Looks like the Red Arrows fly whit a 7 Hawk formation instead of 9 Hawks this year.
Here is the full story.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-red-arro ... 40447.html
And more here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-li ... e-17249660
Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
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Re: Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
kirsty did good, i feel for her. she made the right choice for herself too. tbh i dont think the reds will be around much longer, not in the hawk T1 anyhow.the raf should maybe have a new display team in typhoons.
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Re: Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
Please respect her descision instead of following your own mind, only interesting in aircrft and not in humanity.mikek1357 wrote:A shame
Very unpolite to call it a shame when someone can't stand the physical impact due to the lost of two team mates and have to make a choice like Kirsty....
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Re: Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
I think he meant it more like "a pity"...RobertMB wrote:Please respect her descision instead of following your own mind, only interesting in aircrft and not in humanity.mikek1357 wrote:A shame
Very unpolite to call it a shame when someone can't stand the physical impact due to the lost of two team mates and have to make a choice like Kirsty....
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Re: Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
I'm sure he did.I think he meant it more like "a pity"...
The Reds will probably only fly with 7 Hawks during the 2012 season as there's not enough time left to train extra pilots.
On http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-li ... e-17249660 an MOD spokesman says the Reds will return to 9 jets in 2013.
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Re: Red Arrows 2012 a 7 Hawk display team.
Exactly .Slijfie wrote:I'm sure he did.I think he meant it more like "a pity"...
The Reds will probably only fly with 7 Hawks during the 2012 season as there's not enough time left to train extra pilots.
On http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-li ... e-17249660 an MOD spokesman says the Reds will return to 9 jets in 2013.