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What next, the Red Arrows disbanded or toned down to save costs?
The Ministry of Defence have said the Hawk T1 would remain in service until 2020 and the Red Arrows would operate the aircraft until 2018. But as yet, no replacement has been announced and the clock is ticking.
There is no longer a factory in the UK which makes jet trainer aircraft, which is a big problem for a display team which is supposed to showcase the British aircraft industry to the world. Somehow I can't see them getting Typhoon's but how amazing would it be if they did. Likely end up with some kind of prop aircraft lol.
The logical answer is that it'll be the Hawk T2, which is more or less identical to the Hawk T1 but has a glass cockpit that very closely resembles the Typhoon, rather than the analogue gauges of the T1's instrument panel. But can this be afforded with the spiralling cost of the F35's?
Or how about using the Typhoon 1's which are gathering dust in hangars across the land, which are short on flying hours as being replaced by higher Mk aircraft., could simply be painted red instead. It would mean commonality and lesser costs as they are already bought and they could also be used "in the hour of need" which is the train of thought with the US Thunderbirds and Blue Angels.
Or how about resurrecting a Concorde and throwing this around the sky lol?
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