that morning from raf coningsby, perfect conditions in sheffield for the fly—past.r it was touch and go at coningsby and lincoln heap where the other aircraft came from. there was fog close to the aircraft which could have stopped the whole proceedings. but the weather gods we re proceedings. but the weather gods were on our side, the sunshine has been out and it has been a perfect morning. we are very pleased. still some fog for some of you. there is still some dense fog lingering across parts of england especially, clearing to leave another day of unusual spring warmth for what is still late winter. looking up the fog areas across parts of central, southern and eastern england, still some fog patches around. it has led to delays at some of the commercial airports and problems on the roads, but it will shift in the next hour or $0 but it will shift in the next hour orso and but it will shift in the next hour or so and sunny conditions will dominate. more climb for northern ireland, some patchy rain, a strong, southerly winds taking some patchy rain to western scotl

he is at raf coningsby.ial flight and he will be the pilot in the amazing aircraft behind me. good morning. tell us what the latest chan plans because there is fog. the weather is awkward this mine. we have had the forecast and we have had the bigger picture from the formation leader at mildenhall and we are planning to go ahead. that is brilliant news. the dakota older aircraft doesn't have the same navigation systems and technology as the other aircraft. what are the restrictions you face as the pilot? this aircraft is older than most of the aircraft taking place today. we can't penetrate cloud and bad weather and because of the age of the aircraft, we preserve them and look after them for generations, so the weather restrictions are harder on this aircraft. the important thing for the forecast for the aircraft as it is notjust the taking off. you need to have somewhere where you can get back to. the focus has to be good to get back to so it has to be cast—iron. most of the country is forecasting bad weath