information about the plane and the display they done

BAE Hawk T1A

THE PLANE(BAE HAWK T1A)

The Red Arrows do not use front-line aircraft because of operating costs. The team uses the RAF's advanced jet trainer, the BAE Hawk T1A, built at Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. While the Hawk is very basic compared to the much more modern Eurofighter Typhoon, it is still fast enough and very manoeuvrable, ideal for low-altitude aerobatics. The plane also does not have a sat nav or radar or onboard computer. The Red Arrows normally cruise at 360 knots

DISPLAY

The first display by the Red Arrows was at RAF Little Rissington on 6 May 1965. The display was to introduce the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team to the media. However, the first public display was on 9 May 1965 in France, at the French National Air Day in Clermont-Ferrand. The first public display in the UK was on 15 May 1965 at the International Air Fair at Biggin Hill. The first display with nine aircraft was on 8 July 1966 at RAF Little Rissington.

The first display in Germany was at RAF Laarbruch on 6 August 1965, and since then the Red Arrows have performed in Germany 170 times. However, the Red Arrows' last display in Germany was on 22 August 1988 after formation aerobatics were banned in Germany following the Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori accident on 28 August 1988 in Ramstein.

During displays, the aircraft do not fly directly over the crowd apart from entering the display area by flying over the crowd from behind; any manoeuvres in front of and parallel to the audience can be as low as 300 feet, the 'synchro pair' can go as low as 100 feet straight and level, or 150 feet when in inverted flight. To carry out a full display, the cloud base must be above 4,500 feet; if it is below 2,500 feet then they will perform a 'flat' display, which consists of fly-pasts and steep turns.

One of the biggest crowds to see the Red Arrows was in Lisbon on 13 June 1973, when there was a crowd of 650,000 people, a statistic exceeded in 1996 in Sydney

air collision of the red arrows on 23-march-10

here a short clip of a collision which happen on the 23 march 2010. The planes were practising a mannoeurve when they collide.

Pictures Journal by Klein 8 Nov 09

Journal by klein =) 8 Nov 09

DAY 1(2/10/09)
The very first day of our 6 days training, we learn about the 4 vital forces to take note of a glider.
"Lift" and "Thrust" are so call our good friends in flight while "Drag" and "Gravity" are our bad friends in flight.
We also fold paper planes and complete with each other to see which is best.The day ended with us building our very first glider and we test flight it as well.

DAY 2(3/10/09)
Mr.Leow brought his own glider to show us and tell us what every part do. Derek also brought his heli and put on a show for us.
One of the most important and vital day in our training as we design our gliders.The dimension of the parts we design much be very accurate and that we don't make a single mistake.Next the design of the glider is split it to 3 different view: top, side and front.
Finally we choose our material for our glider.

DAY 3(4/10/09)
The day started with a detail design and everyone is given a part to design, for every part we will given a question that we had to answers.
we begin with fabrication next, we had to be carefully not to break the wood when we cut and saw it.
The last day of training for the week was the most tiring and our hands hurt after the training