rubberband2
24th Oct 2010, 19:31
In mid-1960 74 (F)Squadron became the first RAF squadron to be equipped with the English Electric Lightning F1.
The following year, 1961, led by their CO Sqn Ldr JFG Howe, they looped & rolled 9 Lightning F1s in formation at several airshows including Paris (June) and Farnborough (September).
In 1962, now led by Sqn Ldr PG Botterill, they again looped and rolled 9 Lightnings. These airshows were in Denmark, Sweden & Norway in May and at the Farnborough Airshow in September.
However, a search on YouTube and similar sites has produced no video of these 9 Lightnings rolling or looping.
Has anyone got a video of these events or a pointer to a web video showing formation aerobatics by 9 Lightnings just months short of 50 years ago?
An excellent example of formation aerobatics by their predecessors can be seen at this link –
YouTube - BLACK ARROWS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862XrJAl3pQ&feature=related)
The following year, 1961, led by their CO Sqn Ldr JFG Howe, they looped & rolled 9 Lightning F1s in formation at several airshows including Paris (June) and Farnborough (September).
In 1962, now led by Sqn Ldr PG Botterill, they again looped and rolled 9 Lightnings. These airshows were in Denmark, Sweden & Norway in May and at the Farnborough Airshow in September.
However, a search on YouTube and similar sites has produced no video of these 9 Lightnings rolling or looping.
Has anyone got a video of these events or a pointer to a web video showing formation aerobatics by 9 Lightnings just months short of 50 years ago?
An excellent example of formation aerobatics by their predecessors can be seen at this link –
YouTube - BLACK ARROWS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862XrJAl3pQ&feature=related)