Spitfire in Yorkshire: When will the RAF aircraft fly over Ripon during Tractor Fest 2023? Everything you need to know

The first event of Tractor Fest took place in 2007 when 360 exhibits participated, it has grown each year and now attracts more than 1,600 exhibits from all over the country and further afield.

The event is organised by the Yorkshire Vintage Association and showcases vintage tractors and engines. It is held at Newby Hall and Gardens.

Tractor Fest attracts in excess of 12,000 visitors a year who observe more than 1,000 tractors on display.

It hosts a variety of entertainment, crafts, food and drink and includes gardens, adventure playground, dolls house and teddy bears exhibitions.

This year, the event will take place on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 10am to 4pm.

The RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be flying over Ripon during the festival.

Schedule of RAF Spitfire in Yorkshire

The famous fighter aircraft of the Second World War Spitfire will fly over Ripon.

On Sunday, June 11, the flypast will take place, weather permitting.

The Tractor Fest team along with visitors of the event will fondly remember previous flypast which have seen Europe’s only flying Avro Lancaster Bomber fly over the show in 2019 and a Hawker Hurricane in 2022.

The flight should take place between 2.46pm and 3.16pm that day.