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Cambokhmer Daily
Flt Lt Egging was known to colleagues and friends as "Eggman" The jets are returning to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire a day late after bad weather halted the fleet's return.
The RAF has said the Red Arrows would begin training again on 30 August.
It said the team would use eight planes instead of nine but could not say when public displays would resume.
Before Flt Lt Egging's death, the display team regularly trained with eight planes in case a pilot was unable to fly.
The Hawk T1s were cleared to fly again on Thursday following preliminary investigations into the cause of the fatal crash, which showed there were no wider safety concerns about the aircraft.
About 120 Hawk T1s used for RAF training, which were also grounded, were also given clearance to resume exercises.
The wreckage of the crashed plane has been taken to the Boscombe Down aircraft testing site at Idmiston, Wiltshire, and an investigation has begun. It is expected to take several months.
The plane plunged into a field near the River Stour The pilot's wife, Dr Emma Egging, had watched her husband perform from the beach minutes earlier.
Hundreds of tributes have been left at RAF Scampton and outside Bournemouth Town Hall.
Last week a defence source had said it was "extremely unlikely" the Red Arrows would do any more displays this year but the RAF said it could not confirm any timings.
An RAF spokesman said: "Display flying by the Red Arrows team, in an eight-ship formation, will recommence subject to a successful period of consolidation and approval to display."
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