WOW!!! This is how I remember The Reds from way back when I worked at RAF Kemble. I met Arthur Gibson on quite a few occasions and watched The Reds practising most days. Watching this video brought back many very Happy Memories for me. Definitely Smoke On - Go here!!!
I had the pleasure of meeting Arthur Gibson once. I flew with him in the back of a yellow Whirlwind 10 (?) at Warton as he photographed the Strand Road, Preston, BAe factory, in the late 1970s. The prints made it look like somewhere you'd want to spend your holidays... (He took the Concorde plus Red Arrows photographs too.)
I saw the Gnats quite a few times at Teesside air show in the 60s and at Croft Circuit (Croft Autodrome in those days) at the Battle of Britain race meeting. They really are tiny aircraft. The Reds always make it look easy.
Many thanks for posting up the full length video. My earliest memory of the Arrows was with them flying Gnats so this is a real treat!! There's so many highlights in this film, that take off being absolutely jaw dropping. Those synchronised rolls are also something to behold. What this film does do is show how the display has evolved over the years, it's become a very graceful, yet still skillful thing but compared to this daredevil display it looks decidedly tame!!!
do love the red arrows, more so when they had their anniversary livery. nice to see them in something other than the hawks. we need an FAA fixed wing display team!
Saw their last public Gnat performance at RAF Abingdon BOBAH ...... .......amazing roll rate shown in this film.........Read somewhere there was a speed sensitive limiting system that slowed control advance and thus rollrate progressively as airspeed increased.....however, Red Arrows pilots discovered that if you removed a certain fuse you could regain full speed control surface displacement across the speed range (hence the phenomenal roll rate) albeit at a tricky increase in sensitivity. This apparently worked well till officialdom got wind and issued a direct instruction that fuses should not be removed for flight.......the apparent solution being to fit Red Arrows aircraft with "pre blown" fuses....... Don't know if its true but sounds like the RAF......🤣🤣
These pilots will be in their 80s by now, and I was there to watch and wonder.😁😮
That take off would never be allowed now - spectacular ! Superb pilots !
It wasn't allowed then either! ! ! ! :-) AG had a way of getting the shots, his good mate Ray helped a bit.
"Stream takeoff" was certainly flown in strong crosswinds for some time after the film.
WOW!!! This is how I remember The Reds from way back when I worked at RAF Kemble. I met Arthur Gibson on quite a few occasions and watched The Reds practising most days. Watching this video brought back many very Happy Memories for me. Definitely Smoke On - Go here!!!
1967 my birth year…had the privilege of a flight with the reds while on RAAF exchange to 19(F) Sqn RAF Valley 2001-03. Bucket list experience…so good
I had the pleasure of meeting Arthur Gibson once. I flew with him in the back of a yellow Whirlwind 10 (?) at Warton as he photographed the Strand Road, Preston, BAe factory, in the late 1970s. The prints made it look like somewhere you'd want to spend your holidays... (He took the Concorde plus Red Arrows photographs too.)
Superb ! Saw the Red Arrows flying the lovely and nimble Gnat several times at the RAF St Athan air shows - great times gone by
I saw the Gnats quite a few times at Teesside air show in the 60s and at Croft Circuit (Croft Autodrome in those days) at the Battle of Britain race meeting. They really are tiny aircraft. The Reds always make it look easy.
Many thanks for posting up the full length video. My earliest memory of the Arrows was with them flying Gnats so this is a real treat!! There's so many highlights in this film, that take off being absolutely jaw dropping. Those synchronised rolls are also something to behold. What this film does do is show how the display has evolved over the years, it's become a very graceful, yet still skillful thing but compared to this daredevil display it looks decidedly tame!!!
This is mind-blowingly good! 👍🏻😆
Colour me impressed!
Awesome 👍👍
The roll rate is stunning
Fall in love with this clip, brian bennett music in the background❤
The Saber-slayer showing why it was!
do love the red arrows, more so when they had their anniversary livery. nice to see them in something other than the hawks. we need an FAA fixed wing display team!
Saw their last public Gnat performance at RAF Abingdon BOBAH ......
.......amazing roll rate shown in this film.........Read somewhere there was a speed sensitive limiting system that slowed control advance and thus rollrate progressively as airspeed increased.....however, Red Arrows pilots discovered that if you removed a certain fuse you could regain full speed control surface displacement across the speed range (hence the phenomenal roll rate) albeit at a tricky increase in sensitivity. This apparently worked well till officialdom got wind and issued a direct instruction that fuses should not be removed for flight.......the apparent solution being to fit Red Arrows aircraft with "pre blown" fuses.......
Don't know if its true but sounds like the RAF......🤣🤣
Brilliant video!
Superb, thank you for posting this!!!!
Sabre killers ...
No smoke pods, where is the diesel stored ?
The two rear fuel tanks, mis-employed.
Jazz flute!!
they had different kind of rolling. ..no heart shape yet