@xcaibur 1960's Labour Government - massive defence cuts including cancelling of the TSR2 which would still have been a world leader well into the 1980's
@zhotdune The Gnat was the RAF's principle fast training jet, The Red Arrows are still used to promote RAF recruitment. Makes perfect sense to me to use the Gnat.
@torquesport maybe you're right. That era, RAF got a lot of fast jet type to choose from for the Red Arrows team. Gnat was the chosen one. But they're no harm if they used Hawker
Hunter like USAF choose F-16 for their Thunderbirds team.
@zhotdune The Gnat first flew at Farnborough in 1959 and became the RAFs Advanced trainer. The Red Arrows were established in 1964 as a dedicated display team to promote the RAF taking pilots from numerous squadrons - usually on a 3 year tour - they switched the the Hawk in 1979. The previous "Black Arrows" were a front line squadron who also practised aerobatics in a squadron formation - they were not a dedicated aerobatics team/squadron
@kolbpilot Not really - since this aircraft had dedicated uplift engines. The Kestrel was the precursor to the Harrier making use of a single engine and using vectored thrust.
@edj66 Strange really since the US Marines now use the Boeing V22 Osprey which can only carry half the payload - sure it is about 80 knots faster but it took many years to develop and the Rotodyne was 50 years earlier!
oh if only modern day british aircraft industry were as succesfull as they once were, back to the days when britiania ruled the sky as well as the waves,
How the DEVIL did we lose such a WORLD lead ??? HOW??
xcaibur 3 weeks ago
@xcaibur 1960's Labour Government - massive defence cuts including cancelling of the TSR2 which would still have been a world leader well into the 1980's
tomburley 2 weeks ago
Excellent ! Thanks for posting this !
shinyday 3 weeks ago
We were such a pioneering nation when it came to aviation. It's such a shame that politics got in the way and killed it off :(
TheBuddha1975 1 month ago
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timber733 1 month ago
Is that a Sea Vixen @ 1:32
eezy1972 1 month ago
@eezy1972 yes - i believe it is a sea vixen indeed!
spottydog4477 1 month ago
Wow..very nice, I love old jets. Black Arrows?....No Red Arrow yet in1959? But I wonder why
Red Arrows didn't used Hawker Hunter? Instead using The Gnat.
zhotdune 1 month ago
@zhotdune The Gnat was the RAF's principle fast training jet, The Red Arrows are still used to promote RAF recruitment. Makes perfect sense to me to use the Gnat.
torquesport 3 weeks ago
@torquesport maybe you're right. That era, RAF got a lot of fast jet type to choose from for the Red Arrows team. Gnat was the chosen one. But they're no harm if they used Hawker
Hunter like USAF choose F-16 for their Thunderbirds team.
zhotdune 2 weeks ago
@zhotdune The Gnat first flew at Farnborough in 1959 and became the RAFs Advanced trainer. The Red Arrows were established in 1964 as a dedicated display team to promote the RAF taking pilots from numerous squadrons - usually on a 3 year tour - they switched the the Hawk in 1979. The previous "Black Arrows" were a front line squadron who also practised aerobatics in a squadron formation - they were not a dedicated aerobatics team/squadron
tomburley 2 weeks ago
@tomburley you're right, as i can remembered there is numerous aerobatic teams
appeared in the U.K. be it pre-war or post war using various name. I'll think most of them
not a dedicated team/squadron. But it nice to see them though.
zhotdune 2 weeks ago
thanks for posting this video
Cape19621 2 months ago
@Cape19621 cheers cape..and merry xmas
spottydog4477 2 months ago
8:00 The precursor to the Harrier.
kolbpilot 3 months ago
@kolbpilot Not really - since this aircraft had dedicated uplift engines. The Kestrel was the precursor to the Harrier making use of a single engine and using vectored thrust.
tomburley 2 weeks ago
@tomburley In spirit it was.
kolbpilot 2 weeks ago
:-) i been on one, actually both, my dad designed the nose radar cone. don't mention th red arrows x (man hug, whatever)
xrayspex1001 4 months ago
And we gave it all away in the name of some globalist utopian ideal that will ultimately see us all back in the stone ages again.
xxxchrist1 5 months ago 5
Notice the heavy use of dubbed-on sounds, where the sounds would not actually be in reality.
OPOCHKA 11 months ago
Not hard to see why the Fairey Rotodyne didn't take off...pun intended.
edj66 11 months ago
@edj66 Strange really since the US Marines now use the Boeing V22 Osprey which can only carry half the payload - sure it is about 80 knots faster but it took many years to develop and the Rotodyne was 50 years earlier!
tomburley 2 weeks ago
oh if only modern day british aircraft industry were as succesfull as they once were, back to the days when britiania ruled the sky as well as the waves,
deeka24 1 year ago 2
@deeka24 Read "Empire of the Skies" book. Gives you a new perspective on the whole thing.
edj66 11 months ago
cool - the pinnacle of the British aircraft industry....and a cabin full of nurses
PhantomUAV 1 year ago 4
@PhantomUAV thanx mate..it is arather splendid era.......cheers
spottydog4477 1 year ago
Thankyou for the video. Nice to see so many classic British aircraft.
404Jeffery 1 year ago