FourLeaf Air Show takes to the skies above Jones Beach
Squadron Leader Stuart Roberts of the Royal Air Force Red Arrows talks to Newsday at Jones Beach on Sunday. Credit: Newsday/Bahar Ostadan
Thousands of people donning red, white and blue poured onto the Jones Beach boardwalk Sunday morning to see the annual FourLeaf Air Show.
The U.S. Army Golden Knights kicked off the day, soaring into the high skies with a giant American flag above cheering crowds. Air Force units from the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Canada will also be performing on Sunday.
Squadron Leader Stuart Roberts of the Royal Air Force Red Arrows said he's wanted to fly since he was a kid.
"It's amazing," Roberts, 39, told Newsday. "When you go and execute that mission, you don’t have a huge amount of time to look out the window because you don't want to mess up what you're doing. ... We spend six months working up the show each year. You do the reps and the reps and the reps, and by the time you start flying the show it doesn't even matter who you're doing it in front of because you're just locked in doing what you need to do to make the show as good as it can be."
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