OK,
I never made it to the loft, found my press release list of pilots from 1970-1979 at the office! I knew I had seen it somewhere..
So..
Manx Kelly - 1970/71/72/73/74 all as leader. Manx was tragically killed while flight testing a Stolp Acroduster in the USA, 1976 I think.
Iain Weston - 1970/71/72/73/74/75. Sadly no longer with us.
Neil Williams - 1970/71/77. Neil was killed in Spain while ferrying a Spanish built Heinkel 111 in 1977. I seem to remember it was today, the 11th December. Thats a strange co-incidence if it was.
Ray Hogarth - 1970
Barry Tempest - 1971. Barry's still around and doesn't look a day over 21
Mike Thompson - 1971
Rod Freeman - 1971
Mike Findlay - 1972/73/74/75/77/78. As mentioned, he's in France growing grapes?
Andrew White - 1972/73
Tim Mills - 1974. In Australia and contributing to this thread.
David Perrin - 1974/75/76/77/78. Flew as the solo pilot after this. Tragically killed in a Helicopter accident in 1982
Colin Woods - 1975/76. Sadly no longer with us.
Graham Rutson - 1976/77. Working for the CAA as a Flight Ops Inspector.
Bob Thompson - 1976/78. Currently Chief Test Pilot for Martin-Baker
Marcus Edwards - 1978/79. Instrumental in getting the Sea Vixen flying again, but sadly no longer with us.
George Smith - 1978
Mike Cairns - 1978/79. Sim Instructor in Florida?
Rod Rea - 1979. Still around, flying for TNT?
Alan Dix - 1979
Brian Lecomber - 1979. MD & Chief Pilot of Firebird Aerobatics, and STILL displaying, with John Taylor of Skyhawks/Unipart Duo fame ! Both of them don't look a day over 21 either.
Thats all the info I have, but would be interested to know what happened to the team after 1979, and who the pilots were.
Z
Last edited by Zlin526; 12th Dec 2003 at 04:41.