They did indeed. Im a huge fan

Heres a pic of the Red arrows Gnat T1,(which was the first plane used by 'The Red Arrows' way back in 1965) next to the Current BAE Hawk


http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/reds/images/gnat402.jpg


They only had 5 pilots when they first started out in the T1, until eventually recruiting more to become "The Diamond Nine"

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../4/0999463.jpg

Yellow jacks were the perdicessor of the Red Arrows.

yes the yellow jacks that brings it all back from my childhood :grin:

i painted one of my gnats in that scheme after reading about them in a book my uncle had on aerobatic teams :grin:

That wouldnt be the Airfix 1/72 Foland Gnat would it?
oh another of my personal favorites
http://www.classicairframes.com/arti...g_newtitle.jpg
Westland Whirlwind.

Wow.. that gnat is ugly :P. Sorry to say, but it looks like it bumped its nose into a wall at 200 mph :P.

Go on get, away with you leave us to savour the memories of the Beautiful Folland Gnat.

P.S. how can you say the gnat is ugly when there a picture if a whirlwind in this thread!

i see them too much i live near where they r based and they frequently do practise runs over lincoln

Arnt they based at Valey?

I've had the joys of helping refuel the red arrows amongst others, my fav being the hawker hurricane, though we didnt really do the refuelling of it. The BBMF has crew do to that.

The red arrows are based at skampton and the bbmf from coningsby, both in lincolnshire :D

I've also been in the lancaster bomber (not flown though) and it was lovely, but very scary at the same time. It was eery sitting in the rear turret all alone.

I definatly remember them at valley, they must have been off to an airshow or something.