| The first arrivals were two De Havilland Chipmunks from the Caledonian Chipmunks display team, who touched down at RM Condor after flying from their Prestwick base.
One of the aircraft was piloted by Captain Declan Curtis, who will be performing his first-ever public flying display before the massive crowd expected at Victoria Park tomorrow.
Captain Curtis was welcomed to Arbroath by event manager Gill Howie, of Squadron Prints.
During the course of today the organisers will be kept busy with the arrival of the main helicopter participants — the Tiger Puma, Gazelle and Chinook — from their bases across the country.
Gill warned that people living in the Arbroath area were likely to hear a lot of aircraft noise today as the various planes and helicopters arrived and carried out their final checks of the arena area.
The full programme for the Spectacular is —
11.15 am — Helicopter pleasure flights start; 11.15 — BMW Mini convoy arrives; 11.30 — Fly-past by RAF Tornado F3 jets to formally open the event.
12 noon — Puppets & Co; 12.00-12.30 — Russ Swift Mini Cooper Display; 12.30-1pm —Royal Navy Sea King, RNLI Lifeboat and HM Coastguard exercise; 1 pm — Puppets & Co; 1-1.30 — Tayside Fire Brigade display; 1.40-1.55 — McClowns; 1.30-2.15 — Arbroath Instrumental Band; 2 pm — Puppets & Co; 2-2.30 — Caledonian Chipmunks display; 2.15-2.45 — Kevin Carmichael motorcycle stunt display; 2.45-3.15 — Arbroath Lifeboat and RAF helicopter display; 3 pm — Puppets & Co.
3.15 — RAF Squirrel helicopter arrives with Red Arrows team manager; 3.15-3.25 — McClowns; 3.30-3.40 — RAF Chinook helicopter display; 3.40-4 pm — Buick 55s Band; 4pm — Puppets & Co; 4-4.10 — RAF Tornado F3 display; 4.20-4.50 — Russ Swift Mini Cooper display; 5-5.30 — RAF Red Arrows display; 5.30-6 — Kevin Carmichael; 6 pm — Event ends. |
