It’s a great country America what makes it great are the people that live there always a warm welcome for the reds and visitors alike thanks for the video mare brilliant 👍🇬🇧
I’m English and have travelled all over the USA ,the American people are nicest I’ve ever met , also the food is great too, thanks for making our Red Arrows welcome ,
Thanks Mark. Many people from the UK have never been that close to a red Hawk including myself, and I have worked at the same airfield as the Reds. Great stuff! 👍
So the pilots who were there were Red 1 Sqn Ldr Martin Pert, Red 10 Supervisor Sqn Let Adam Collins, and OC Wing Commander Andrew Keith? You can see Red 1 at 10:24, Andrew Keith at 10:27 I think...
Just a comment on the mid air refuelling: Yes we had mid air refuelling in '78! In fact a British guy called Cobham invented the idea in the '30s. These aircraft are trainer aircraft. The US Navy uses a development of these called the T-45 Goshawk for carrier training and they don't have mid air refuelling either.
Today known as Cobham Plc but in earlier times--On 7th August 1949, Cobham pilots Tom Marks and Pat Hornidge flew a Lancaster tanker and a Meteor receiver, to set a world jet endurance record of 12 hours 3 minutes.
@@Wahian1 Even before WWII ended Halifax tankers were able to refuel Lancaster and Lincoln bombers for use in the Pacific. USAF B-29s set a world record (Lucky Lady II) in 1949 after having Cobham kit fitted so they could refuel in the air and fly round the world.
Love the ‘Reds’ as a proud Englishmen.. but I do have a small want and desire for them to ditch the ageing Hawks and paint some Typhoons red.. Now that would be cool 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍🏼
The Reds always take the blue suited groundcrew in the back of each Hawk jet. they are the Primary crew and there is another team that dispatches the jets and then packs up all the ground kit, stows it in the RAF A400M freighter and flies on to the next location. Its like a game of leapfrog!
@@LordPotato690 those damm clouds ruined this flyover for these Red Arrows hawk jets but I met with a British Female flight instructor about these type of aircraft that the Red Arrows flew!
@@LordPotato690 oh yes that's a true experience you had and of course I was angry too when these stupid clouds cover the sky not letting these red arrows to do a fly over
Before the Red Arrows switched over to the BAE Hawk they flew a small jet trainer called the Folland Gnat. The Gnats party piece was a high rate roll called the Twinkle Roll. Someone had discovered that if you remove a certain fuse from the instrument panel the throw of the ailerons could be increased, so giving a higher roll rate. The top brass disapproved of this and instructed that the fuse be replaced. This the Red Arrows did, but used a blown fuse. ua-cam.com/video/-08q9IGM614/v-deo.html
The obvious reasons the Hawks have flight refuelling probes (or can have them, depending on the exact mark and model) is that they need to be flown great distances, and to teach pilots how to refuel in flight.
The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels consist of 4 aircraft, The Red Arrows have 9. Which country can afford 9 modern front line fighters to be a display team? unless you have more money than sense.
The French Patrouille de France used to display as an 11-ship formation, and the Black Arrows (one of the precursor teams to the Red Arrows) once flew, looped and rolled a 22-ship formation of Hawker Hunters. It's here on youtube. That was back when many front-line squadrons in the RAF had their own display teams. The Firebirds, Card Four, the Pelicans, the Yellowjacks... The USAF once had several teams as well: the Minutemen, the Golden Hawks, the Thunder Jets and more. Most teams around the world have four to six planes, the Frecce Tricolori had up to ten planes, Blue Impulse of Japan have had six or four over the decades, the India team have four, I believe, while the Patrouille Suisse usually had six. The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force team has four of their latest fighters. To be sure of having 9 planes on display, the Red Arrows routinely have ten or eleven planes available. It's more difficult to achieve that level of serviceability away from home, so I believe they took all 11 to the USA.
It’s a great country America what makes it great are the people that live there always a warm welcome for the reds and visitors alike thanks for the video mare brilliant 👍🇬🇧
I’m English and have travelled all over the USA ,the American people are nicest I’ve ever met ,
also the food is great too, thanks for making our Red Arrows welcome ,
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Thanks Mark.
Many people from the UK have never been that close to a red Hawk including myself, and I have worked at the same airfield as the Reds. Great stuff! 👍
Always fun to get up close to different aircraft if you have a chance. Thank you for watching.
Seeing inside the cockpits was fantastic! Great video!
Your welcome. Thank you for watching.
Really great blog, Thanks for posting. Enjoying the comments from the American people regarding the Red Arrows. Cheers me old china.
Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching.
@@MarkTheLostTraveler, 👍 cheers Mark.
Nice video, great seeing in the cockpit like that.👍
Thank you for watching.
Such a beautiful little aircraft
It was fun to watch them come in. Thank you for watching.
@@MarkTheLostTraveler big love from London, bro 😘
@@unbearifiedbear1885 Big love back to you. Thank you for watching.
Good to get close and personal with crew and aircraft. Shame you didn't get to see a display. Thank you for sharing.
Would of been nice to see them fly but a least I got to talk with them. Thank s for watching.
So the pilots who were there were Red 1 Sqn Ldr Martin Pert, Red 10 Supervisor Sqn Let Adam Collins, and OC Wing Commander Andrew Keith? You can see Red 1 at 10:24, Andrew Keith at 10:27 I think...
Thanks for the info on the pilots. Thank you for watching.
Cool 😎 fun video Mark 👍🏽🎸
A very good video.
