Funding cuts cause drastic changes to Red Arrows' 2008 display programme

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!]

Here's a video of a recent training session

[ZH875]

And all flown by just the one guy, absolutely amazing.

[wg13_dummy]

It's certainly more interesting than the old Dead Sparrows 58 minute display.

[hobie]

What a wonderfull choice of music ......

and the flying looks great too ....

[tacpot]

I'd never have thought a kite could be landed. I just goes to show how wrong one can be!

Beautiful!

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[ProfessionalStudent]

WOW. Now that's worth a Mars bar AND flying pay...

[Aynayda Pizaqvick]

Ok, so it's only kites, but still BRILLIANT!!! You can see why he is world champion.

[AR1]

I'd like at this point to post about the little known and unfunded 'Black Sparrows' display team formed at RAF Machrihanish in about 1983. With 4 highly/partially trained LTech/Mech AFs on a motley collection bicycles. They had Vics, Line abreasts /stern, alternate breaks - the full routine, and displayed at about 5.10pm daily as they traveresed the parade square on the way home. - Winter and high wind days excepted.
Sadly footage no longer exists

[engoal]

Phenomenal!

[Gnd]

What is he directing that middle kite with? I want to be like him when I grow up!!! try this, a novel way of doing the ground practise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePf-APrlLgs

The full ground display made a good amount for charity as well!!

[airborne_artist]