Weather conditions were cloudy, and a thunderstorm had passed by only a couple of hours earlier, but things had cleared up sufficiently for the show to go ahead.

First up is a maneuver called the Carousel, which as its name might suggest, sees the plane flights describe circles and make opposition passes to one another, all while pulling off a 90-degree roll.

Next comes a Barrel Roll, a 360 degree aileron roll, again performed in an opposition pass to a team-mate. This is followed by a period of inverted flight, lasting several seconds as can be seen in the video clip - the nearest that the vast majority of us are going to get to piloting a fast jet of any description.

The Red Arrows commander at Wednesday's event, Wg Cdr David Montenegro, said that the planes reached speeds of up to 1,100-1,300 km/h during the display, passing as close as three-and-a-half meters from one another.

Wednesday's display started at a little after 4 p.m. Estonian time, lasting until around 4.30 p.m., and represented a return appearance for the team, who gave a similarly exhilarating performance over the same location a number of years ago.

ERR News thanks the British Embassy in Tallinn for providing the video clips.

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