Red Arrows Gnats
 

Pre all the health and safety madness...

A classic film, which I inspired me and I suspect a lot more, to join the RAF.

Some names the older amongst may remember - at far higher rank...

Red Arrows shot Kemble?

98% of it, yes! Seems a few snips edited in such as low level over rough moorland-type ground and and even a shot of Valley(?) but the vast majority at Kemble. :ok:

Was actually standing on the old Reds pan just a couple of months ago with a friend who works at Kemble - talk about memories of better days (late 1970's) now long gone! :sad:

Ho hum!

Farell,

Perfect timing. I had been looking for pictures of “twinkle rolls” and there they are at 7:00.

I love the jazz-flute music - so evocative of 1960s documentaries and cinema ads. :)

Ah yes, Pearl & Dean......

Brian Bennett apparently...

This is also a very evocative film from the Reds Gnat era.

Brings back lots of memories.

This is always my goto never allowed to that again

Is the 2nd Seaking "02" in the background the one that crashed in Indonesia in 2005?

That roll rate just has to be seen to be believed.
What a fabulous little jet it was.

.......F13

The Reds Gnats had modifications to the ailerons to enhance the rate of roll, I believe it achieved 420deg second :E

.......F13

??????????

https://www.pprune.org/military-avia...rate-fuse.html

Fuse 13. An electrical circuit limited aileron deflexion at higher speeds; with fuse 13 removed full aileron was available which increased the roll rate significantly - although it was more than sufficient with the fuse intact!

Ahhh - thank you.
V. interesting.

Lovely video...what a safe but boring world we live in now!