Lincs Pride FEBRUARY 235.qxp 06/01/2022 13:36 Page 8
NEWS & EVENTS
Joining the Red Arrows for 2022 AEROBATIC TEAM IS PREPARING TO DEPART FOR OPERATION SPRINGHAWK LINCOLNSHIRE Three airmen are celebrating joining the world’s most famous aerobatic display team for the 2022 season. Squadron Leader Graeme Muscat and Flight Lieutenants Stuart Roberts and Patrick Kershaw have begun preparations for the team’s 58th display season and will shortly be jetting off – quite literally – to Cyprus where the team undertakes Operation Springhawk, a pre-season five week intensive training session. Each airman is an experienced RAF officer, having all flown Typhoon or Tornado aircraft operationally. A Red Arrows display season traditionally starts around May and spans the summer months and earlyautumn, with the team performing more than 60 times to millions of people. In addition to the flying, team members carry out hun-
dreds of ground engagements, from meeting veterans and crowds at airshows to visiting schools and colleges to promote the importance of maths, science, technology and engineering.
Cathedral works complete LINCOLN CATHEDRAL’S STONE RESTORATION, ONGOING SINCE 2016, NEARS COMPLETION
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Flt Lt Roberts said: “I am most looking forward to getting out and meeting people from all backgrounds and walks of life to share my passion for aviation and what
LINCOLN Since 2016, work has been ongoing to restore the stonework on the façade of Lincoln Cathedral’s west front. Now, as Pride goes to press, the project is approaching completion, and will reveal a scaffolding-free front for the first time in recent history leaving the Cathedral’s 12th century sculptures and carvings for all to see. The Romanesque Frieze on the building had badly weathered and so parts of the front have been replaced or at least cleaned and restored. The northern run was removed from the building
the wider United Kingdom has to offer.” Details of where the Red Arrows will be displaying in 2022 will be released in the New Year. n
in the late 1990s and the southern frieze has been laser cleaned, a part of the project which also saw the conservation of the Gallery of Kings above the main entrance. The works have been completed as part of a £16m investment which has also seen the creation of the Old Deanery visitor centre and the creation of the Dean’s Green as well as the restoration of the 13th century Exchequergate Arch. The works have involved the investment of more than 93,000 working hours. n
