Falls flypasts were part of the team’s five-week Maple Hawk tour to Canada.** UK MOD Crown copyright

On its first approach to the Falls, the Red Arrows Hawks trailed behind the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster, with the team in a formation resembling the Second World War bomber’s outline.

**The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster was also involved in the Niagara Falls flypasts.** UK MOD Crown copyright

The Niagara Falls Red Arrows flypasts followed displays performed by the team at various Canadian airshows in August and early September 2024. During the Maple Hawk tour, the team flew in formation with their Canadian counterparts, the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds, and a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet. The Red Arrows also performed at the Airshow London, Ontario, on September 13 to 15, 2024, before returning to the UK.

**The Red Arrows undertook several flypasts in different formations over the Falls, including the Swan.** UK MOD Crown copyright

The team had flown above Niagara Falls on earlier tours to North America, including their first transatlantic trip back in 1972 with the Folland Gnat.