Comax Software Download. The 'Red Arrows' are the current Royal Air Force aerobatic display team. The team consists of nine demonstration pilots who fly Hawk T Mk 1A aircraft supported by either a C-17 Globemaster or C-130 Hercules aircraft, which carries all the spares and equipment to support at a detached operation, or a road train of coaches and articulated lorries that carry the support team and all equipment to the airshow. All 'Red Arrows' pilots use the call-signs 'Red' follows by the number of their position in the team. A team pilot will normally complete a three year tour of duty before going onto 'new pastures'.

Some return to the regular RAF, some may be promoted, and some leave the RAF for flying jobs in the airline industry. The Leader, however, must have been a team member in previous years, and is selected on merit to become the Red 1. The team operates under the overall command of a Wing Commander, but the Leader has command for the day-to-day operation of the Team. Red #6 and #7 are called 'the synchro pair', (the 'Synchro's'), and, apart from flying in formation, they also aim to demonstrate what the Hawk is capable of in flight, by keeping the public's attention as the main formation prepares for next maneuver. Red 10 is the team manager. He does not fly an aircraft in the display, but intead provides the commentary to tell the public information on the pilots, the background of the 'Red Arrows', what typed of display the team is doing, and the names of the maneuvers being flown.

Aircraft records. The Museum holds a range of documents that can be used to help trace. RAF aircraft. They can be consulted in the Reading. Room and prints from our. The Red Arrows by EJ van Koningsveld. First 'official' Red Arrow Hawk. XX 252 - August 1979 to November 1998. Founder aircraft, w/o RAF Cranwell.

The aircraft he pilots becomes a spare aircraft in case of a problem being encountered by any of the team pilots which would require them to change aircraft. If this were to occur, the traveling ground crew would then attempt to fix the defect while the display is being flown. Unlike most aerobatic teams, the 'Red Arrows' do not have their formation numbers painted on their aircraft. The technical personnel of the team consists of some 70 technicians who are commanded by a senior engineering officer who is supported by a junior engineering officer. The technical team consists of two separate parties; about two thirds remaining at the team's home base, and the remaining third who are the 'Traveling Team'.

The 'Base Party' is responsible for all rectification tasks that are required when the team is at home. The 'Traveling Team' is responsible for the day-to-day engineering tasks in support of the team while 'on the road'. Nine personnel from the traveling ground crew, called 'The Flying Circus', (which includes a junior engineering officer who is in charge of the ground crew) fly in the rear seat of the each of the aircraft. These back-seaters have the responsibility of cleaning their nominated Hawk aircraft, so it will always be ready to be photographed by the public. As well as the 'Flying Circus', the rest of the team's ground crew will travel either in the Globemaster or Hercules support aircraft, or occasionally by road. At the end of the display year, all of the Hawks are given a thorough scheduled servicing inspection to prepare them for the next display year. Each pilot candidate for a position on the team is a volunteer and must be a current, fast-jet pilot in the RAF.