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The yellow Folland Gnat team of No. 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley, flown for a single season in 1964 and reformed that November as the Red Arrows.
Yellowjacks: how the team came to be and what it flies today
Gnats at Valley
The two-seat Folland Gnat T.1 reached No. 4 Flying Training School at RAF Valley on Anglesey in November 1962 for advanced pilot training. In May 1964 instructors there formed a display team led by Flt Lt Lee Jones, a former Black Arrows pilot, and named it the Yellowjacks after his call-sign. The team flew five yellow-painted Gnats during the 1964 season.
From yellow to red
Higher command disliked both the name and the yellow paint, and in November 1964 the team was officially reformed as the Red Arrows, the RAF’s new full-time aerobatic team. Lee Jones led it, and the Red Arrows kept the Gnat until 1979, moving to the BAe Hawk for the 1980 season. The Yellowjacks therefore did not so much disband as change their name and colours.
Yellowjacks in numbers
チーム
- 形成
- 航空機5機
- Five Gnat T.1s
- Instructors of No. 4 FTS
航空機
- 飛行
- Folland Gnat T.1
- Gnat T.1 (1964)
家
- 拠点は
- RAF Valley
- 第4飛行訓練学校
ディスプレイ
- 展示されている航空機
- 5
- 塗装
- yellow
Every type Yellowjacks has flown
| 航空機 | 年 | 番号 | 注記 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folland Gnat T.1 | 1964年～1964年 | 5 |
What Yellowjacks is known for
- Named after leader Lee Jones’s call-sign (Wikipedia).
- Reformed in November 1964 as the Red Arrows (Wikipedia).
Who leads Yellowjacks
- Flt Lt Lee Jones · Leader
Yellowjacks, year by year
Gnat T.1 arrives at RAF Valley for advanced training.
Yellowjacks formed by No. 4 FTS instructors under Flt Lt Lee Jones.
Display season with five yellow Gnats.
Reformed as the Red Arrows.
Everything people ask about Yellowjacks
What aircraft did the Yellowjacks fly?
Where were the Yellowjacks based?
How are the Yellowjacks related to the Red Arrows?
Why were they called the Yellowjacks?
Around Yellowjacks
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