I note that in an earlier post DennisK makes mention of flying with the RN Sharks. I went through the RN Gazelle course during March to August. This meant that the Sharks pilots, drawn from the squadron instructors, would practice their display some mornings at around 0800 before the days flyPro got underway.
The great thing was that students programmed on the first slot of the day flew left hand seat for the Sharks practice. . . .
...and my instructor Doug H was one of the pair which performed an amazing opposition flying sequence at crowd line mid way through the routine, so that made it double...
Did this 5/6 times . . .really set you up for the day ahead
Also recall Jan C performed a superb solo Gazelle routine at each Wings award parade, but can't recall if he was a "Shark" also?