The RAF Red Arrows, when low, meant low

[bob225]

Morning all.

A video interview with a founding member of the RAF Display team "the Red Arrows" discussing how back in the day low level really was low. Here's a picture to illustrate:

View: https://youtu.be/ylK-1P2R2ew

 

[Archibald]

Didn't knew Folland build a levitating variant of the Gnat. Maybe they got some secret tech transfer from Buddhist monks in Tibbet ?

 

[bob225]

Didn't knew Folland build a levitating variant of the Gnat. Maybe they got some secret tech transfer from Buddhist monks in Tibbet ?

I particularly liked the story at 4:30 "I became aware of trees going past and windows of houses"

 

[bob225]

Can you imagine health and safety response to show like this?

https://twitter.com/x/status/821825667151052802

View: https://x.com/Stuart_Dent/status/821825667151052802

 

[Yellow Palace]

Can you imagine health and safety response to show like this?

There are, of course, excellent reasons for that kind of response from regulators.

Content warning: photographs of air crashes.

Spoiler: Ramstein 1988

Spoiler: Skynliv 2002

 

[Archibald]

The Red Arrows display at Brands Hatch during the 1978 British GP

Reminds of an anecdote related to crazy whacky Nigel Mansell. One of my favorite, ever, F1 pilot: an explosive mix of craziness, absurd jinx, and raw talent. He could be irresistible or a total nutcase, remember Canada GP 1991, when he stalled in the last corner to victory ? ROTFLMAO.

Grande-Bretagne 1988 • STATS F1

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The Scuderia's lawyer Henry Peter went to the Isle of Man, to the home of the Briton, who announced that he had concocted a "little surprise" for him to celebrate the event. He made him wait for a good hour before taking him into his garden. Mansell asked Peter to look up at the sky. The jets of the Red Arrows, the famous Royal Air Force patrol, then cut through the clouds and passed over the driver's home. "This is an important day. The greatest British driver is tying his destiny to the greatest Formula 1 team!" proclaimed Nigel, delighted with his effect, before signing the famous contract. Back in Italy, the astonished lawyer did not fail to repeat that Mansell had summoned the RAF to greet his arrival at Ferrari. Six months later, he would learn that the Red Arrows, on maneuvers, passed over the Isle of Man every day, at a fixed time...