View Full Version : Bae hawk solo display pilots 1980-1994.
chiv hawk
4th Mar 2014, 16:12
Afternoon does anybody remember the guys from chivenor who flew the solo display hawk during the years 1980 to 1994.
Canadian Break
4th Mar 2014, 19:13
Andy Wyatt sometime in the mid 80s?
Mortmeister
4th Mar 2014, 19:18
Flt Lt then Sqn Ldr Ian Wood, 63 Sqn Chivenor, did two seasons in the first black Hawk XX230. Early 90s, I would guess at 90/91 as we reformed as 19(R) Sqn in Aug 92.
Double Hydco
4th Mar 2014, 19:20
Simon Meade in 1988.
He was kind enough to let me sit in the back seat when he flew over to Scampton for a famil day with the Red Arrows. He ran through his solo routine on the way home to Chivenor.
DH
Flying Lawyer
5th Mar 2014, 07:27
Charlie McIlroy for two seasons in the early 1980s.
My best guess is 1983 and 1984 because he was in the Red Arrows 1985 – 1987 (Synchro lead in 1987) and, if I recall correctly from such a long time ago, he was selected for the Arrows during his second year as the Hawk solo display pilot.
FL
Gericault
5th Mar 2014, 07:33
Dave Wilson and Dick Lotinga from Brawdy 80 81ish and if I recall correctly Chris Hurst although he might have done the Hunter.
Don't recall if Simon Meade displayed for 2 seasons but he definitely flew the summer of 1989.
John Carter (Brawdy 234 Sqn) 2 seasons, 1990 & 1991. Ian Wood 1992...not sure if a second season.
factanonverba
5th Mar 2014, 15:26
Rod Dowd, Dan Findlay, Guy Bancroft Wilson, Mike Carter, Mark Linney, Dave Richardson
Double Hydco
5th Mar 2014, 18:58
This has some snippets......
Swooping Hawks (http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/oldstuff/2008/483hawks/hawks.htm)
DH
Treble one
5th Mar 2014, 23:19
Was this the Mike Carter who was also a member of the Red Arrows eventually?
Mark Linney now flies Golden Apple's F-86A Sabre based at IWM Duxford amongst other aircraft
Just sorting some papers and have come across a programme for the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of RAF Rudloe Manor on 6 Jul 90. It shows that Flt Lt M Linney of RAF Valley did a display in a Hawk.
Steve the Pirate
7th Mar 2014, 23:07
Jim Mardon?
Charlie McIlroy for two seasons in the early 1980s.
Of all the Hawk solo displays I've watched, Charlie's was the best - punchy and precise every time.
STP
Craven Moorhed
8th Mar 2014, 10:46
IIRC:
1993 F/L Gerraint Herbert
1994 F/L Don Ritch
But my memory is going!!