However, it then moves into a large cleared area so that spectators also can view the battle.
More than 15,000 spectators viewed this year's events.
The spectator viewed the image through an eye piece.
An estimated 11 million spectators view the squadron during air shows each year.
Details about where spectators can view the Pageant will be announced by the organisers in due course.
With that in mind, many spectators this year will view the proceedings through a mist of thicker nostalgia than usual.
This is hoped to be completed some time in the 2013 season which will once more allow spectators to view play from behind the try line.
It is estimated that 1.5 million spectators viewed the fireworks in the city, where 130 people were arrested during the course of the event.
How a spectator views an object is also not a simple matter, despite this century's increased knowledge of the psychology of perception.
About three hundred thousand spectators view this display each year.