I posted this a year or 2 back, but I was at Andrews AFB Air Show in 1983 when the Thunderbirds permitted for the first time another national team - the Arrows - to fly on the same programme. It was a big event and even the Defense (sic) Secretary turned up - albeit in his flip-flops! There was a thin cloudbase at about 1500-2000' and so both teams did there low-level displays. The F-16s' take off was terrific............ and that was about it. The show took far too much sky and was not nearly dynamic enough, and the paint job meant that the aircraft disappeared against the cloud. The Arrows were splendid, keeping the show tight, visible and thrilling, and they made a lot of new fans then. The RAF's stock was sky high on that day and probably for many, many days afterwards. So well done, the Reds, you certainly earned your flying pay on that occasion at least.