Red Arrows: Inside The Bubble
Discussion
Looks like it could be quite interesting, tonight on BBC 2 at 9pm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cg6pd
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04cg6pd
What the hell do you do in your career/life to follow having been Red One?
I supposed they either stay in the RAF and become that moustachioed bloke that's in charge, or exit the RAF and go on to be very very very well paid project managers or something! But it cannot possibly live up to the days in the plane!
I supposed they either stay in the RAF and become that moustachioed bloke that's in charge, or exit the RAF and go on to be very very very well paid project managers or something! But it cannot possibly live up to the days in the plane!
Bloody car overheated driving home so only caught the last 15 mins.
Really proud so see my (future) brother in law 'make it'. Staggering amounts of pressure to perform as a Red Arrow.
I watched their display at the Biggin Hill airshow a few weeks back. Will get some photos up at some point.
Really proud so see my (future) brother in law 'make it'. Staggering amounts of pressure to perform as a Red Arrow.
I watched their display at the Biggin Hill airshow a few weeks back. Will get some photos up at some point.
I had a close look at a Red Arrow Hawk on a visit to RAF Scampton once (where they are based). It was all on its lonesome in a maintenance hanger. It has three nozzles above the jet exhaust that spray in regular diesel fuel on demand from the belly tank. Diesel alone gives them the white smoke; The red and blue is done by adding dye to the mix.
I thought that their Saturday display at Farnborough this year was one of the best I have ever seen (and I've been watching them for almost 40 years). They were simply sublime and a crystal clear blue sky really enhanced the colours of the aircraft and the smoke.
I'm very much minded to dig a couple of Hawks and Gnats out of my plastic model stash and embark on a Red Arrows project.
I'm very much minded to dig a couple of Hawks and Gnats out of my plastic model stash and embark on a Red Arrows project.
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