Upon returning to Inverness after a day of flying
around the Hebrides yesterday we saw 9 Hawks from
the Red Arrows parked outside our operations office.
They had a display north of Inverness yesterday,
and to our joy they did a display today as well
over Fort George which is about 5 km from the airport.
With a perfect viewing position, Kristian and I
watched the display which lasted about 15 minutes.
The Red Arrows is Royal Air Forces display team
and consists of 9 airplanes and 9 pilots. The requirements
to join the team is to have completed at least one
tour on fast jets like Tornado, Harrier or Jaguar
and have flown at least 1500 hours. There are 3
open postions each year for which they normally
get more than 30 applicants. The plane is the same
as they use as a trainer at RAF Valley where we
fly to from Cardiff.
Yesterday one of the planes had a birdstrike, so
todays show was done with 8 planes.
Red Arrows
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