the gaps in between their passes etc are enormous - to the extent where boredom sets in waiting for them to come back! You don't have that with the Arrows. Also, perhaps you could enlighten us all as to what the Thunderbirds and the F-16 can do in a display that the Hawk can't (except do it a bit faster, thereby leaving us with huge gaps??)
The Swinging Monkey
Having a fast jet like the F16 gives more speed but also a much more dynamic display. The routine that I saw the Thunderbirds do was a fantastic display that was very close formation and demonstrated the remarkable capability of the F16 to truly dominate the airspace, fast climb, tight turns, very fast and covering a lot of airspace in a short amount of time
The Hawk by comparison is slower and the poor old Reds have to adapt the display to fit what is a less capable aircraft. This leads to a very flowing and lovely display but I can't help wondering what our lads would do if they got their hands on a Typhoon.
Horses for courses ! Unfortunately we can't compare like for like and I personally prefer to see real heavy metal air displays.