The display, which took place above St Aubin’s Bay, once again included a fitting finale from the ever-popular Red Arrows, who again showed why they are the best formation flying team in the world.
The legendary Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team delighted Islanders as they performed sky soaring loops, complex formations and death-defying stunts, at times in such tight formation there was just six feet separating the wings tips of the Hawk T1 aircraft as they exceeded 350 miles an hour.
For those watching on the heights from Glacis Field to Mount Bingham there was the exhilarating experience of catching glimpses of the pilots in their cockpits as they flashed past, or executed low rolls a few hundred feet directly above the heads of thrill-seeking spectators.
There wasn’t a cloud in the clear blue sky as the sun shone to create the ideal conditions for a four-hour programme, watched by thousands of Islanders all around the bay from Noirmont Point to La Collette.
Meanwhile, later in the evening some spectators were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a surprise, unannounced moonlight display, when two gliders covered in LED lights and trailing flares took to the skies shortly after dark.
