Bournemouth Air Festival

The Blades

The Blades are a four-man team formed of former Red Arrows pilots.

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Knowing that fact helps you understand why some of the manoeuvres seem familiar. Some of the moves are straight out of the Red Arrows playbook.

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Unlike the Red Arrows’ famous heart, the Blades do the butterfly – which you can’t do in a jet.

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Right, that’s enough showy aerobatics for now. Let’s head back to where we started with another training plane.

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