It will be eyes to the skies this Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend – as a special flypast in honour of Her Majesty will go over parts of Buckinghamshire.

A huge formation of more than 70 aircraft, including the famous Red Arrows, will be taking to the skies over Buckingham Palace on Thursday, June 2, to complete the Queen’s birthday parade as part of Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The Queen is expected to watch the flypast from the palace balcony with other members of the royal family.

But after the flypast has taken place in London, the aircraft are expected to fly over parts of Buckinghamshire as they disperse.

According to militaryairshows.co.uk, the flypast will start in the vicinity of The Wash, the North Sea and Southwold on the east coast, before heading over Suffolk and Southend, Thetford and Colchester towards London to overfly Buckingham Palace.

After London, the formation will disperse to the south and west of the London Control Overzone – over Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

It means the planes may be spotted in areas like Marlow, parts of High Wycombe, Lane End, Hambleden, Burnham, Wooburn Green, parts of Beaconsfield, Taplow, Burnham and other parts of south Bucks.

As long as the weather is kind and the formation runs to its published timescales, they may be seen over the county between 12.40pm and 1.30pm.

The MoD said more than 70 aircraft, including the Red Arrows and aircraft used by the UK Armed Forces on operations around the world, would take part in the flypast.

It will take six minutes to fly over the crowds and is expected to include more than three times the number of aircraft which took part in the Queen’s last birthday parade flypast in central London in 2019.

The display will include helicopters from the Royal Navy and the Army and RAF aircraft recently seen responding to events in Kabul and Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic.

The flypast will also include highlights from the history of the RAF, including aircraft from the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

It’s not clear how many of these aircraft will be seen over Bucks, but there seems like a good chance of seeing at least some of the impressive display.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “I’m proud that the Armed Forces are leading the nation in celebration with such a spectacular display.

“Throughout the Platinum Jubilee celebrations we will all enjoy the expertise, skill and talent of our Armed Forces as we celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne.”