Red Arrows USA tour 1972 video
That brings back a few memories!! Thanks for the link.
Bill.
Bill.
Presumably to help with Showing The Flag, BDS(W) summoned all of us on Exchange in the States at the time for a 'Conference' in DC - a very sociable few days, as I recall, including a day at the Transpo event out at Dulles to help swell the crowd watching the Arrows. (And I still think that the Diamond Nine with the Gnats looked better than with today's Hawks.)
Those guys were seriously LOW!
Great shot near the end of a pilot jumping down to the ground. A reminder of how tiny the Gnat was.
"It brought back the smell of the smoke drifting down over the crowd."
For the RAF 50th birthday Review at Abingdon in 1968, the Arrows were based at Benson and we were treated to some remarkably low passes as they returned each day from rehearsals. The surface of the road into Wallingford was stained in a red/white/blue mix for over a week afterwards.
For the RAF 50th birthday Review at Abingdon in 1968, the Arrows were based at Benson and we were treated to some remarkably low passes as they returned each day from rehearsals. The surface of the road into Wallingford was stained in a red/white/blue mix for over a week afterwards.
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They used to do a display at Brands Hatch circuit once a year. The valley was full of coloured 'smog' by the time they had finished and held up the next race! There was a photo once of one passing lower than the commentary box which was about 50 feet high!
mmitch.
mmitch.
