They call me mellow yellow - quite rightly...
With the upcoming Red Arrows' 50th Anniversary in 2014 it is worth remembering that their forerunners, the Yellowjacks are 50 years old this year.
Formed in the summer of 1963 and flying five Folland Gnats, they eventually reformed a year later into the nine-ship Red Arrows aerobatic display team that still fly for the RAF today albeit now equipped with the BAe Hawk T.1.
Scanned 35mm transparency
Next year should be very interesting.
Here, painted in full Yellowjacks scheme, ex RAF Gnat XS102 (G-MOUR), marked as 'XR991' sits on the flight line at the Kemble 'Airday' on the 20th of June 2004.
See:
www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://aerobaticteams.net/...
They call me mellow yellow - quite rightly...
With the upcoming Red Arrows' 50th Anniversary in 2014 it is worth remembering that their forerunners, the Yellowjacks are 50 years old this year.
Formed in the summer of 1963 and flying five Folland Gnats, they eventually reformed a year later into the nine-ship Red Arrows aerobatic display team that still fly for the RAF today albeit now equipped with the BAe Hawk T.1.
Scanned 35mm transparency
Next year should be very interesting.
Here, painted in full Yellowjacks scheme, ex RAF Gnat XS102 (G-MOUR), marked as 'XR991' sits on the flight line at the Kemble 'Airday' on the 20th of June 2004.
See:
www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://aerobaticteams.net/...