A Special Anniversary Year

摘要

The past summer was always going to be a monumental one for the North Weald-based Gnat Display learn and the Heritage Aircraft Trust charity that supports it. The long awaited return of Yellowjacks-painted Gnat T.1 G-MOUR - and the resultant increase to a three-ship display - was expected to be a high point of the year. But events have surpassed even their wildest expectations. Anniversary year Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1964, the recently delivered Folland Gnat was chosen by a group of 4 FTS flying instructors at RAF Valley as the mount for a new aerobatic display team.