Black Arrows

Black Arrows
Country:	United Kingdom
Currently used aircraft type:	Hawker Hunter
Sponsor:	Royal Air Force
Base airfield:	RAF Scampton ( Lincolnshire )
Founding:	1950s

The Black Arrows were the predecessors of the Red Arrows Aerobatic Teams. They were an aerobatic team that was formed in the 1950s by the No. 111th Squadron was formed.

history

One of the many memorable aerobatics performed by the Black Arrows with the support of No. 56 Squadron was the largest demonstration ever flown in formation with 22 Hawker-Hunter aircraft in 1958. To this day, this has never been demonstrated again.

The RAF's Black Arrows were stationed in Suffolk . In April 1961, the 111 Squadron converted to English Electric Lightning and disbanded the aerobatic team.

See also

• Red Arrows
• Yellowjacks
• Blue Eagles
• Black cats
• Red pelicans
• The Sharks
• Simon's Circus

Web links

• History of the Red Arrows ( Memento from May 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 22 formation image ( Memento from August 3, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ at the AIR 2004 in Payerne , a record was flown with 31 machines (picture of the 31 machines)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. but not as a closed formation!  
3. ↑ Nick Stroud: The Black Arrows , in Airplane Monthly, July 2001, p. 74