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Flt Lt Martin J Cliff

Flew Red 9 with the Red Arrows.

Flt Lt Martin J Cliff - Signed Aviation Art

Red Arrows - 1991 British Grand Prix by Mark Postethwaite. One edition. The edition features 9 additional signature(s). £190.00

Synchro by Gerald Coulson. One of 2 editions available. Both editions feature 9 additional signatures. £160.00

Delta Roll by Geoffrey R Herickx. One edition. The edition features 9 additional signature(s). £105.00

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Red Arrows - 1991 British Grand Prix by Mark Postethwaite. No text for this item

Synchro by Gerald Coulson. The Red Arrows. Published in 1988 and signed by all 9 pilots of that season.

Delta Roll by Geoffrey R Herickx. The Red Arrows fly in formation over Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, during the 1989 season. This superb limited edition is signed by all 9 pilots of the Red Arrows.

Hawk Manufacturer : BAE Systems. Built : 1050

Hawk The BAe Hawk News of the first flight of the Hawk on 21 August 1974 was greeted with derision by Hunter pilots at the RAF's tactical weapons training unit. For understandably selfish reasons they were sceptical about the ability of the Hawk to replace the rugged, versatile and much-loved Hunter. "Forget Hawk - Fly Hunter" was one typical bumper sticker of the time but now 25 years on, such scepticism seems barely credible. With the arrival of the first Hawk aircraft at RAF Valley in November 1976, a new era of flying training began, and the first of thousands of fast-jet pilots discovered the joys of flying this truly thoroughbred aircraft. Since then, the BAe Hawk has earned a reputation as the world's best advanced trainer and light strike aircraft. The basic design has been refined and improved in a series of variants ranging from multi-role light fighter to the US Navy's carrier trainer. But the one quality that sets the Hawk apart from other aircraft is handling characteristics. In the on pilots own words, - "I had flown the Gnat and Hunter and in 1979 had just finished flying Canberra PR9s before transferring to the Jaguar, when I was given the opportunity to get some flying on the Hawk. It was a revelation. Here was an aircraft that was pure joy to fly, at low level it settled comfortably at 450 knots at around 150 feet and it could be flown into valleys under the most frightening weather safe in the knowledge that it could be turned around without losing airspeed almost in its own length. And at medium level? 1v1 combat in this aircraft is something else, - compared with the Hawk, the Jaguar is like flying an anvil".

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