RAF Red Arrows
The Red Arrows were formed in 1965 as part of the Central Flying School. Their first base was RAF Fairford, Glous, now home to the Royal International Air Tattoo. Their first mount was the diminutive Folland Gnat T1 advanced jet trainer. They flew a seven ship upto 1968 when two further aircraft were added and their now trademark diamond nine was first flown. They transferred to the BAE System Hawk T1A over the winter period 1979/1980. The Hawk has taken the Team on tours of Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, the Middle and Far East, Africa and Australia - in all the Red Arrows have displayed in 50 countries. Normally each pilot, including the Leader, stays with the Team for three seasons, and in this way maximum expertise is retained within the Team from year to year. The 2010 team pilots have been announced as:-- Red 1 – Squadron Leader Ben Murphy
- Red 2 – Flight Lieutenant Ben Plank
- Red 3 – Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Moore
- Red 4 – Flight Lieutenant Dave Davies
- Red 5 – Flight Lieutenant Zane Sennett
- Red 6 – Flight Lieutenant Mike Ling (Synchro Leader)
- Red 7 – Flight Lieutenant David Montenegro
- Red 8 – Squadron Leader Graham Duff
- Red 9 – Flight Lieutenant Simon Rea (Executive Officer)
- Red 10 – Squadron Leader Graeme Bagnall
- Red 11 – Wing Commander David Firth-Wigglesworth
- Senior Engineering Officer – Squadron Leader Garry Ball
- Junior Engineering Officer – Flight Lieutenant Andy Bryant
- Team Manager – Squadron Leader Jon Trott
- Adjutant – Warrant Officer Alan Murray
- Public Relations Manager – Nikki Wright
- Public Relations Officer – Emma Thomas
Official Website: http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/
Display Dates 2010
From http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/ - (11/03/2010)
May
- 23rd - Paphos, Cyrpus
- 23rd - Kourion, Cyrpus
- 30th-31st - Southend Festival of the Air
- 31st - Santa Pod, Northamptonshire
June
- 6th - Heart of Scotland Airshow, Perth
- 7th - Salthill, Ireland (TBC)
- 7th - Airshow 100, Punchestown, Ireland
- 8th - Douglas, Isle of Man
- 8th - Ramsey, Isle of Man
- 12th - Queens Birthday Flypast, The Mall, London
- 12th - Worthing, Sussex
- 18th - Glize-Rijen, Netherlands
- 19th - Sterling, Scotland
- 19th-20th - Cotswold Airshow, Kemble
- 20th - Margate's Big Event
- 26th - Cambrai, France
- 26th-27th - Biggin Hill International Air Fair
- 27th - Whitehaven, Cumbria
July
- 2nd-3rd - Goodwood Festival of Speed
- 3rd-4th - RAF Waddington International Airshow
- 6th - Cadet100, The Mall, London
- 10th - RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day
- 11th - F1 Grand Prix, Silverstone
- 15th - Private Event
- 17th-18th - Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford
- 19th - Farnborough
- 22nd - War and Peace Show, Kent
- 23rd - Private Event
- 23rd-25th - Farnborough
- 25th - Sunderland International Airshow
August
- 6th - Cowes Week Finale
- 7th - Swanage
- 7th - Newcastle, Northern Ireland
- 8th - Rhyl Airshow
- 8th - Blackpool
- 9th - RAF Scampton Families Day
- 11th - Falmouth, Cornwall
- 12th-13th - Lowestoft Air Festival
- 12th-14th - Airbourne 2010, Eastbourne
- 15th - Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- 16th - Weston Super Mare
- 18th - Cromer
- 18th - Weymouth
- 19th - Dawlish
- 19th - Fowley
- 20th-22nd - Bournemouth Air Festival
- 22nd - Silverstone
- 23rd - Whitby
- 25th - Private Event
- 25th - Torbay
- 26th-27th - Clacton Airshow
- 27th - Dartmouth Regatta
- 29th-30th - Dunsfold Wings and Wheels
- 29th-30th - Eye, Suffolk
September
- 2nd - Private Event
- 3rd - Chatsworth
- 4th - Northern Ireland International Airshow
- 4th-5th - Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow
- 5th - Shackerstone, Warwickshire
- 9th - Jersey International Air Display
- 9th - RAFA Guernsey Air Display
- 11th - RAF Leuchars Airshow
- 12th - Rivolto, Italy
- 15th - Private Event
- 16th - Bishopsgate, Berkshire
- 18th - Great Junior North Run, Newcastle
- 18th - Southport Airshow
- 19th - Great North Run, Newcastle
- 23rd - Monaco
- 25th-26th - Rennes, France
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