As a young lad, my Dad took me to a garage in East London where XS101 was on display. Got to sit in it, more fuel to the fire of my ambition to become a pilot.must have been late 70s.anyone else remember that? ![]() Gnat T.1 XS101 (c/no FL595) first flew 10/9/1964, and was delivered 6/10/1964. XS101 joined the CFS at Little Rissington, moving on to become one of the Red Arrows jets in February 1971. Final flight was to RAF Cranwell on 17th September 1979, at the end of its career, it became Ground instructional airframe 8638M, before being sold off: she was acquired by Arnold Glass at Cranfield and civil registered G-GNAT as 14/4/1982. After a change of ownership on 28/9/1983, it was sold off on 25/2/1997 to Australia as VH-XSO See here: and for the facebook page of this aircraft's current owners. XS101 also has its own website at Anyway, the point is, in reply to your post, if you sat in XS101, it was probably sometime between 17/9/1979 (date of last flight) and 14/4/1982 (date it was sold off). In other words, your memory dates from 1980-81 rather than 'the late 1970s'. The RAF Exhibition Flight, home based at RAF Abingdon, and which toured the UK with a number of aircraft in tow, putting up Recruitment Displays, definitely had a Gnat or two on their strength in the 1970s and early 1980s - perhaps XS101 was one of them? Last edited by Dr. John Smith; 17th February 2012 at 14:46. Can anyone tell me what the serials were for the leader's aircraft were during the 1965 to 1970 seasons? Thank you.Well, not exactly, but.the following Gnats were recorded as making up the Red Arrows team at the 1976 Teesside Air Show: XR534 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR540 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR572 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR981 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR987 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR991 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XR993 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows XS107 Folland Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows As you can see, eight aircraft in all, usually operated as seven display aircraft plus one reserve. download horror tiles rpg maker vx ace character And on the next map you walk on some of that house. The same thing with walking on the trees happens on the right side of the map. Date for the above was 8 August 1976, back in the days when Durham-Tees Valley Airport was known as 'Teesside Airport' (to me, it will always be 'Middleton St. The Red Arrows are formed in 1965. The place chosen for them to go to was the RAF's Number 5. One of Gnats the Team had as a red painted spare aircraft which. Red Arrow Gnat serials. Gnat T.1 RAF Red Arrows As you can see, eight aircraft in. Out a couple of Serial numbers for the leaders aircraft in 2.
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