Thank you Archie for watching.
Just a comment on the mid air refuelling: Yes we had mid air refuelling in '78! In fact a British guy called Cobham invented the idea in the '30s. These aircraft are trainer aircraft. The US Navy uses a development of these called the T-45 Goshawk for carrier training and they don't have mid air refuelling either.
You pretty much said what I was about to say. I am with you on brexit by the way ;-)
Thank you for that info. Very good to know and thank you for watching.
Today known as Cobham Plc but in earlier times--On 7th August 1949, Cobham pilots Tom Marks and Pat Hornidge flew a Lancaster tanker and a Meteor receiver, to set a world jet endurance record of 12 hours 3 minutes.
@@Wahian1 Even before WWII ended Halifax tankers were able to refuel Lancaster and Lincoln bombers for use in the Pacific. USAF B-29s set a world record (Lucky Lady II) in 1949 after having Cobham kit fitted so they could refuel in the air and fly round the world.
Great video
Thank you for watching.
Very interesting video. Thanks for posting
Pretty cool. Another great video. You missed your calling my brother.
Love the ‘Reds’ as a proud Englishmen.. but I do have a small want and desire for them to ditch the ageing Hawks and paint some Typhoons red.. Now that would be cool 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍🏼
They were a very nice group of people to meet. Thank you for watching.
The Reds always take the blue suited groundcrew in the back of each Hawk jet. they are the Primary crew and there is another team that dispatches the jets and then packs up all the ground kit, stows it in the RAF A400M freighter and flies on to the next location. Its like a game of leapfrog!
Thank you for all the info. Very nice people to talk with and thanks for watching.
9:51 That doesn't look much like a Spitfire, P-40 per chance?
Yeah I’m not sure why I said spitfire but it’s a P 40 and thank you for watching
I thought it was a Hawker Typhoon
I went to this event with my mom I thought the red arrows were going to do a flyover but unfortunately due the the low clouds covering the sky
Same we were so excited to see them come in and take off but sadly the clouds covered it
@@LordPotato690 those damm clouds ruined this flyover for these Red Arrows hawk jets but I met with a British Female flight instructor about these type of aircraft that the Red Arrows flew!
@@danielmendoza355 I met all of them and they were awesome but the dang clouds I was angry when I couldn’t see them
@@LordPotato690 oh yes that's a true experience you had and of course I was angry too when these stupid clouds cover the sky not letting these red arrows to do a fly over
I was there
Before the Red Arrows switched over to the BAE Hawk they flew a small jet trainer called the Folland Gnat. The Gnats party piece was a high rate roll called the Twinkle Roll. Someone had discovered that if you remove a certain fuse from the instrument panel the throw of the ailerons could be increased, so giving a higher roll rate. The top brass disapproved of this and instructed that the fuse be replaced. This the Red Arrows did, but used a blown fuse.
ua-cam.com/video/-08q9IGM614/v-deo.html
Thank you for watching and sharing that information.
Its true; the edict did not specify that it had to be serviceable fuse.......
All 3 red arrows?
Only 3 the rest of them where at Andrews air force base. Thank you for watching.
Cool little planes but i am wondering why they don't fly more modern jets like the Thunderbirds and Angels.
@@gml6040 you can't beat the Red Arrows. They are incredible pilots. The displays are fabulous!!
Why do you want more modern jets? Would it make any difference to the display?
@@BP-kx2ig no. I am sure it wouldn't
@@BP-kx2ig probably would have been able to fly straight home to Old Blighty non stop with some of these newer jets though.
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Well, yeah, we did have in flight refuelling back then, but why would we fit it to basic jet flight trainers?
The obvious reasons the Hawks have flight refuelling probes (or can have them, depending on the exact mark and model) is that they need to be flown great distances, and to teach pilots how to refuel in flight.
Who said the Hawks are front line fighters?
They CAN be, they're standby if required.
The British red arrows ACROBATIC team ????
The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels consist of 4 aircraft,
The Red Arrows have 9.
Which country can afford 9 modern front line fighters to be a display team? unless you have more money than sense.
The Hawks are small unarmed trainers, not front-line fighters.
The French Patrouille de France used to display as an 11-ship formation, and the Black Arrows (one of the precursor teams to the Red Arrows) once flew, looped and rolled a 22-ship formation of Hawker Hunters. It's here on youtube.
That was back when many front-line squadrons in the RAF had their own display teams. The Firebirds, Card Four, the Pelicans, the Yellowjacks...
The USAF once had several teams as well: the Minutemen, the Golden Hawks, the Thunder Jets and more.
Most teams around the world have four to six planes, the Frecce Tricolori had up to ten planes, Blue Impulse of Japan have had six or four over the decades, the India team have four, I believe, while the Patrouille Suisse usually had six.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force team has four of their latest fighters.
To be sure of having 9 planes on display, the Red Arrows routinely have ten or eleven planes available. It's more difficult to achieve that level of serviceability away from home, so I believe they took all 11 to the USA.
One in Washington D.C. and one at Dulles Airport? So you really spread it around the nation then? Jes.
The one at Dulles is the best one. Thanks for watching
nice bit of parking. lol
Shit loads of stops, ALL the way to USA, rarely do American tours. Something gives. This is rumblings I don't like. Why go all that way? Odd.
Red 10s plane you looked in.. the commentator
Thank you.
Acrobatic???????!!!! Hahahahaha aerobatic is the English word
Crazy English words lol.Thank you for watching.