Originally Posted by
Navaleye
When you read headlines like
this, it does make it very hard to justify the continuation of a dedicated display team.
while i accept the case that the expence of the Red Arrows is almost completely paid for by sponsorship, what offends me, given the constant reference on this site to a lack of Aircrew to fly the aircraft we do have, yet here are a dozen fast jet pilots doing, politely, FA.
as an entirely tangental question, in the 1980's we bought some 350 Tornado's of various types, yet somehow the RAF squeals when half a dozen GR4's are required. what happened to the other 344?