I spotted this item in the paper this morning.
Red Arrows interrupted by plane
A light aircraft interrupted a Red Arrows display on Saturday when it flew into restricted airspace at Eastbourne air show.
The Red Arrows had already begun a display when the aircraft was seen at 1241 BST, a council spokesman said.
The precision aerobatics team was held in safe airspace until the aircraft left the restricted zone, when the display was resumed, he added.
He said the Civil Aviation Authority would take action against the pilot.
The spokesman said the aircraft "had no approval or clearance to be in the air space".
"The aircraft has been identified and will be reported to the Civil Aviation Authority who will take appropriate action.
"The aircraft was identified very early in the Red Arrows display and they were held in safe airspace until the light aircraft had left the restricted area.
"The Red Arrows then resumed their display in safety," he said.
This year is the 40th display season for the Red Arrows and Eastbourne was promised a special flying display to mark the event.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3565204.stm
Knowing how reliable the average newspaper report is I asked some of the display pilots at Shoreham how much truth there was to it. Apparently they got it right for once. The RNAF display pilot told me that not only was it true but he was ashamed to say it was a Dutch pilot. He was flying blissfully along Eastbourne seafront which is a restricted area for this weekend - for obvious reasons. He met the Reds head on although they were at a higher altitude. They immediately abandoned their display to regroup & wait for clearance. Apparently the light aircraft pilot landed at Lydd airport in Kent & denied all knowledge of the incident. Unfortunately for him, many 1,000s of spectators saw it happen & had photographs to prove it.
