Expo 2020: Meet the Red Arrows pilot who led the airshow

Expo 2020: Meet the Red Arrows pilot who led the airshow

Steve Morrison has been conquering the skies with the UK’s Red Arrows for the past four years — but on Friday, he flew his last airshow with the team. “It was mind-boggling,” he said, as he recalled the bird’s eye view of the ‘mega city’ that Dubai built for Expo 2020. “It has hit me now. The Expo display was my last and it will be memorabilia,” Morrison told Khaleej Times. For 20 minutes, the world-famous Red Arrows — the UK’s Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team — flew over the Expo site, leaving vapour trails in red, white and blue. Nine jets zipped through the sky in a breathtaking series of low and high-flying precision manoeuvres. For the spectators on the ground, it was a stunning airshow — but for Morrison, it was a view to remember. “Expo 2020 Dubai is huge. It’s a big city out there from the above, but more than that, it’s a phenomenal piece of engineering,” said the squadron leader who has already soaked in the sights of various terrains across the globe. Dubai, he said, is way ‘different’ from other cityscapes and putting on a show in the emirate comes with unique challenges. “The