The RED's New Men [Archive]

CoffmanStarter

14th Sep 2013, 08:15

Flight Lieutenant Stewart Campbell and Flight Lieutenant Joe Hourston have just been announced as the newest members of the Team.

Both Ex Tonka.

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E1F68739_5056_A318_A8CEC72038E77276.jpg

Good luck Gentlemen and very well done :D:D:D:D

RAF Press Release here ...

The RED's New Men (http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/new-raf-pilots-prepare-to-join-red-arrows-display-team-for-2014-13092013)

Best ...

Coff.

Albert Driver

14th Sep 2013, 14:02

OK. Who did the deal that in September 2014 we get the Tonkas and Alex Salmond gets the Reds ......?

barnstormer1968

14th Sep 2013, 15:45

Interesting that they are both ex tonka as stated in post #1

Not that long ago they could have been ex: tonka; jag or harrier (ignoring hawk for a second).

betty swallox

14th Sep 2013, 17:34

Interesting? Or factual, given that the other two are out of service!!

Doh!!

Sir George Cayley

14th Sep 2013, 18:01

Wearing Red before Cyprus?

SGC

barnstormer1968

14th Sep 2013, 20:05

Betty
Interesting.
I'm not sure what the Doh was for as my post required the other two types to be out of service.

It just illustrates the lack of aircraft in the modern flexible RAF.

Wander00

14th Sep 2013, 22:28

And I thought one felt old when policemen looked young! Good luck guys and well done to get selected

A former RAT Trustee

bakseetblatherer

14th Sep 2013, 23:17

Nice one boys -enjoy!

54Phan

15th Sep 2013, 03:30

:ok:Congratulations, lads. I hope you have a successful tour.

West Coast

15th Sep 2013, 04:47

Are they old enough to buy alcohol?

RetiredF4

15th Sep 2013, 09:08

West Coast
Are they old enough to buy alcohol?

Funny, but not fair.
With 33/34 in a military flying outfit you are close to the peak of flying fitness and are normally well prepared for everything that the military flying career can throw at you, including a tour with the reds.

My congratulations to both.

gr4techie

15th Sep 2013, 14:25

I'm looking forward to the MQ-9 Reaper display team.

Red flying suit not req'd.

Wander00

15th Sep 2013, 16:20

Has a son ever followed a father into the Reds? Was Mark H in the team ever?

CoffmanStarter

15th Sep 2013, 17:09

Wander old chap ... No he wasn't.

Mark Ashley Hanna was born into an aviation family in Berkshire on the 6th August, 1959. Educated at Kimbolton School, Huntingdonshire, it was a foregone conclusion that he would join the RAF, having first been taught to fly by his father, Ray Hanna (a former leader of the Red Arrows) from a small coral strip in the Philippines. The aircraft was a T-34, and he was only sixteen.

A successful career as a fighter pilot followed, flying Hunters and then F4-Phantoms with 111, 56, 29 and 23 squadrons - including a tour of duty in the Falklands. He left the RAF in 1988 to run the Old Flying Machine Company which he had set up with his father in 1981, specifically to preserve, maintain and exhibit rare vintage aircraft.

Coff.

Wander00

15th Sep 2013, 23:21

Coff - thanks - but has there been a father then son in the Reds - anyone know?