08/04/2026
Incoming to Filey in the next few Minutes. WW2 Spitfire and a Red Arrow!!
SPITFIRE 90 CELEBRATIONS TOUR BEGINS TUESDAY 7th.... Route map and information provided by Spitfires.com
Unfortunately there's been no further updates regards the exact flight path per leg of the tour since I ran the update on the 23rd March, also confirming the flight time, aircraft flying alongside the spitfire for each leg and the approx time of each flight. This is all the information currently available.
Starting on the 7th April, Spitfire K5054 will begin 9 flights flying over key historic sites between 9 different airports/RAF bases, also in formation with modern day RAF aircraft to celebrate 90 years since the first Spitfire flight 5th March 1936.
Flight 1 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from Southampton Airport at 12:00pm on the 7th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for two separate formations with the RAF F35, then the RAF BBMF Dakota C-47 and Spitfire Mk5. Flight time approx 1 hour 35m.
Flight 2 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from RAF Coningsby at 10:00am on the 8th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for two separate formations 2 x RAF Red Arrow Hawks and a RAF Phenom T1. Flight time approx 1 hour 35m.
Flight 3 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from RAF Leuchars at 10:00am on the 9th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside with the RAF P8 Poseidon. Flight time approx 55m.
Flight 4 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from RAF Lossiemouth at 10:00am on the 10th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside with 2 x RAF Typhoons. Flight time approx 1 hour 05m.
Flight 5 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from Prestwick Airport at 10:00am on the 13th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside with the RAF Hawk T2. Flight time approx 1 hour 10m.
Flight 6 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from RAF Valley at 10:00am on the 14th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for 2 separate formations with the RAF Texan 2 and HT-1 Jupiter Helicopter. Flight time approx 1 hour.
Flight 7 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from MOD St Athan at 10:00am on the 15th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for an extended duration with 2 x QinetiQ Pilatus PC21 Trainers. Flight time approx 1 hour 05m.
Flight 8 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from RAF St Mawgan at 10:00am on the 16th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for a short duration with the RAF A400M. Flight time approx 0 hour 55m.
Flight 9 of 9 - Departing (subject to weather) from Exeter Airport at 10:00am on the 17th of April, during the flight K5054 will meet up alongside for most of the flight on it's way to Southampton Airport with the RAF BBMF C-47 Dakota. Flight time approx 0 hour 40m.
The first flight will depart from Southampton International Airport, formerly Eastleigh Airport and the location of the first flight of the Spitfire in 1936. We’ll then circumnavigate Great Britain, flying over key historic Spitfire locations such as:
*Reginald J. Mitchell’s grave
*The site of the original Spitfire factory
*The Needles
*Beachy Head
*The Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel le Ferne
*Martlesham Heath - where much of K5054's further flight testing was done
*RAF Coningsby, the current home of the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial
and many many more!
