A HISTORIC flypast will not be going ahead as planned due to weather conditions, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.
A Second World War Spitfire was due to fly over 16 hospitals in the North-East as part of a nationwide tribute to our NHS workers today.
It had been due to fly over hospitals in Teesside and Darlington Memorial Hospital this morning, before heading across to County Durham and Tyne and Wear.
But a spokeswoman said the flight had to return to its base at RAF Duxford following a deterioration of weather conditions in the Leeds area.
They said the North-East section of the route would not be completed today, but promised to complete the route in coming weeks.
Lucy Stevens of the Aircraft Restoration Company said: "We are having to cancel most of today's routes due to the weather, we will still be doing routes to Carlisle and Cumbernauld later.
"We will doing a flypast for the North-East seperately and will release the details of that later on."
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